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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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Arson suspected as fire in southeast France brought under control

A resident stands through burnt belongings from his house that was devastated by a blaze in La Londe-les-Maures, southeastern France, on September 3, 2017, after a forest fire broke out in southeastern France. AFP/Bertrand Langlois MARSEILLE: A forest fire in southeastern France that destroyed about 460 acres near urban areas was brought under control on Sunday, authorities said, adding that an investigation had been opened into a suspected arson. Two homes were destroyed in the fire that brok
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Furious Moscow demands swift return of closed US facilities

A sign is seen at the entrance of the compound of the Trade Representation building of the Russian Federation on September 2, 2017, in Washington DC. AFP/Eric Baradat  MOSCOW: Russia demanded Sunday that the US rethink its shuttering of Moscow's diplomatic premises, insisting that Washington bore sole responsibility for worsening ties after the "hostile act". "We consider what has happened as an openly hostile act and a gross violation of international law by Washington," the foreign ministry
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Walter Becker, rock bohemian of Steely Dan, dead at 67

This photo ? taken on February 21, 2001 ? shows Donald Fagen (R) and Walter Becker of Steely Dan posing with their Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. AFP/Vince Bucci/Files  NEW YORK: Walter Becker, a bassist whose eclectic tastes from jazz to reggae helped create the intricate bohemian rock sound of Steely Dan, died Sunday aged 67. His death was announced in a brief notice on his official website, with no further details released. Becker i
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US East Coast keeps wary eye on Irma, another powerful hurricane

This image ? obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ? shows Hurricane Irma on September 3, 2017. AFP/NOAA/RAMMB  WASHINGTON: Barely a week after Hurricane Harvey devastated large swaths of the US Gulf coast, Americans on the East Coast on Sunday were warily watching the progress of another major storm, Hurricane Irma. For now, those fears are mostly speculative, as the Category 3 storm remains far out in the Atlantic. Its track is, as the Weather Channel desc
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Nearly 100 inmates escape in Ivory Coast prison break

File Photo KATIOLA: Almost 100 inmates escaped from a prison in the Ivory Coast on Sunday, the latest in a string of jail breaks in the west African country, officials said. According to a local judicial source, the men who escaped in the central town of Katiola were followers of Coulibaly Yacouba ? the late leader of a prison mutiny last year. Yacouba ? otherwise known as "Yacou le Chinois" ("Yacou the Chinese") ? was killed in February 2016 during an attempted jail break at Ivory Coast's mai
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Germany, France, Italy seek tougher EU sanctions on N. Korea

The North Korean town of Sinuiju is seen behind the Friendship Bridge (L) ? which connects Sinuiju and the Chinese border city of Dandong ? and the Broken Bridge (R), in Dandong, in China's northeast Liaoning province. September 4, 2017. AFP/Greg Baker BERLIN: Germany, Italy, and France on Sunday urged tougher EU sanctions against North Korea after Pyongyang "reached a new dimension of provocation" with its latest nuclear test. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macr
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Victoria and Abdul: a 130-year-old story for our times

From left: actor Ali Fazal, actress Judi Dench, director Stephen Frears and actor Eddie Izzard attend the premiere of the movie 'Victoria & Abdul' presented out of competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival on September 3, 2017, at Venice Lido. AFP/Filippo Monteforte  VENICE: Grouchy, greedy, and constipated: nobody could accuse Stephen Frears of kowtowing with his portrayal of Queen Victoria in his new film Victoria & Abdul, which premiered in Venice on Sunday. The director, who wo
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Musharraf says will face Bhutto murder trial in Pakistan

Pervez Musharraf. AFP/Asif Hassan ISLAMABAD: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said he would return to Pakistan to face trial in the murder case of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto. A Pakistani court on Thursday pronounced Musharraf a fugitive in the murder trial but acquitted five men accused of involvement in the 2007 assassination of Bhutto ? the first female prime minister of a Muslim country. In a statement issued to the media Sunday, Musharraf said the verdict of the Rawalpindi Ant
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Texas governor says Harvey damage could reach $180 billion

