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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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Six held, suicide jackets recovered in search operations: ISPR

Pakistan's security forces. Photo: File  Security forces carried out search operations in Halka Plandara area of Mohmand Agency by acting on intelligence reports as part of Operation Raddul Fasaad, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday. During the search operation, suicide jackets, IEDs, rockets, hand grenades, detonators and a huge amount of ammunition of various calibers and communication equipment were recovered. Meanwhile, in a search operation conducted in Orakzai Ag
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´Frozen in time´: Diana´s tragic fairytale

LONDON: From her engagement to Prince Charles as a shy teenager to her roles as doting mother, humanitarian and global celebrity, Diana´s turbulent life still captivates people around the world. Young, beautiful and fun, she seemed refreshingly informal when she married the heir to the throne in 1981 at age 20, after what the media and palace officials portrayed as a fairytale romance. But the acrimonious breakdown of her relationship with the heir to the throne, during which every salacious d
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Zombies, romance and revenge drive record 'Game of Thrones' ratings

Photo: HBO A zombie dragon, an illicit romance and satisfying revenge helped drive the season finale of ?Game of Thrones? to a viewership high, HBO said Monday, as the seventh season drew record ratings. A total of 12.1 million viewers watched Sunday?s seventh season finale, titled ?The Dragon and the Wolf,? up 36 percent from the 8.9 million viewers who watched the season six finale. Viewership from replays and streams on HBO?s on-demand apps boosted the overall Sunday ratings to 16.5 million
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India's 'godmen' grow in clout, fill void left by state

Supporters of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh rest as they gather near a stadium in Panchkula in the northern state of Haryana, India, August 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters  NEW DELHI: Days before his conviction on Friday for rape, Indian spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh launched a month of lavish birthday celebrations, waiting on a stage at his cult?s vast compound to be greeted by politicians donating tens of thousands of dollars to his organisation. Singh, whose conviction for raping two women spar
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Cabinet meeting to discuss new US policy today

Parliament of Pakistan. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: A session of the National Assembly (NA) will be held at 3pm today while Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will chair a meeting of the federal cabinet later in the day. This will be the first NA session as well as cabinet meeting following US President Donald Trump?s ?anti-Pakistan? comments during his South Asia policy speech last week. Sources said the cabinet will discuss the situation arising after Trump?s remarks. The National Security Divi
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Ali's assault puts England on top in second Test

LEEDS: Moeen Ali´s rapid 84 helped England turn the tide on the fourth day of the second Test against the West Indies at Headingley on Monday. At stumps, the West Indies were five without loss in their second innings, needing a further 317 runs to reach a challenging victory total of 322. Only one side has made more in the fourth innings to win a Test at Headingley, with Australia´s celebrated ´Invincibles´ scoring 404 for three at the Leeds ground in 1948 thanks mainly to opener Arthur Morri
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US court sentences Axact VP to 21 months in ?international diploma mill scheme? case

A US court on Tuesday sentenced Axact Vice President Umair Hamid to 21 months in prison and levied a fine of $5,303,020 "for his role in an international diploma mill scheme operated through the Pakistani company?. Axact executive pleads guilty in 'diploma mill' scam, faces 20 years in US prison Umair Hamid pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison: US Dept of Justice According to the Department of Just
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Truck crashes into empty school building in Sukkur

Pictured is the truck inside the empty school building. ? Geo News screengrab SUKKUR: A truck lost control and crashed into an empty school building in Sukkur late Monday night, local officials said. The incident occurred after the vehicle's brakes failed and it crashed into an empty school building near Sukkur's famous Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower), Deputy Mayor Tariq Chauhan said. Rescue members and police reached the site soon after the incident. The driver of the vehicle and a helper were re
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Three injured in London carnival 'acid attack'

Image shows revellers at Notting Hill Carnival. ? The Independent LONDON: At least three people received minor injuries in the wake of a suspected acid attack on revellers at Notting Hill Carnival in London, according to British media outlets. The Metropolitan Police said a ?mild acidic liquid? was thrown over a number of people in Ladbroke Grove, west London, during the carnival. ?Three people have also reported skin irritation injuries, although these are not thought to be serious,? a spokes
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Mark Zuckerberg welcomes second daughter in Facebook post

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife welcomed their second daughter -- August -- to the world on Monday with a post on the leading social network. As they did with after the birth of their first daughter, Maxima, in late 2015, the couple wrote the girl a letter, but this one spoke of reveling in the wonder of childhood instead of visions of a better world on the horizon. "You only get to be a child once, so don´t spend it worrying too much about the future," said th
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Muguruza advances, Konta out as Sharapova returns at US Open

Spain's Garbine Muguruza returning a shot. ? AFP NEW YORK: Reigning Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza advanced and British seventh seed Johanna Konta was ousted Monday at the US Open as Maria Sharapova´s long-awaited return to Grand Slam tennis neared. Spanish third seed Muguruza defeated American Varvara Lepchenko 6-0, 6-3 for her first triumph in Arthur Ashe Stadium, which celebrated its 20th anniversary on the first day of New York hardcourt matches. Muguruza, last year´s French Open cha
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SC orders KP to reopen four women crisis centers

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan while rejecting an appeal by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday ordered it to reopen four women crisis centers in the province. The provincial government had closed the centers in 2010 because of "shortage of funds", which prompted women working in the centers to challenge the decision in the Peshawar High Court. The PHC had ordered reopening the centers, but the provincial government filed an appeal in the apex court against the verdict. A t
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Hamas leader hails Iranian military support

