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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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SBP increases cash carrying limit of visitors to Rs10,000

Image of Pakistani currency. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has revised per person per visit outward/inward cash carrying limits of Pakistan currency notes. The cash carrying limits for the visitors leaving or entering Pakistan (other than India) have been enhanced to Rs10,000 and in case of India, the limits have been enhanced to Rs3,000, SBP said in a statement. According to the previous policy, any person could take out from Pakistan to any country (other than Indi
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Hurricane Irma churns through Caribbean islands, possibly en route to Florida

SAN JUAN: Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, churned across northern Caribbean islands on Wednesday with a catastrophic mix of fierce winds, surf and rain, en route to a possible Florida landfall at the weekend. Irma is expected to become the second powerful storm to thrash the US mainland in as many weeks after devastating Hurricane Harvey, but its precise trajectory remained uncertain. The eye of Irma, a Category 5 storm packing winds of 185 miles per hour
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Teen Rublev meets Nadal at US Open quarter-final

Andrey Rublev is the youngest US Open quarter-finalist since Andy Roddick in 2001 NEW YORK: Russian teen Andrey Rublev, inspired by other young stars of Russian parentage, is the youngest US Open quarter-finalist since Andy Roddick in 2001 and on a collision course with his idol -- Rafael Nadal. The 53rd-ranked 19-year-old dispatched Belgian ninth seed David Goffin 7-5, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 Monday to book a last-eight date Wednesday with 15-time Grand Slam champion and world number one Nadal. "I´m
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N. Korea nuclear test 10 times more powerful than Hiroshima: Japan

Pyongyang´s Sunday test of what it described as a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile triggered global alarm  TOKYO: Japan Wednesday again upgraded its estimated size of North Korea´s latest nuclear test to a yield of around 160 kilotons -- more than ten times the size of the Hiroshima bomb. This marked Tokyo´s second revision higher after previously giving estimates of 70 and 120 kilotons. Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters that his ministry´s upward revision to 160
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Envoys' conference: Maleeha Lodhi to participate via video link

Pakistan's Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi. Photo: File The second day of a three-day conference of Pakistani envoys kicked-off on Wednesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad. According to media reports, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi will attend the conference via video link. The envoy conference is being held to deliberate on key foreign policy issues following US President Donald Trump?s new Afghan policy, Kashmir and
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LHC Multan bar president appears before SC in judge row case

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/6aeda56383948d90be3090c467c76e95.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS82LzIwMTcgNzo0MDo1OSBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPXI2dU9mTzJRdTRNU3BGaXBlQ2tkRmc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] LAHORE: The Supreme Court?s Lahore registry on Wednesday conducted a hearing in the appeal against the issuance of arrest warrants of Lahore High Court Bar Multan bench President Sher
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Argentina, Chile stumble again, Uruguay on brink

Argentina needed a second-half own goal to help them snatch a 1-1 draw against already-eliminated Venezuela MONTEVIDEO: Argentina and Chile´s World Cup qualification hopes were left on a knife edge Tuesday after the South American heavyweights slipped up once again on the road to next year´s finals in Russia. Argentina needed a second-half own goal to help them snatch a 1-1 draw against already-eliminated Venezuela in Buenos Aires while Chile crashed to a 1-0 defeat against Bolivia in La Paz.
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Facebook inflates ad reach, claims Pivotal Research analyst

Facebook Inc inflates the number of people who can see the advertisements on its platform, a Pivotal Research Group analyst said in a note. Facebook?s Ads Manager claims a potential reach of 41 million 18- to 24-year olds and 60 million 25- to 34-year olds in the United States, whereas US census data shows that last year there were a total of 31 million people between the ages of 18 and 24, and 45 million in the 25-34 age group, the analyst said. ?While Facebook?s measurement issues won?t nece
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi denounces terrorists, silent on Rohingya exodus

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Sweden.  REUTERS DHAKA/SHAMLAPUR: Myanmar?s Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday blamed ?terrorists? for ?a huge iceberg of misinformation? on the violence in Rakhine state but made no mention of the nearly 125,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled over the border to Bangladesh since Aug. 25. The leader of the Buddhist-majority country has come under pressure from countries with Muslim populations over the
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Indian journalist shot dead at her residence

Lankesh (centre) at a protest in 2015. Photo: Twitter  NEW DELHI: A senior Indian journalist was shot dead on Tuesday in the southern city of Bengaluru by unidentified assailants, police said. The body of Gauri Lankesh, the editor of an Indian weekly newspaper, was found lying in a pool of blood outside her home. ?People in front of her house heard gunshots,? the city?s police commissioner, T Suneel Kumar, told reporters. ?We found four empty cartridges from the scene.? Lankesh was known as a
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Stephens beats Sevastova to make US Open semi-finals

Sloane Stephens won 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) to march into semi-finals  NEW YORK: Sloane Stephens took down 16th-seeded Latvian Anastasija Sevastova with a gritty 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) win on Tuesday to lead what could be an American parade into the US Open semi-finals. For the first time in 15 years four American women reached the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows with the 83rd-ranked Stephens hoping to be joined in the last four by Venus Williams, CoCo Vandeweghe and Madison Keys. With her win over 16th see
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Prince Harry and I are in love, says US actress Meghan Markle