An aerial photo shows damage caused by Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas, US, August 31, 2017. REUTERS/DroneBase  HOUSTON: Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Sunday estimated damage from Hurricane Harvey at $150 billion to $180 billion, calling it more costly than epic hurricanes Katrina or Sandy and fueling a debate over how to pay for the disaster. Harvey, which first came ashore on August 25 as the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in 50 years, has killed an estimated 47 people, displaced
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Ignite holds meet-up in Lahore to discuss bumping up IT, ITeS exports

PSEB Managing Director Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah can be seen sitting here beside other speakers at the event organised by Ignite - National Technology Fund in Lahore, Pakistan. Geo.tv  LAHORE: Ignite - National Technology Fund organised an interactive event with the information technology (IT) industry here to gauge the feedback on a proposed roadmap to enhance Pakistan's exports of IT and IT-enabled services (ITeS). The latest meeting follows up from similar ones conducted earlier in Karachi
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Pilgrims return to Mecca as Hajj winds down

Muslims pray at the Grand mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia September 3,2017. Photo: REUTERS  MECCA: More than two million pilgrims participating in Hajj this week began returning to Mecca on Sunday for final prayers as the world?s largest annual gathering of Muslims winds down. Senior Saudi officials said the rituals, which have in the past seen deadly stampedes, fires and riots to which authorities sometimes struggled to respond, had gone off without incident.
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Parents find older babies sleep better in their own rooms

Parents who put babies to sleep in their own rooms report the infants get more rest and have more consistent bedtime routines than parents who share a room or a bed with their babies, a recent study suggests. The study focused on infants 6 to 12 months old. Researchers examined data from a questionnaire completed by parents of 6,236 infants in the US and 3,798 babies in an international sample from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain and New Zealand. All participants were users of a public
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Pakistan paid a heavy price in war against terrorism: Khursheed Shah

Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah addressing an Eid gathering in Sukkur. Photo: Geo News screen shot SUKKUR: Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah said that Pakistan has paid a heavy price in the war against terrorism while addressing an Eid gathering in Sukkur on Sunday. ?Pakistan has been fighting terrorism from the start. We need to remind the world regarding Pakistan?s sacrifices in the war against terrorism,? remarked the Pakistan Peoples Party leader. About 20,000 soldiers and 60,000 civilian
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US-North Korea: 70 years of high tension

WASHINGTON: Since the end of the Korean War, the United States and North Korea have relations marked by high tension and periodic, but short-lived, thaws. Here is a recap of their troubled history. A divided Korean peninsula In 1945, the Japanese occupation of Korea comes to an end with the Japanese defeat at the end of World War II. Korea is divided along the 38th parallel between the Soviet-backed regime of Kim il-Sung in the North and a South protected by the United States. In June 1930,
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CM Punjab orders inquiry into firing outside PPP's NA-120 office

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif ordered on Sunday an inquiry into aerial firing outside Pakistan Peoples Party office in NA-120 constituency. Shehbaz also ordered CCPO to submit a report over the matter. In the evening, unidentified gunmen conducted aerial firing outside the PPP office. Responding to this, PPP?s candidate Faisal Mir held the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) responsible for the incident.  He also alleged that PML-N is feeling threatened as PPP is gaini
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UK PM May says EU repeal bill best way to avoid Brexit 'cliff edge'

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaking during a joint press conference with her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe at the state guest house in Tokyo, Japan on August 31, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS  LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers that Britain could be faced with a Brexit ?cliff edge? if they failed to back her EU repeal bill, as reports suggested momentum was growing within her party to unseat her. With British lawmakers readying for their first full parliamentary debate on the
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Civil-military partnership helped CPEC takeoff, says Shehbaz

