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Geo News Blog delivers the latest breaking news, world headlines, politics, current affairs, and international updates from Pakistan and around the world, updated through trusted RSS sources.

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Imran used money of KP people for NA-120 by-elections campaign: Ayesha Gulalai

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Ayesha Gulalai said on Tuesday that party Chairman Imran Khan and others have been using money of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for personal uses, especially in the elections campaign for NA-120. Gulalai was speaking to media in Islamabad. She said that she is sympathetic towards PTI candidate Yasmin Rashid because she had to lose because of Imran Khan. ?Imran is usurping rights of women, I raised my voice and he sent a reference against me,?
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Toys 'R' Us files for bankruptcy protection

People walk past Toys R Us in Times Square the day after Christmas in the Manhattan borough of New York, US, December 26, 2015. Photo: Reuters  Toys ?R? Us Inc, the largest US toy store chain, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, the latest sign of turmoil in the retail industry caught in a viselike grip of online shopping and discount chains. Toys ?R? Us said it received a commitment for over $3 billion in debtor-in-possession financing from lenders including a JPMorgan-led bank syndica
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Hot, dry weather to persist in Karachi

KARACHI: Hot and dry weather is expected to prevail in the city and most other parts of the country on Tuesday as well as for the next 24 hours, according to the Met Office. Maximum temperature in the coastal city is likely to remain between 36 and 38 degrees Celsius, as the sea breeze was not blowing during the day leading to the rise in the mercury, the Met Office said. Mainly hot and dry weather is expected to persist in most parts of the country during the next 24 hours. However, light r
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'Pakistan Girl' takes aim at corrupt cops and domestic abuse

Pakistan's newest female superhero has vowed to battle venal officials and protect battered women, as her creator tries to inspire the next generation to fight injustice in a deeply patriarchal society. The new "Pakistan Girl" comic series is based on Sarah, a normal teenager with a pet cat who discovers she has superhuman powers after waking from a coma caused by a blast in her village. Donning a green cape, Pakistan's national colour, the protagonist whips a man beating a woman in a market a
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Hurricane Maria pummels small Caribbean island of Dominica as Category 5 storm

Hurricane Maria is shown in the Atlantic Ocean in this NOAA's GOES East satellite as it strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane just east of the Leeward Islands at 10:45am EDT (1445 UTC) on September 18, 2017. Photo: Reuters   PONCE: Hurricane Maria, the second Category 5 storm to hit the Caribbean this month, plowed into the small island nation of Dominica on Monday with roof-ripping fury on a collision course with the U. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico later this week. Hurricane Maria was upgr
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi condemns all rights violations in Rakhine State

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to deliver a speech to the nation over Rakhine and Rohingya situation, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar September 19, 2017/REUTERS NAYPYITAW: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned all human rights violations on Tuesday and said anyone responsible for abuses in troubled Rakhine State would face the law, and she felt deeply for the suffering of everyone caught up in conflict there. In her first address to the nation since attacks by insurgents on Aug. 25
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VP General Electric meets PM Abbasi in New York

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/00e249aaa9be70a2664528cbb2bdd864.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8xOS8yMDE3IDQ6NDk6NTAgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1jVWIveHVIeXExSEVOSGFlZDMwdUFnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] NEW YORK: Vice President of General Electric (GE) met Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday in New York, informed a press st
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Silent killer: Sweltering planet braces for deadly heat shocks

People cool off from the heat as they are sprayed with water jetting out from a leaking water pipeline in Karachi, Pakistan, June 25, 2015/REUTERS  LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation): When Hurricane Harvey blasted ashore in August, drowning south Texas in a year?s worth of rain in just a few days, it left behind an estimated $150 billion in damage to sodden homes and inundated factories, and claimed about 60 lives. Two weeks later, Hurricane Irma churned into Florida, killing at least 33 peopl
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'Waltz with Bashir' team takes on Anne Frank story in graphic novel

PARIS: A graphic novel version of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by the creators of the Oscar-nominated film "Waltz with Bashir" will roll off the presses next month, its publishers said Monday. Writer-director Ari Folman and illustrator David Polonsky -- who made the acclaimed 2008 animated documentary about Israeli soldiers during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon -- are also making a film about Frank, to appear in 2019. The diary the German-born, Jewish teenager kept, while hiding in an Amsterdam att
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Police detain nine in Karachi, over 50 others in different cities

File Photo KARACHI: Nine suspects were taken into custody during various search operations carried out Monday night in different areas of the metropolis, Geo News reported. A drug-seller was apprehended during a raid in Brigade area last night, police sources said. The suspect ? who was identified as Riaz ? was allegedly involved in gang war activities, police revealed, adding that weapons were also recovered from him. Another suspect was detained during an operation in Clifton late last nigh
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After no-show, NAB court again summons Sharif family on Sept 26

ISLAMABAD: The accountability court hearing corruption cases against the Sharif family issued on Tuesday a second summons for the accused after they failed to appear at today's hearing.  As the hearing began, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) submitted an implementation report in court with regards to the summons issued to the accused.  Judge Mohammad Bashir was informed by the NAB prosecutor that the family's security officer at their Lahore residence received the summons.  The NAB pr
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US Senate backs massive increase in military spending

WASHINGTON: The US Senate passed its version of a $700 billion defense policy bill on Monday, backing President Donald Trump?s call for a bigger, stronger military but setting the stage for a battle over government spending levels later this year. The Republican-controlled chamber voted 89-8 for the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018, or NDAA, which authorizes the level of defense spending and sets policies controlling how the money is spent. The Senate bill provides about
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Gayle return ?huge boost? for West Indies