LONDON: US actress Meghan Markle, the girlfriend of Britain?s Prince Harry, has said they are in love and happy together, in her first frank comments about their relationship since they became a couple last year. In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine published on Tuesday, Markle said she began dating Harry, fifth in line to the British throne, in July last year after she met him through friends. ?We?re a couple,? Markle told the U.S. magazine. ?We?re in love. I?m sure there will be a time
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West Indies eager to embarrass England again

Shai Hope celebrates the winning runs, Aug 29, 2017/Getty Images LONDON: Brian Lara revealed this week that Sachin Tendulkar had sent him a text message saying the West Indies´ victory over England in the second Test at Headingley was "a success the entire world needed." So what the India hero will say if fellow batting great Lara´s Caribbean successors follow up their win in Leeds by clinching a three-match series in a decider at Lord´s starting Thursday is anyone´s guess. Having dusted down
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No evidence of capital flow between Yabaite and Pakistani company: China

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang while speaking in press briefing. Photo: Chinese Foreign Ministry  ISLAMABAD: China announced on Wednesday that it found no evidence of any economic relations or capital flow between Jiangsu-based Yabaite Technology Co. Ltd and other Pakistani company or individual. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang while speaking in his regular press briefing said that on May 12, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) issued a public notice that the Ji
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UN chief warns Myanmar violence could destabilise region

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to Myanmar authorities on Tuesday to end violence against Rohingya Muslims in the country?s Rakhine state, warning of the risk of ethnic cleansing and regional destabilization. He also urged the Security Council to press for restraint and calm, sending the 15-member body a rare letter to express concern that the violence could spiral into a ?humanitarian catastrophe with implications for peace and security that could con
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Nation celebrates Defence Day with traditional enthusiasm

KARACHI: Pakistan celebrates Defence Day today to mark the 52nd anniversary of the 1965 war with traditional fervour and renewed pledge to defend the motherland against all threats. The celebrations commenced with a change of guard ceremony at the mausoleum of Allama Iqbal in Lahore and Mazar-e-Quaid in Karachi, and a ceremony at the Pakistan Navy headquarters in Islamabad. Special prayers were offered after fajr in mosques for progress and prosperity of the country. Fateha and Quran Khawani
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Sanctions doubts grow as North Korea warns of 'gift packages' for US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (Reuters)  GENEVA/SEOUL: A top North Korean diplomat on Tuesday warned that his country is ready to send ?more gift packages? to the United States as world powers struggled for a response to Pyongyang?s latest nuclear weapons test. Han Tae Song, ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, confirmed that North Korea had successfully conducted
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'Potentially catastrophic' Irma barrels towards Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico

Hurricane Irma, one of the most forceful Atlantic storms of the century, churned across the ocean on Tuesday on a collision course with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bearing down on the northern Caribbean with a devastating mix of fierce winds, surf and rain. The eye of Irma, a Category 5 storm packing winds of 185 miles per hour (295 km per hour), was expected to sweep through the northern Leeward Islands, east of Puerto Rico, on Tuesday night or early Wednesday, en route to a Florida l
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Anger as Trump ends amnesty for young immigrants

President Donald Trump on Tuesday ended an amnesty for 800,000 people brought illegally to the United States as minors, throwing their future in serious doubt and triggering fierce condemnation from across the political spectrum. Business leaders, unions, religious groups, opposition Democrats and many within Trump's own Republican party joined forces to criticize the phased end of protections for people who arrived in the United States under the age of 16. So-called "Dreamers" -- many Hispani
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New dimension to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and story behind it

Director John Landis says his new 3D version of "Thriller" gives Michael Jackson fans chance to see the groundbreaking video how the late king of pop would have wanted them to. "Michael and I always intended it to be seen in a cinema," Landis told reporters Monday at the launch of his new revamped version of one of popular music's most influential and successful productions at the Venice film festival. Using modern technology, Landis has remixed the sound and enhanced the visuals as well as ma
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Myanmar laying landmines near Bangladesh border

DHAKA: Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh for the past three days, said two government sources in Dhaka, adding that the purpose may have been to prevent the return of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence. Bangladesh will on Wednesday formally lodge a protest against the laying of land mines so close to the border, said the sources who had direct knowledge of the situation but asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. An army cra
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Kate wins damages over intrusive photos

PARIS: A French court ruled Tuesday that a French celebrity magazine must pay 100,000 euros in damages to Britain´s Prince William and his wife Kate over topless photos of the duchess published in 2012. The court also ordered Closer magazine´s editor Laurence Pieau and publisher Ernesto Mauri to each pay 45,000 euros ($53,000) in fines, the maximum possible. The couple had sought 1.5 million euros in damages and interest, but said they were "pleased" with the verdicts after a "serious breach o
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Orange juice prices jump as Irma approaches Florida

NEW YORK: Orange juice prices jumped in New York on Tuesday as Hurricane Irma´s approach cast a shadow over the citrus-producing US state of Florida. Irma has become a "potentially catastrophic" Category Five hurricane, the most ferocious category of storm, the National Hurricane Center said. Its likely path shows it hitting the British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Florida, and the state already has begun ordering some evacuations. "While we do not yet know th
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Oil markets dip on fallout from Hurricane Harvey; Irma also in focus

Oil prices dipped on Wednesday as crude demand remained subdued on the back of refinery closures following Hurricane Harvey which hit the US Gulf coast 10 days ago. Market focus was also being drawn to Hurricane Irma, a record Category 5 storm, which is barrelling towards important shipping lanes in the Caribbean. Although many refineries and pipelines which were knocked out by Harvey are now in the process of restarting, analysts say it will take some time before the US petroleum industry is
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