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that civil-military partnership helped China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) takeoff. Shehbaz, who was speaking to media after a visit to a children?s? hospital in Lahore, also remarked that success of CPEC is making India cringe. ?All the allegations against me were proven to be false,? he said. ?This is a defeat of those who opposed CPEC.? Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members are trying to stop me from serving the nation, he cl
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National Assembly speaker penalised for speeding

LAHORE: Motorway police fined on Sunday National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq for speeding near Khanqah Dogran on M2 motorway. According to the motorway police, Sadiq was travelling from Lahore to Islamabad on the second day of Eid-ul-Azha.   Sadiq?s two vehicles were fined Rs2,500 for violating traffic rules, the police informed.  The M2 motorway, which is 375 km long, connects Lahore to Rawalpindi. It passes through Kala Shah Kaku, Sheikhupura, Khanqah Dogran, Kot Sarwar, Pindi Bhattian, Sa
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Post rain: PM orders immediate relief for people of Karachi

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired on Sunday a session on the situation in Karachi after heavy rainfall on Thursday. Photo: REUTERS/file  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired on Sunday a session on the situation in Karachi after heavy rainfall, which led to flash floods across the city. The PM was briefed about the damage that occurred due to the rainfall and measures taken to curb it. Sindh government must be provided with all the facilities in this regard, Abbasi
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Meet the young Saudi programmer of honesty app ?Sarahah?

RIYADH: Fizzing with boyish exuberance, Saudi programmer Zainalabdin Tawfiq could be mistaken for a college freshman, but the popularity of his "honesty" app has shone a spotlight on the conservative kingdom's nascent tech scene. Tawfiq catapulted to fame when he took time out of his day job as a business analyst last year to develop an anonymous messaging tool called Sarahah ? honesty in Arabic ? that subsequently topped the charts for app downloads.  Initially conceived as a tool for solicit
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International community condemns North Korea nuclear test

This picture was released by North Korea?s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Sunday, purportedly showing leader Kim Jong-Un (centre) looking at a hydrogen bomb. Photo: AFP1 BEIJING: Countries around the world swiftly condemned North Korea´s announcement that it had tested a hydrogen bomb Sunday, with South Korea calling for the "strongest punishment" against Pyongyang while key ally China strongly condemned it. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have spiralled in recent weeks, with
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India appoints Nirmala Sitharaman as new defence minister in cabinet reshuffle

Nirmala Sitharama. Photo: Reuters/File  NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appointed Nirmala Sitharaman as defence minister in a cabinet reshuffle, in a bid to speed up development work as he comes under pressure to deliver on election promises in the final 20 months of his term. A senior official in the president?s office said: ?Nirmala Sitharaman will be handling defence portfolio?. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was holding defence portfolio earlier, while Sitharaman was trade
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Pakistan concerned over plight of Rohingya Muslims

Rohingya refugees rest after traveling over the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017.?REUTERS  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday expressed concern at the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, a community facing serious human rights violations allegedly by the state authorities. A statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO) said the country expresses serious concerns at the plight of Rohingya Muslims and demands the Myanmar government to investigate the killings and d
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China's Xi says BRICS must promote open world economy

XIAMEN: The BRICS group of countries must promote trade liberalisation and an open world economy, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday. The countries of BRICS ? which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa ? should explore ways to innovate economically, Xi said at the start of a BRICS summit in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen. The summit is expected to reach consensus on opposing trade protectionism, China?s Vice Trade Minister Wang Shouwen said earlier on Sunday.
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Formula One: Hamilton takes record 69th pole

Monza: Lewis Hamilton broke Michael Schumacher´s record of all-time pole positions by securing his 69th with a devastating lap in the final seconds of Saturday´s rain-hit qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. The 32-year-old Briton steered his Mercedes through treacherous conditions with patience, precision and courage to deliver a best lap in one minute and 35.554 seconds on full wet tyres. In a dramatic final session, he outpaced nearest rival Max Verstappen of Red Bull in teeming rain to
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