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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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Delight as Serena Williams ?welcomes baby girl?

Serena Williams MIAMI: Tennis superstar Serena Williams gave birth to a baby girl on Friday, US media reported, prompting an outpouring of delight from fellow professionals, celebrities and fans of the sporting icon. Williams, who will turn 36 later this month, was admitted to the St Mary´s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida on Wednesday before going into labor overnight. There was no immediate confirmation of the birth from Williams´ representatives. Elder sister Venus Williams des
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Army chief wishes nation happy Eid-ul Azha

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa extended greetings to the nation on the occasion of Eid-ul Azha on Saturday. According to a tweet by Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor, the army chief wished the country on the behalf of the armed forces. ?"Eid-ul-Azha gives us message of peace, happiness, fraternity and selfless sacrifice for humanity", said the COAS, the tweet mentioned. Ei
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Experts stress importance of removing remains of sacrificial animals properly

File photo ISLAMABAD: Authorities must ensure the proper disposal of offal as soon as possible to prevent the spread of diseases. Health and environmental experts have stressed the importance of properly removing blood, offal and other waste after an animal has been sacrificed. Failure to do so may lead to health problems and environmental pollution. Civic agencies involved in keeping an area clean should not throw offal and animal wastes into drains, green areas and in garbage trolleys, but
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Four electrocuted to death, one wounded in Karachi due to fallen power line

File Photo KARACHI: Four people were electrocuted to death, while one was severely wounded in a rain-related incident Friday night here on Jinnah Road in the Sher Shah area, Geo News reported. The victims of electrocution were reportedly the owners of road-side swings, law enforcement agencies said, adding that they were passing via Jinnah Road when their ride came into contact with a fallen power cable. The deceased have been identified as Arshad Ghulam Yaseen, Akhtar Rafiq, Sabir Ashiq, an
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MQM-P leader Khwaja Izhar survives assassination attempt after Eid prayers

KARACHI: MQM-Pakistan leader Khwaja Izhar-ul-Hassan survived an assassination attempt made on him early Saturday morning here in the Bufferzone area, as he was leaving a mosque after offering Eid-ul-Azha prayers, Geo News reported. While Hassan remained uninjured, two of his guards, as well as a fellow citizen, are reportedly wounded by the gunshots, the MQM-P member explained in a statement issued after the attack. "They were wearing helmets and garbed in police uniforms," Hassan stated, ad
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Irma forecast to remain a 'powerful hurricane for days'

This NOAA satellite image ? released on September 1, 2017 ? shows what the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured in a photo of Hurricane Irma at 11:15 AM (Eastern time) on August 31, 2017. AFP/NOAA/Handout MIAMI: Hurricane Irma in the central Atlantic is expected to remain a "powerful hurricane" as it heads towards the Caribbean, US weather monitors said Friday. Irma ? a Category 2 storm ? formed just days after the first
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Rooney charged with drunk-driving

Everton's English striker Wayne Rooney warms up ahead of the UEFA Europa League playoff round at Goodison Park, Liverpool, England, August 17, 2017. AFP/Oli Scarff/Files  LONDON: Everton striker Wayne Rooney has been charged with drink-driving, British police said Friday. Rooney ? England's all-time record goalscorer and former captain ? was stopped by police near his home in Cheshire, northwest England, in the early hours of Friday. "The man was arrested shortly after 2.00am (0100GMT) today
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Campaign launched to topple Barca president

FC Barcelona's president Josep Maria Bartomeu attends a news conference in Barcelona, Spain, June 30, 2016. REUTERS/Albert Gea/Files  BARCELONA: A vote of no confidence against Barcelona's beleaguered board was launched by a disgruntled member of the club on Friday with the aim of removing president Josep Maria Bartomeu. Agusti Benedito, who lost out to Bartomeu in club elections in 2015, attended the club's offices at the Camp Nou stadium to request the ballot papers necessary for his censur
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Saudi hails 'smooth' Mecca hajj after 2015 stampede

Muslim pilgrims partake in the symbolic stoning of the devil at the Jamarat Bridge in Mina, near Mecca, which marks the final major rite of the hajj on September 1, 2017. AFP/Bandar Aldandani  MINA: Saudi Arabia on Friday reported no major security incidents or health scares at this year's pilgrimage, as the Muslim faithful embarked on the last leg of the five-day hajj. The "Stoning of the Devil" ritual in the western city of Mina that started at dawn was the scene of a 2015 stampede that kil
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One dead as heavy flooding displaces thousands in Nigeria

LAGOS: At least one person has been killed after heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks in southeast Nigeria, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, an NGO said Friday. "We were able to speak to a woman and one of her children was killed in the night, two are in the hospital as a result of the collapse of a building," said Helen Teghtegh, executive director of Community Links and Human Empowerment Initiative, which works in Benue State. "The rains have stopped for the
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Finland frees sixth stabbing suspect, but alleged attacker held

Finnish police patrol in front of the Central Railway Station after the stabbings in Turku, Central Helsinki, Finland, August 18, 2017. LEHTIKUVA/Linda Manner via REUTERS  HELSINKI: Finnish police said Friday that they had released a sixth suspect in last month's stabbing spree that killed two and injured eight others in a southwestern city, leaving the alleged attacker as the only person still in custody. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said the released man "was placed in pre-tri
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Monster X-ray laser offers glimpse into nano-world

European XFEL X-ray laser tunnel system, in Schönefeld , Germany. AFP HAMBURG: The world's most powerful X-ray laser opened Friday in Germany, promising to shed new light on very small things by letting scientists penetrate the inner workings of atoms, viruses and chemical reactions. The mega-project generates extremely intense laser flashes, at a mind-boggling rate of 27,000 per second, inside a 3.4-kilometre (2.1-mile) tunnel below the northern city of Hamburg. Hailed as one of Europe's most
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Top CEOs warn Trump on ending migrant amnesty

