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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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Millions pour into US towns in path of total eclipse

About 12 million people living in 14 states will be in the path of totality CHARLESTON: On Monday, when a total solar eclipse sweeps across the United States for the first time in 99 years, people gathering in Charleston, South Carolina, will be the last on the continent to experience it. They are ready. Historic Charleston, with its cobblestone streets and elegant antebellum mansions, was clearly a-bustle on Sunday, in full pre-eclipse mode. Its restaurants were packed and downtown parking w
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Stuart Broad proud to beat Botham?s mark

Broad surpassed Ian Botham's 383 wickets to become England's second leading Test wicket taker BIRMINGHAM: Stuart Broad paid tribute to the "big influence" of Ian Botham on his career after beating the England great´s tally of Test wickets. The 31-year-old paceman produced one of the wicket-taking bursts for which he has become known with a spell of three for four in 11 balls as England hammered the West Indies inside three days to win the inaugural day/night Test in Britain by an innings and 20
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Alonso stars for Chelsea as Spurs? Wembley curse continues

Marcos Alonso's double earned Premier League champions Chelsea a 2-1 victory LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur made a losing start to life as Wembley´s full-time tenants after Marcos Alonso´s double earned Premier League champions Chelsea a 2-1 victory on Sunday. The Spaniard struck either side of a late Michy Batshuayi own goal to get Chelsea back to winning ways after their opening 3-2 loss at home to Burnley and end Spurs´ club-record run of 14 successive home wins. Spurs went unbeaten throughout
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Real Madrid ease past Deportivo in La Liga opener

Gareth Bale, Casemiro and Toni Kroos were on target/Real Madrid official Twitter  MADRID: Real Madrid´s winning streak shows no signs of abating as the European champions began their defence of La Liga with a comfortable 3-0 win at Deportivo la Coruna. Gareth Bale, Casemiro and Toni Kroos were on target for the visitors, but Madrid´s night at La Riazor ended on a sour note when captain Sergio Ramos was shown the 23rd red card of his Real career. "Clearly I am not happy with what happened with
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Audi used in Spain attack caught speeding near Paris last week: newspaper

Image Courtesy: Reuters TV PARIS: A car used to run over pedestrians in the Spanish coastal resort of Cambrils, killing one woman, was caught speeding on camera about a week earlier in Paris, Le Parisien reported on Sunday. The attack came hours after a van travelling at high-speed drove through crowds of tourists and local people walking along the Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona, higher up the coast, last Thursday. Thirteen people were killed in that attack. Police in Cambrils subsequently
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Graffiti activists in Berlin turn Nazi symbols into art

Graffiti artist Ibo Omari gives an interview in his shop in Berlin, Germany August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke  BERLIN: Horrified at the sight of swastikas scrawled on walls, children's playgrounds, and building sites, a group of graffiti artists in Berlin is transforming the Nazi symbols into colourful artwork such as flowers, cars and animals. The swastika, which was adopted by Adolf Hitler's Nazi party, is banned in Germany, where right-wing sentiment has risen due to an influx of
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Elderly Swiss couple found murdered in Kenya's Mombasa city

Swiss couple, dead bodies, Kenyan policemen, Mombasa, Kenya, Aug 20, 2017, REUTERS, Joseph Okanga MOMBASA: The bodies of an elderly Swiss couple were found dumped by a country road in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa with severe injuries on Sunday, police said, and the caretaker of a property where they had been due to stay was being sought for questioning. Regional police chief Larry Kiyeng identified them by name and said they had flown into Kenya on Saturday and had planned to stay at a priv
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Merkel attacks Turkey's 'misuse' of Interpol warrants

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU), presents the new interactive election campaign ahead of the upcoming federal election in Berlin, Germany, August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke1 BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Turkey's use of an Interpol arrest warrant to detain a German writer in Spain, telling an election town hall event on Sunday that this amounted to an abuse of the international police agency. Dogan
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Finnish police search new sites, talk to suspect in knife rampage probe

Memorial cards, candles, and flowers for the victims of Friday's stabbings are placed on the Market Square in Turku, Finland, August 19, 2017. Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen/via REUTERS HELSINKI: Police searched premises in the city of Turku and interviewed the chief suspect on Sunday as part of an investigation into Finland's first suspected militant attack. The National Bureau of Investigation said it had organised a reconstruction of Friday's knife rampage in the western city of Turku and raided a
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US warship Indianapolis found 18,000 feet deep in Pacific Ocean

The World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA 35), which was lost July 30, 1945, is seen off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, US, on July 10, 1945, after her final overhaul and repair of combat damage. Courtesy Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives/US Navy/Handout via REUTERS  Researchers have found the wreckage of the US warship Indianapolis, which was sunk by a Japanese torpedo in the final days of World War Two, more than 5.5 kilometres (18,000 feet) below the surface
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Tahirul Qadri leaves for London, says 'Sharif family should appear before NAB'

LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri departed here for London late Sunday night for a brief visit before returning to Pakistan in a couple of weeks, Geo News reported. "Tahirul Qadri will be returning to Pakistan on August 31," a spokesperson for the PAT leader said. Before boarding his flight abroad, Qadri commented on the ongoing political situation in the country. He criticised the actions of the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family. "The Sharif family shou
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US Navy says USS John S. McCain sailing to port under own power

SINGAPORE: A US warship damaged after colliding with a merchant vessel east of Singapore on Monday is sailing under its own power and heading to port, the US Navy said. "Search and rescue efforts are underway in coordination with local authorities," the Navy said in a statement posted on the website of the Commander of the US Pacific Fleet. "In addition to tug boats out of Singapore, the Republic of Singapore Navy ship RSS Gallant, RSN helicopters, and Police Coast Guard vessel Basking Shark
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Bankruptcy fight over Oncor to test Warren Buffett's discipline

