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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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Improved law and order in Balochistan paying dividends: PM

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi with CM Balochistan Sanaullah Zehri ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday said the government had focused on improving law and order in Balochistan which was paying dividends in form of accelerated development. "The development of the people of Balochistan is very close to our hearts and all resources will be utilized to bring the province at par with other federating units," the Prime Minister said in a meeting with Chief Minister Baloc
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Mustafa Kamal hails Muhajir community for ?breaking ties? with MQM

Pak Sarzameen Party Founder Mustafa Kamal speaking to media on August 17, 2017. Photo: Geo News screen grab KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party Founder Mustafa Kamal hailed the Muhajir community for ?breaking ties? with Muttahida Qaumi Movement while speaking to media on Thursday.  ?As an Urdu-speaking man, I am quite proud of my identity. I am so proud that after 30 years of supporting MQM and its chief, Altaf Hussain, the Muhajir community no longer supports the party.?
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England face Windies in UK?s first ever day/night Test

The first of a three-match campaign starts at Edgbaston on Thursday with the inaugural day/night Test in England BIRMINGHAM: West Indies captain Jason Holder believes his pacemen can help the "huge underdogs" make life uncomfortable for England during their upcoming Test series. The first of a three-match campaign starts at Edgbaston on Thursday with the inaugural day/night Test in England. Leading British bookmaker William Hill have Joe Root´s men as 1/5-on favourites to triumph in Birmingham
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NA-120 candidate Kulsoom Nawaz departs for London

LAHORE: Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz?s (PML-N) candidate for NA-120 by-election and the wife of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, is leaving for London today, sources disclosed to Geo News. Kulsoom Nawaz was originally scheduled to appear before the returning officer today ? the last day for completion of scrutiny of nomination papers of the candidates for NA-120 by-election next month. According to sources, Kulsoom Nawaz is leaving for London via PK757 flight. Her la
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PFA seizes expired chocolates from Rawalpindi

About 31,000 packets of expired imported chocolate was seized from a warehouse in Rawalpindi on Thursday. Photo: Online  LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority seized 31,000 packets of imported expired chocolate from Rawalpindi on Thursday, according to PFA. The raid was conducted at a warehouse located on Rawalpindi?s College Road. A huge quantity of expired chocolate was stored at the warehouse.  The PFA officials revealed that the chocolates were supplied to super stores and shopping malls. PFA
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ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2018 schedule revealed

Pakistan U-19 team in 2015 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule for the Under-19 World Cup, which will be held from January 13 to February 3, 2018 in New Zealand. Defending champions West Indies will open their campaign against hosts New Zealand in the inaugural Group A day-night fixture of the U-19 Cricket World Cup, which will feature 16 teams across seven venues in four cities ? Christchurch, Queenstown, Tauranga and Whangarei. Pakistan will play their first ma
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Faryal Makhdoom ?broken- hearted? after split with Amir Khan

Amir Khan posing with his ex-wife Faryal Makhdoom. Photo: Getty Images  The controversial marriage of boxer Amir Khan to fashion blogger Faryal Makhdoom keeps getting more convoluted as more days pass. Recently, Faryal posted a selfie wearing an uncharacteristically casual outfit consisting of dark jeans and a black Kenzo jumper. But it was the glittering diamond ring on her left hand that really caught the eye. She captioned the picture as: ?Been Low key. But I promise I?m reading all your
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'Frozen in time': Diana´s tragic fairytale

Diana´s turbulent life still captivates people around the world. Photo: AFP 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
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Van Persie set for Dutch team recall

Robin van Persie AMSTERDAM: Robin van Persie is in line for a recall to the Netherlands national team after an absence of almost two years. The Fenerbahce forward was named on Wednesday in a preliminary squad for two key World Cup qualifiers in the next fortnight. Ryan Babel and Eljero Elia have also been recalled as coach Dick Advocaat named 32 players for the important qualifier against Group A leaders France in Paris on Aug. 31 and then at home to Bulgaria in Amsterdam on Sept. 3. There is
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Religious freedom ?under attack? in Pakistan, says United States

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson alleged on Wednesday that religious freedom was ?under attack in Pakistan, where more than two dozen people were on death row or serving a life imprisonment for blasphemy?. Tillerson made the comments at the US State Department while introducing the agency's annual report on religious freedom, required by a 1998 act of Congress. The report is the first to be released during the Trump administration and covers 2016. ?It is my hope that the new prime minister
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Saudi king orders reopening of Qatar border to Hajj pilgrims

The hajj is to take place this year at the beginning of September RIYADH: Saudi Arabia´s King Salman has ordered the reopening of the border with Qatar to facilitate the annual hajj pilgrimage, state media said Thursday, in the first signs of a thaw after the region´s worst diplomatic crisis in years. The Salwa border crossing had been shut after regional kingpin Saudi Arabia as well as Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates severed diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing
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Ronaldo-less Real Madrid complete Super Cup rout of Barcelona

Karim Benzema doubled Real´s lead before half-time MADRID: Real Madrid shrugged off the absence of the suspended Cristiano Ronaldo to cruise past rivals Barcelona 2-0 in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup to cap a 5-1 aggregate win. Ronaldo was slapped with a five-game ban for pushing the referee after he was sent off in the first leg, but his replacement Marco Asensio enhanced his reputation as one of world football´s rising stars as he smashed Madrid into the lead after just four minutes
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Transgender 'bathroom bill' collapses in Texas

