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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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Three-day celebrations of Abdullah Shah Ghazi?s Urs commence today

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/f8c32e2219669278c03259b35c9c1009.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8xMi8yMDE3IDU6NDU6NTQgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1oWHlQM0J1TWpkdXpJRFRQdFNRT1dRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Labour, Transport and Information Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Tuesday inaugurated the three-day celebrations of the 1,287th Urs of Abdullah Shah Ghazi. On
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Five killed in van-truck collision on motorway near Chakri

Chakri stop along the Motorway. Photo: Asif Alvi/Panoramio  ISLAMABAD: Five people were killed when a van collided with a truck near Chakri on Tuesday on the motorway.  A spokesperson for the National Highways and Motorways Police said the passenger van, travelling from Jhang to Rawalpindi, caught fire after the accident.  The fire was doused by fire brigade officials who reached the site along with motorway police officials.  Six of the passengers in the van were injured due to the fire and
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Champions Pakistan face stellar World XI in historic T20 today

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/046f1f19ebc04254ad3a16c32c34016e.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8xMi8yMDE3IDU6Mzg6MzggQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT10S2QwM2JzWVNZeU9tSk5xOExGSW1RPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: Pakistan, for the first time after winning the Champions Trophy, will face a star-studded World XI team for the first of three T20 matches at the Gaddafi Stadium tonight, in a
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Human Rights Watch says Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen are war crimes

People hold banners showing victims of Saudi-led air strikes during a demonstration outside the United Nations offices in Sanaa, Yemen August 29, 2017. Picture taken August 29, 2017. REUTERS DUBAI: Human Rights Watch accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen of war crimes on Tuesday, saying its air strikes killed 39 civilians including 26 children in two months. The rights group said five air strikes hitting four family homes and a grocery store were carried out either deliberately or r
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Hearing of Imran Khan disqualification case resumes in SC today

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e792a345dac51e4e50daee17dd404c1b.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8xMi8yMDE3IDU6Mzk6NTAgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT0vQklsTkhQZlJrYmpOYXlvbWFUcG9nPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will resume hearing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's disqualification case today. The petition was filed by Pakistan Muslim League-N
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Here?s what fans should expect at Apple's annual iPhone event

Tim Cook-File Photo Speculation surrounding what?s next in the pipeline starts right after Apple holds its biggest event on September 12 event ever year. This year too the rumour mill has been churning various predictions for the next iPhone specs. The tech giant will hold its major event today at 1PM Eastern time (10PM Pakistan time). All eyes are set this year on the premium model on the offer called the iPhone X. Apart from that, two other iPhones, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, which are
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Foreign minister off to Turkey as regional consultations continue

Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif left for Turkey on Tuesday. Sources said the foreign minister will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. National Security Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Nasser Janjua is accompanying the foreign minister on the visit. On Monday, Asif spent the day in Tehran meeting his counterpart as well as Iran President Hassan Rouhani. The two countries
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After roads and railways, China's Silk Road dealmakers eye financial firms

HONG KONG: After ports and industrial parks, the dealmakers leading China?s trillion-dollar push to build a modern Silk Road are turning to the financial sector, targeting Europe?s banks, insurers and asset managers to tap funds and expertise. Last week, sources familiar with the matter said two of China?s most acquisitive conglomerates, HNA Group and Anbang Insurance Group, had separately considered bidding for the German insurer Allianz SE. Neither of the two made an offer, but the talks mar
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Floridians return to storm-battered homes as Irma flooding spreads

FLORIDA CITY/MARCO ISLAND: Storm-shocked Floridians returned to shattered homes on Monday as the remnants of Hurricane Irma pushed inland, leaving more than half of all state residents without power and city streets underwater from Orlando and Jacksonville into coastal Georgia and South Carolina. Downgraded to a tropical storm early on Monday, Irma had ranked as one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record before barreling into the Florida Keys on Sunday and plowing northward along th
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PM Abbasi to chair cabinet meeting today on revised US policy

A federal cabinet meeting will be held today at 5PM under Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to hold discussions on the revised US policy on the region and overview the political situation in the country. Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif will also brief the meeting on the steps taken on diplomatic level over the matter, sources told Geo News. US sanctions would be counter-productive: Abbasi Pakistan denies hosting militant sanctuaries and bristles at claims it has not done enough to tac
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Happy to be in Pakistan for a good cause: Imran Tahir

Imran Tahir training at Gaddafi Stadium/PCB Twitter  LAHORE: South African leg spinner of Pakistani origin, Imran Tahir expressed his delight to be a part of the World XI to visit Pakistan for a good cause of resumption of international cricket in the country. "I am very happy to visit Pakistan with World XI for playing Independence Cup three-match T20 series which will be very interesting and competitive," he told media at a news conference on Monday evening at the Gaddafi Stadium. The leg sp
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Supreme Court to hear Panama case review petitions today

ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and comprising Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijazul Ehsan, will take up the review petitions of Nawaz Sharif, his children, son-in-law and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar today against the July 28 Panama Papers case verdict. The judges are the same as those on the special implementation bench that oversaw work of the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT).  Nawaz's children seek five-member review benc
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Mohammad Amir welcomes his little bundle of joy

Fast bowler Mohammad Amir welcomed his first ever child into the world early Tuesday morning, sharing an adorable picture with his little bundle of joy ahead of the historic Independence Cup series. ?Shukar Allhumdulilah blessed with the Rehmat of Allah .. Mashallah,? he tweeted from the UK, where he has been living with his wife and playing county cricket over the past few months. Amir is in the Pakistan squad which will face World XI for three T20 matches in Lahore on September
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At least eight dead in traffic accidents in Karachi, Mian Channu