This photo ? taken on February 3, 2017 ? shows General Motors CEO Mary Barra (2ndL), Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn (2nd R), and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon (R), as they listen to US President Donald Trump speaking at a policy and strategy forum with executives at the White House in Washington, DC. AFP/Brendan Smialowski/Files  WASHINGTON: The CEOs of dozens of big-name American firms from Amazon to Apple and Facebook pressed US President Donald Trump on Friday to keep an amnesty for people br
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Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated in Pakistan today with due fervour

Sheep are seen peeping outside through the window of a van as they are transported from a livestock market, ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha in Pakistan, September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz  KARACHI: Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated all around Pakistan with due religious fervour on Saturday, with prayers for the special occasion to be offered at hundreds of mosques, Imambargahs, and other places in the metropolis. Later, Muslims observing the Eid will perform the sacred ritual of slaughtering sacrifi
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Mahira reveals first look from 'Verna', sporting scarred arm, dishevelled face

Mahira Khan as she appears in the poster of Shoaib Mansoor's upcoming movie 'Verna'. Image Courtesy: Mahira Khan's Twitter account  Pakistan's cinema darling Mahira Khan took to Twitter Friday evening to share the first official look of her upcoming movie Verna. Mahira ? who made her Bollywood debut alongside the 'King of Romance' Shah Rukh Khan in Raees (2017) ? will be starring as one of the lead characters in the Shoaib Mansoor-directed film. Verna, therefore, will be the actre
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US House speaker urges Trump not to scrap 'Dreamers' immigration policy

House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Files  WASHINGTON: US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan urged President Donald Trump on Friday not to rescind an Obama-era program that protects immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children, joining business leaders and others opposing the move. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Trump will announce on Tuesday whether he will end the Deferred Action for Child
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Muslim worshippers seek green inspiration at annual Haj pilgrimage

Muslim pilgrims sit on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat in the early morning during the annual Haj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, October 25, 2012. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Files  LONDON: Some 2 million people are travelling across the globe to eat, sleep, and pray in unison as the annual Islamic pilgrimage of Haj gets underway in Mecca. For billions of Muslims who are physically and financially able, Haj is a mandatory act of worship. But the religious celebration also has a su
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British Columbia extends wildfire emergency for fourth time

A wildfire burns north east of the town of Cache Creek, British Columbia, Canada on July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Ben Nelms/Files  The Canadian province of British Columbia has extended a state of emergency for a fourth time until September 15 due to wildfires raging across the region, the provincial government said on Friday. Since early summer, firefighters and emergency services have been battling hundreds of blazes across British Columbia that have forced as many as 45,000 people from their home
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Trump to host meeting on UN reform with world leaders mid-September

US President Donald Trump is seated in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump, a frequent critic of the United Nations, will seek to gather global support for reforming the world body when he hosts an event at UN headquarters in New York on September 18, a day before he formally addresses the 193-member organization. Countries will be invited to attend Trump?s function if they sign on to a US
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Pakistan to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha under tight security

KARACHI: Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on Saturday across the country under tight security with law-enforcers deployed in and around mosques and Eidgahs in large numbers. Security officials will be deployed in almost all mosques and Eidgahs across the country. AIG Karachi, in a report submitted to the home minister, mentioned that all security arrangements have been finalised.  According to the report, about 16,000 police officers will be deployed to perform security duties in Karachi. Six
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Facebook activates Safety Check for Karachi

Facebook has activated its Safety Check feature after torrential rains lashed Karachi on Thursday. Users of the social network can use the Safety Check Tool to reassure contacts they are "safe" and check up on friends who are in the area. At least 21 people died after the metropolis was battered with heavy rainfall on Thursday which saw Army contingents being deployed to assist in rescue efforts. To mark yourself as safe you can visit ?The Flooding in Karachi, Pakistan? page. The page has be
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Most of Houston 'now dry', recovery begins

ROCKPORT: Houston was limping back to life on Friday one week after Hurricane Harvey slammed into America's fourth-largest city and left a trail of devastation across other parts of southeast Texas. "Most of the city is now dry," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told MSNBC. "And so we're turning to recovery and housing, especially for individuals whose homes were greatly damaged." As flood waters receded in Houston and residents began slowly returning home other nearby towns such as Rockport, B
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ATC issues detailed verdict of Benazir Bhutto murder case

Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack at an election campaign rally in Rawalpindi?s Liaquat Bagh on December 27, 2007. RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has issued the detailed verdict in former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's murder case, holding two police officials guilty of ?criminal negligence? and declaring then-military dictator Pervez Musharraf a fugitive. Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson and two-time former prime ministe
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Just smile: In KFC China store, diners have new way to pay

A customer tries Alipay's facial recognition payment solution "Smile to Pay" at KFC's new KPRO restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 1, 2017. Photo: Reuters File  SHANGHAI: Diners at a KFC store in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou will have a new way to pay for their meal. Just smile. Customers will be able to use a ?Smile to Pay? facial recognition system at the tech-heavy, health-focused concept store, part of a drive by Yum China Holdings Inc to lure a younger gener
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NAB's faulty investigation led to Zardari's acquittal: verdict

KARACHI: Faulty investigation on the National Accountability Bureau?s part in addition to lack of substantial evidence and witnesses presented before the court resulted in former President Asif Ali Zardari?s acquittal, the written verdict for the case says. Justice Khalid Mehmood Ranjha, of accountability court no 1, accepted the documents requesting acquittal of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson on August 26. The written verdict, issued late Friday, says that conflicting stateme
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