Chris Gayle was in a hard-hitting mood at Chester-le-Street, England v West Indies, only T20I, September 16, 2017/Getty Images  MANCHESTER: West Indies captain Jason Holder has backed the returning Chris Gayle to make a big impact in the one-day international series against England starting this week. Tuesday´s fixture at Old Trafford, the first of a five-match ODI series, is set to be powerhouse opening batsman Gayle´s first at this level since the 2015 World Cup -- where he made the first dou
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Biggest and smallest creatures at top risk of extinction: study

Animals on both the large and small side of the spectrum face the most risk of extinction -- but for very different reasons, each with vast consequences for the planet, researchers said Monday. For big creatures -- including whale sharks, Atlantic sturgeon, Somali ostriches, Chinese giant salamanders and Komodo dragons -- people are the top threat to their survival, said the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed US journal. Large vertebrates -- or animal
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Sting, Costello to salute Leonard Cohen year after death

One year after Leonard Cohen died, top musicians including Sting, Elvis Costello and Philip Glass will remember him with a concert in his native Montreal, his family announced Monday. The November 6 tribute at Montreal's Bell Centre arena will benefit Canadian arts groups and is expected to be attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Inviting the legendary songwriter's fans from around the world to visit Montreal for the concert, his son Adam Cohen said his father had given him instructions
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Spain warns Catalonia faces brutal impoverishment if it leaves

Catalonia would suffer "brutal" impoverishment if it splits from Spain, with a deep plunge in its economic output, Spain's economy minister warned Monday ahead of a disputed independence referendum in the region. "The general impoverishment of the society would be brutal. GDP could fall between 25 and 30 percent and unemployment double," Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said in an interview with radio Cope. An independent Catalonia would find itself outside of the eurozone so 75 percent of its
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Khawaja Asif meets Secretary-General of the Arab League

NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif held a number of meetings in New York on Monday on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly. Khawaja Asif congratulated the Secretary-General on his dynamic leadership of the organisation and noted the importance of the Arab League as an anchor for stability within the Muslim World. Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed great recognition and appreciation for Pakistan?s constructive role in promoting regional p
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WHO plans global war on cholera as Yemen caseload nears 700,000

The World Health Organization will next month launch a strategy to stop cholera transmission by 2030, it said on Monday, as an unprecedented outbreak in Yemen raced towards 700,000 suspected cases with little sign of slowing down. The WHO is also trying to keep the lid on a flare-up in Nigeria while tackling many entrenched outbreaks in Africa and an epidemic in Haiti, where almost 10,000 people have died since 2010. ?Once it?s out of the box, once it has spread, it?s very, very difficult to c
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Why is PM Abbasi's visit to New York so important?

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reviews the honour guard in Islamabad, Pakistan, August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/Files Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi touched down in New York late Monday night to hosts Aizaz Chaudhry and Maleeha Lodhi ? Pakistan's Ambassadors to the United States and United Nations, respectively ? welcoming him at the John F. Kennedy International Airport. Abbasi ? who is in the US on a high-level state visit ? will be leading the Pakistani delegation
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Tevez's battered Shanghai Shenhua 'just like Manchester United', says coach

Shanghai Shenhua's new coach compared his demoralised club to Manchester United after they were thrashed 6-1 at rivals Shanghai SIPG in China's biggest derby. Carlos Tevez climbed off the bench for the second half to score just his third Chinese Super League (CSL) goal, days after coach Wu Jingui said the forward was too overweight to play. But the 33-year-old Argentine, among the best-paid players in the world, could only watch as Shenhua shipped six goals in a nightmare second half at Shangh
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Former Man Utd star Rio Ferdinand to turn to boxing

Former England star Rio Ferdinand is due to announce on Tuesday he is going to try and become a professional boxer just two months away from his 39th birthday, according to the Daily Telegraph. Ferdinand, who won 81 caps and made over 300 appearances for Manchester United, is an avid boxing fan and has admitted spending time boxing in the gym has helped clear his head a bit after losing his wife and the mother of his three children Rebecca Ellison to breast cancer in 2015. Ferdinand, who has b
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Elisabeth Moss, wins Emmy for depicting cult

Elisabeth Moss on Sunday took home a top Emmy for depicting a victim of a cult, although in real life she is a member of the controversial Church of Scientology. The 35-year-old, earlier known for roles in "The West Wing" and "Mad Men," won her first Emmy for a role in "The Handmaid's Tale" in the category of best actress in a drama series. The series by on-demand service Hulu -- which also won best drama in the television awards -- tells of a misogynistic authoritarian regime that establishes
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PM Abbasi lands in New York to address UNGA, meet world leaders

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaks during a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz NEW YORK: Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi landed here from London Monday afternoon to lead the country's delegation to the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Aizaz Chaudhry and Maleeha Lodhi ? Pakistan's Ambassadors to the United States and United Nations, respectively ? received Abbasi at the John F. Kennedy International Airp
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Linkin Park grieves for late singer with concert, video

Rockers Linkin Park on Monday announced a concert to mourn singer Chester Bennington following his suicide as they released a poignant video showing him in a sea of light. The concert will take place on October 27 at the Hollywood Bowl in the band's base of Los Angeles, with proceeds to benefit Music for Relief, a fund started by Linkin Park after the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 to help disaster victims. The evening will mark the first Linkin Park concert since Bennington hanged himself on Ju
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Barcelona's Dembele to undergo surgery on Tuesday

Barcelona's record 105 million-euro ($125 million) signing Ousmane Dembele will undergo surgery on the torn hamstring that has ruled him out of action for up to four months in Helsinki on Tuesday. "Dembele travelled on Monday morning to Helsinki, Finland, where he will undergo surgery to repair a rupture of the biceps femoris tendon in his left thigh," Barcelona said in a statement on Monday. "Dembele was accompanied by team physician, Dr. Ricard Pruna. Dembele will be operated on Tuesday by D
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