CHICAGO: Rights activists celebrated Wednesday the collapse of legislation to restrict transgender people's use of bathrooms in Texas, but proponents on both sides of the bitter divide warned the battle was far from over. The bill, which would have required transgender people to use bathrooms matching their birth gender, roiled the ruling Republican Party for months in the second most populous US state and was seen as reflecting a wider national cultural rift. Supporters said the bill was mer
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Lebanon scraps reviled rape law after campaign

BEIRUT: Lebanon's parliament on Wednesday scrapped a controversial law allowing rapists who marry their victims to go free, official media and activists said, after a high-profile campaign for its repeal. A proposal to repeal Article 522 of the penal code ? which deals with rape, assault, kidnapping and forced marriage ? was introduced last year and approved by a parliamentary committee in February. On Wednesday, it was ratified by the full parliament, the official National News Agency and ac
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Melting of Greenland glacier to speed up: study

This photo ? obtained March 29, 2016 ? shows a perspective of the northeast coastline of Greenland, one of the world's two great ice sheets, captured by the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) field campaign team flying NASA's G-III aircraft at about 40,000 feet. AFP/NASA/Handout MIAMI: The Greenland ice sheet is likely to melt faster in the years to come, despite a recent slowdown, researchers said Wednesday after making a new discovery about the way glaciers move. Greenland contains enough ice to
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Confederate monuments removed in Baltimore, other cities

The statue of Confederate General Thomas Stonewall Jackson at the West Virginia State Capitol Complex, Charleston, West Virginia, August 16, 2017. AFP/Getty Images/Ty Wright  WASHINGTON: Confederate monuments were removed overnight in Baltimore, Maryland, and other US cities as a campaign to erase symbols of the pro-slavery Civil War South gathered momentum across the United States. The removal of the monuments came four days after clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia that stemmed from a rall
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Portugal arsonists feed wildfire destruction

A firefighter tackles a wildfire near the village of Pucarica in the Abrantes area on August 10, 2017. AFP/Patricia de Melo Moreira  LISBON: Portugal's police said Wednesday they had arrested 61 suspected arsonists so far this year, with fires on the rise and figures showing the largest number of people killed in forest blazes since 2003. This year's fires, as well as killing more than 60 people and injuring hundreds more, have destroyed 141,000 hectares, civil protection officials said, citi
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Trump at Camp David on Friday for Afghanistan talks

US President Donald Trump speaks following a meeting in Trump Tower, in New York City, US, August 15, 2017. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will meet Friday with his national security team at Camp David, as he mulls whether or not to send more American troops to war-ravaged Afghanistan. The administration is split over what stance to adopt on the longest-running war in US history. Possible plans include sending thousands of more troops into the nearly 16-ye
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Rome in shock over body parts in bins murder

ROME: An Italian man has admitted strangling his sister, chopping her body into parts and dumping them in communal bins in an upmarket area of Rome, Italian media reported Wednesday. The man, identified as Maurizio Diotallevi, 62, confessed to the grisly crime after 10 hours of interrogation over the death of his sister, Nicoletta, 59, the Corriere della Sera newspaper and other outlets reported, citing police sources. The two shared a flat and are believed to have quarrelled over money. Pol
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Former presidents Bush condemn bigotry, anti-Semitism

Former US Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush attend the George W. Bush Presidential Center dedication ceremony in Dallas, Texas, April 25, 2013. AFP/Jewel Samad WASHINGTON: Former US leaders George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush on Wednesday issued a tough joint statement condemning racial bigotry and anti-Semitism, in a veiled rebuke of President Donald Trump. Trump sparked a political firestorm on Tuesday when he said counter-protesters appeared to be equally to blame for violence
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Fire destroys buildings in Saudi UNESCO heritage site

Photo: TWITTER/@newafghanpress1 RIYADH: A fire destroyed three buildings in a traditional section of Jeddah, listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, the Saudi civil defence said Wednesday. Saudi civil defence said 60 people had evacuated their homes when the fire broke late Tuesday in Al-Balad, a historic district in the Red Sea city of Jeddah which dates back to the 8th century. The blaze completely destroyed three buildings and seriously damaged three others, civil defence said. There were n
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Trump disbands business councils after CEOs quit in protest

US President Donald Trump speaks about the violence, injuries, and deaths at the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville as he talks to the media in Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, US, August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: President Donald Trump disbanded two high-profile business advisory councils on Wednesday after several chief executives quit in protest over his remarks blaming weekend violence in Virginia not only on white nationalists but also on anti-racism a
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Mobile language app Babbel, Cambridge team up for English tests

OXFORD: Germany's Babbel, the highest grossing maker of mobile language-learning apps, has teamed up with Cambridge University's English language certification arm, setting a new, high-quality standard for digital language testing, the companies said on Wednesday. Babbel and Cambridge English have jointly developed the test and will split revenue on what will be marketed as the "Babbel English Test", which will certify listening and reading comprehension skills in real-life, conversational sit
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Healthcare setback: US court rules Arkansas can block PP's funding

An exam room at the Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center in Austin, Texas, US, June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ilana Panich-Linsman/Files  A US appeals court on Wednesday reversed a ruling that prevented Arkansas from cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood following the release of controversial videos secretly recorded by an anti-abortion group. The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis reversed a ruling forbidding Arkansas from carrying through with Republican Governor Asa
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Pence urges Latin American nations to isolate North Korea

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet shakes hands with US Vice President Mike Pence at the government house in Santiago, Chile, August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Esteban Felix/Pool  SANTIAGO: US Vice President Mike Pence urged Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Mexico to break ties with North Korea on Wednesday, adding that "all options" are on the table with regards to the Asian state. "The US places great importance on the ongoing diplomatic isolation of the Kim regime and we strongly urge Chile today, and we
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