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett visits the BNSF booth before the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, US, May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files  Warren Buffett takes pride in naming his price to buy a company, and not paying a nickel more. But the largest US natural gas distribution utility, an unyielding hedge fund, and a Delaware bankruptcy judge now present one of the biggest challenges to the billionaire's legendary discipline. The board of bankrupt Texas utility
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Scientist Hawking blames UK government for health service 'crisis'

Physicist Stephen Hawking sits on stage during an announcement of the Breakthrough Starshot initiative with investor Yuri Milner in New York April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files LONDON: Physicist Stephen Hawking found himself in a war of words with Britain's Conservative government after he said it had caused a crisis in the state-run National Health Service (NHS) and was leading it towards a profit-making US-style system. Writing in the Guardian newspaper on Saturday, the British cosmo
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Solar eclipse presents first major test of power grid in renewable era

An array of solar panels is seen in Oakland, California, US, on December 4, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files  HOUSTON: As Monday's total solar eclipse sweeps from Oregon to South Carolina, US electric power and grid operators will be glued to their monitoring systems in what for them represents the biggest test of the renewable energy era. Utilities and grid operators have been planning for the event for years, calculating the timing and drop in output from solar, running simulations of the
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Zaid Ali is 'nikahfied' and we are NOT joking!

Image Courtesy: Zaid Ali's Twitter account (@Za1D) Pakistani Canadian Zaid Ali, the desi vlogger-comedian who has shaken up quite some people's feelings, will not be warming up hearts anymore as he is married now. Zaid Ali took to Twitter Sunday morning to announce the happy news that he is officially 'taken'. Needless to say, he was quite nervous the night before his nikah. The comedian had tweeted almost 10 days back that he would be getting hitched soon. Obvio
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Police detain suspects looting citizens coming to buy sacrificial animals in Karachi

KARACHI: Four suspects were taken into police custody during a search operation carried out near Bakra Piri near the metropolis' Malir locale, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)-Malir Rao Anwar said. The police officer explained that the detained suspects were arrested while they were looting citizens coming to Bakra Piri to buy sacrificial animals ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. Weapons, mobile phones, and cash were recovered from the arrestees, Anwar added.
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Trump set to disclose US strategy on Afghanistan tomorrow

US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One as he departs Hagerstown, Maryland, US, after holding a meeting at nearby Camp David with the National Security Council, August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque  BRIDGEWATER: US President Donald Trump is to lay out the American strategy for the war in Afghanistan in a prime-time television address to the nation Monday night, the White House said on Sunday. A White House statement said Trump, at Fort Myer near Washington, w
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Jerry Lewis, king of low-brow comedy and charity fundraiser, dies at 91

Comedian Jerry Lewis reaches out to cover the camera lens as he arrives at the 12th annual American Comedy Awards, held on February 22, 1998, in Los Angeles, where he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. REUTERS/Stringer/Files LOS ANGELES: Jerry Lewis, the high prince of low-brow comedy on stage and in movies as well as a fundraising powerhouse with his annual Labor Day telethon, died on Sunday of "natural causes" at the age of 91, his family said. "Famed comedian, actor and legen
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Trump has made Afghanistan decision after 'rigorous' review : Mattis

AMMAN: President Donald Trump has made a decision on the United States' strategy for Afghanistan after a "sufficiently rigorous" review process, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday. However, Mattis did not provide details on when the White House would make an announcement or what the decision was on Afghanistan, where fighting still rages more than 15 years after US forces invaded and overthrew a Taliban government. Soon after taking office in January, the Trump administration began a
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Nisar is confused, not saying what he wants: Sheikh Rasheed

RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League leader Sheikh Rasheed, in reaction to the earlier press conference of former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar, said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior leader is confused and it seems that he wants to say something but cannot. The AML chief passed the statements, in relation to Nisar?s confirmation of differences with the party leadership, while speaking to Geo News. Rasheed said that Nisar is focused more on the politics of constituencies that is why
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Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee visits NESCOM: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Chairman JCS Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat on Sunday visited National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM), informed ISPR. Expressing satisfaction over the development and progress of various strategic systems and capabilities, Chairman JCS Committee lauded the efforts of scientists and engineers involved in the development programmes. He also highlighted the significant contributions of NESCOM in developing an array of state of the art strategic missile systems
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Nisar didn?t create hype, presser about ministry?s work: Saad Rafique

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Sunday that former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar did not create any hype about his press conference today, which was primarily about the ministry?s performance under him. The federal minister was addressing media in Lahore, shortly after Nisar held his press conference at Punjab House. Taking a jibe at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Saad said that the medical teams sent by Punjab govt to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is for the service of
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Muhammad Ashfaq clinches title of 22nd CNS Open Golf Championship

KARACHI: The closing and prize distribution ceremony of 22nd Chief of The Naval Staff Open Golf Championship 2017 was held at the picturesque Karachi Golf Club today. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah was the chief guest on the occasion. The four days long championship was held from 17-20 August and the event was open to various categories. The categories in the championship included 36 holes each for caddies, semi professionals, senior professionals and junior professionals.
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Rift has grown within Takht-e-Raiwind: Bilawal Bhutto

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/1489ff42f4c932ec539e61ba7dadb2a0.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yMC8yMDE3IDEyOjAxOjQ5IFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9ZnJzMk83d1YrRXJ0dmpVYnVKb2x5Zz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KAGHAN: Pakistan People?s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said on Sunday that rift has grown within the ranks of ?Takht-e-Raiwind,? making an apparent reference to the news of disagreem
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