File Photo KARACHI: At least eight lives were lost Monday night in different traffic accidents around the country, Geo News reported. Six people were killed and five others ? including a child ? injured in a truck-van collision on the metropolis' Malir Link Road, rescue sources said. Authorities added that of the deceased, two expired after the accident, succumbing to their injuries on way to and after reaching the hospital, respectively. Two children and two women were among those who died.
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With Irma goodwill gesture, Tesla's remote control raises eyebrows

Electric car maker Tesla helped its owners fleeing the path of Hurricane Irma, offering a complementary boost to the car battery's range to allow them to travel further before needing to recharge. The goodwill gesture was a publicity boost for the Silicon Valley firm, but the ability to remotely access to its customers' cars also drew some attention. As millions of Floridians were ordered to evacuate, Tesla offered free software upgrades increasing battery capacity on the Model X, Model S and
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Prudent Real Madrid remain Champions League favourites

Such is Real Madrid's confidence in creating more Champions League history that while others have spent hundreds of millions trying to catch up, the back-to-back European champions were happy to cash in. Real made a profit of over 75 million euros ($90 million) in the transfer market thanks to the departures of Alvaro Morata, James Rodriguez and Danilo. Yet they remain very much the side to beat as the Champions League returns on Tuesday having ended a near three-decade long wait for a team to
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14 suspects detained during search operations in Karachi

KARACHI: Law enforcement agencies detained 14 suspects in various search operations carried out late Monday night in different parts of the metropolis, Geo News reported. One suspect was arrested during a search operation conducted in the city's Gizri area, police said, adding that the detainee has been identified as Mansoor. Officials revealed that contraband was recovered from the suspect, who has allegedly been involved in various crimes. 13 other suspects were detained following a raid i
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Volkswagen to electrify entire range by 2030

German carmaker Volkswagen doubled down Monday on efforts to clean up its image tarnished by the dieselgate scandal, vowing ahead of the IAA auto industry show to electrify its entire range by 2030. By the end of next decade, VW vows to offer "at least one electrified version of each of the 300 or so group models", the firm said in a statement. The Wolfsburg-based group owns a stable of 12 brands ranging from VW, Seat and Skoda to Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini -- as well as truck and bus maker
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Oil prices dip as traders assess US hurricane impact

Oil prices edged down in early Asian trading on Tuesday, as traders weighed up the dampening effect on demand of Hurricane Irma versus refinery restarts following Hurricane Harvey that should lead to more crude oil processing. International benchmark Brent crude LCOc1 was down 8 cents, or 0.2 percent, at $53.76 per barrel by 0108 GMT from the previous close. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 was down 3 cents, or 0.1 percent, at $48.04 a barrel. US refineries, including the largest U
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Around one million rally for Catalan independence from Spain

BARCELONA: Around one million Catalans rallied in Barcelona on Monday, waving red and yellow striped flags and banging drums, in a show of support for independence after Madrid moved to block a referendum on the region?s split from Spain. Sept. 11 marks the ?Diada?, Catalonia?s national day, which commemorates the fall of Barcelona to Spain in 1714 and is traditionally used by pro-independence activists to call for secession for the northeastern region with a distinct language. However, this y
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Smoking changes lung cells, primes them to develop cancer

Chronic exposure to cigarette smoke can change lung cells over time, making them more vulnerable to disease and priming them to develop cancer, US researchers said Monday. The report in the journal Cancer Cell is based on lab experiments on lung cells that were exposed to chronic cigarette smoke -- the equivalent of a person smoking for 20 to 30 years. After about 10 days, the cells began to change their gene expression, a process known as epigenetic change. It took 10 months before these cha
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29Rooms, the exhibition created for social media

Visitors are touching the art, wearing it and even jumping on it at the popular immersive exhibition "29Rooms" being held in a Brooklyn warehouse. Artists, companies and non-profits have come together for the interactive event hosted by the website Refinery29 which closes on Monday after a four-day run. In stark contrast with traditional museums, visitors to 29Rooms are encouraged to physically engage with the installations, said executive creative director and co-founder Piera Gelardi. The e
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School children among 30 injured in Swiss Alps train accident

Swiss Alps train accident, Image Courtesy: CNN GENEVA: At least 30 people ? most of them school children ? were injured Monday when a train engine collided with carriages full of passengers at a station in the Swiss Alps, police and media said. "No one is in critical condition," said a spokeswoman for the regional police in the Swiss canton of Uri. Police initially said 27 people had been hurt. Around 100 people were onboard when the accident happened shortly before midday, including three
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UN unanimously backs new sanctions on North Korea

Members of the United Nations Security Council meet concerning North Korea at UN headquarters, September 11, 2017, in New York City. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea, slapping a ban on textile exports and restricting shipments of oil products to punish Pyongyang for its sixth and largest nuclear test. With backing from China and Russia, the council voted 15-0 to back the US-drafted sanctions resoluti
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NA-120: Know your candidates

Pakistan Muslim League ? Nawaz: Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Year of birth: 1950 ? Begum Kulsoom Nawaz is the former First Lady of Pakistan. ? She is the granddaughter of Ghulam Muhammad, famously known as Gaama Pehelwan. ? Kulsoom Nawaz completed her primary education from Madrassa-Tul-Banat and her matriculated from the Lady Griffin High School. She later attended the Forman Christian College for her undergraduate studies. ? During the course of her Masters at the Punjab Universi
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