Hamas chief in Gaza Yahya al-Sinwar pictured in the enclave's southern city of Khan Yunis on July 22, 2017. ? AFP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The Gaza head of the Palestinian movement Hamas said on Monday it had increased its military capabilities thanks to newly improved relations with Iran. In a rare meeting with a small number of journalists, Yahya al-Sinwar said Iran was "the biggest supporter" of Hamas's military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. Hamas was "developing our mi
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N. Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan: Seoul, Tokyo

SEOUL: North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday, South Korea´s military and the Japanese government said. The "unidentified ballistic missile" was launched at around 2057 GMT Monday from Sunan, near Pyongyang, the South´s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, saying it travelled east "and over Japan". "South Korea and the US are jointly analysing for details," it added. Tokyo also said it overflew its territory, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying the government wou
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Thousands driven from homes, seven dead, as Harvey hammers Houston

HOUSTON: Historic flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey killed at least seven people in Texas and was expected to drive 30,000 from their homes, as officials on Monday warned that floodwaters would likely rise in the coming days as the storm hovers over the US Gulf Coast. Thousands of National Guard troops, police, rescue workers and civilians raced in helicopters, boats and special high-water trucks to rescue the hundreds of people still believed trapped in Houston, the nation?s fourth-largest
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Police arrest 20 suspects in Karachi raids

KARACHI: Police rounded up at least 20 suspects in raids conducted in different areas of Karachi late Monday, officials said. The law enforcers apprehended three suspects in Machchar Colony and Old City Area, and seized weapons and drugs from them. In another raid on a gambling den in Orangi Town's Mominabad area, police nabbed 15 suspected gangsters, according to SP Orangi. Two more suspects were held from Awami Colony area of the megapolis. The suspects, Naseeruddin and Adnan, attempted to
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Facebook to ban pages spreading fake news from advertising

Facebook on Monday took another measure to curb the spread of so-called fake news by announcing that it would ban business pages involved in sharing false stories from advertising on the social networking site. "Over the past year we have taken several steps to reduce false news and hoaxes on Facebook. Currently, we do not allow advertisers to run ads that link to stories that have been marked false by third-party fact-checking organizations," it said in a blog post on Monday. "Now we are ta
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Hope HBL issue is not linked with Pak-US tension: Khurshid Kasuri

ISLAMABAD: The foreign policy of the United States should not affect a private corporate body, former foreign minister of Pakistan Khurshid Kasuri said while speaking about the fine levied on Habib Bank Limited?s New York branch. ?I hope the matter is not linked to the current tension between Pakistan and the US,? he said while speaking on Geo News? show Capital Talk on Monday. ?There are institutes in the US that control the banking sector, where lack of transparency [to this extent] is not ex
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Speaker AJK assembly quashes disqualification reference against PM Farooq Haider

ISLAMABAD: The disqualification reference filed against Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider was rejected on Monday.  The reference was rejected on the basis of lack of evidence against the AJK prime minister by the speaker of the Legislative Assembly.  The reference can not be sent to the chief election commissioner on basis of a media talk, said the speaker.  References were filed against Haider's disqualification by opposition parties in the Legislative Assembly  
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Indian envoy summoned over LoC violations by Foreign Office

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday summoned the Indian High Commissioner to lodge a protest against unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC), said a statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO). Indian forces had opened fire in the Tatta Pani and Poona sector of the LoC on Sunday which killed three civilians and injured two others.  The FO added that the deliberate targeting of civilians by Indian forces was unacceptable and India was violating human rights by
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Taylor Swift launches new music video

Pop superstar Taylor Swift showed a new dark, bad-girl image as she premiered her latest video Sunday during the MTV Video Music Awards. The video for "Look What You Made Me Do," a dance track that quickly topped streaming charts after its release Friday, opens with imagery of a cemetery. The camera zooms to a grave that says "Here Lies Taylor Swift's Reputation" - a theme that will apparently weigh heavily on Swift's newly announced album, which is entitled "Reputation" and comes out on Novem
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Apple expected to launch iPhone 8 on Sept 12, reports suggest

Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 8 in a launch ceremony on September 12, reported CNBC. An updated iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus will also be among the products to be introduced alongside the high-end iPhone 8. Apple is also reportedly planning to announce a much upgraded 4K Apple TV and a new Apple Watch. Reports suggest that the iPhone 8 will feature a display which will cover the entire front of the phone and will use OLED panels with enhanced brightness and sharper colors. According
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Army chief calls upon Tajik president: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa called on President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and thanked him for supporting Pakistan's membership of the SCO and for hosting the Quadrilateral Counter Terrorism Coordination Mechanism (QCCM), said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). President Rahmon offered his sincere wishes for people of Pakistan, appreciating the role Pakistan and Pakistan Army has played in the fight against terrorism and peace. I
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Karachi's population balloons by 59 pc: census

An image of a congested road in Karachi. Photo: Geo News File  Results released for citywide population in the provisional census conducted by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics show that Karachi?s population has ballooned to 14.9 million in 2017 as compared to 9.39 million in 1998. Thirty three percent of Sindh?s 47.9 million-strong population lives in the province?s two major cities, Karachi and Hyderabad. While the provincial capital?s population grew by fifty nine percent in nineteen years, Hyde
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Bearish trend continues as PSX closes below 42,000 points

KARACHI: The bearish trend at Pakistan Stock Exchange continued as the KSE-100 index closed below the psychological barrier of 42,000 points on Monday after witnessing a negative change of 1.57 per cent.  The index lost 667 points during the day's trading session with investors trading shares valuing more than Rs4.56 billion.  The market closed at 41,974 points, reaching a high of 42,641 points during the day's trading.  A constricted trading session was witnessed with KSE-100 volume trading
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