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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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Pakistan eager to secure first win of Women?s World Cup 2017

Sana Mir and her teammates celebrate a good moment on the field/ICC Pakistan, after five consecutive losses, seek their first win of the Women?s World Cup 2017 against West Indies at Leicester on Tuesday. Windies kicked off the tournament with a 47-run win over Sri Lanka but have struggled to keep their momentum, whereas Pakistan, without any win so far, are out of this World Cup. Pakistan, however, had defeated the Windies in a warm-up game at Leicester by chasing down 247. Skipper Sana Mir
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Chief of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox pleads not guilty to embezzlement

Mark Karpeles, chief executive of defunct bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, rides in a car as he arrives at Tokyo District Court for a trial on charges of embezzlement in Tokyo, Japan, July 11, 2017. Photo: Reuters   The 32-year-old chief executive of defunct Mt. Gox pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges relating to the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoins and cash from what was once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange. French national Mark Karpeles filed the plea in response t
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IHC accepts SECP chief's bail plea with objections

Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Chairman Muhammad Zafar-ul-Haq Hijazi. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) accepted on Tuesday the Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Chairman Zafar Hijazi?s request for pre-arrest bail. The IHC registrar raised objections on the petition and advised Hijazi?s counsel to approach the ?relevant forum for the matter.? However, the hearing was later fixed for the court of Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani with the registra
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Asian shares rise as investors await Yellen testimony

A man holding an umbrella walks in front of an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo April 7, 2015. Photo: Reuters   Asian shares extended early gains on Tuesday and the dollar notched a four-month high against the yen, as investors awaited testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen for clues on when the central bank would tighten US monetary policy. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.6 percent, with sentiment underpinned by techn
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Amnesty says Iraq and allies violated international law in Mosul battle

Amnesty International said on Tuesday it had identified a pattern of attacks by Iraqi forces and the US-led military coalition backing them in the battle for Mosul that violated international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes. The rights group said in a report that the Daesh militant group had flagrantly violated that same law by deliberately putting civilians in harm's way to shield their fighters and impede the advance of Iraqi and coalition forces. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al
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India to name head coach after discussion with Kohli

MUMBAI: The Cricket Advisory Committee of the Indian board (BCCI) interviewed five candidates for the head coach´s post on Monday but said it will name Anil Kumble´s successor only after consulting captain Virat Kohli, who is in the United States. Former captain Kumble stepped down as coach last month after falling out with skipper Kohli despite enjoying a successful run during his year in charge. Last year the BCCI formed the CAC, comprising former players Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and
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Resolution of Kashmir issue must for stable South Asia: Sartaj

PM's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz. Photo: File  ABIDJAN: Pakistan will continue to work towards peace, progress and prosperity of the Muslim Ummah, stated Prime Minister?s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday. Addressing the 44th session of the OIC foreign ministers at Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Aziz reiterated that Pakistan would continue to morally, diplomatically and politically aid all those being subjected to atrocities in Indian Occupied Kashmir. Condemning the continued
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16 dead in US military plane crash in Mississippi: reports

"A USMC KC-130 mishap occurred the evening of July 10. Further information will be released as available," the US Marine Corps said. Photo: AFP  WASHINGTON: A US military aircraft has crashed in the southern state of Mississippi, killing 16 people, US media reported Monday. The US Marine Corps confirmed that a "mishap" involving a KC-130 occurred in the evening, without providing additional details. The Clarion-Ledger newspaper and CNN cited Leflore County emergency management director Fred R
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Japan floods death toll rises to 25

This picture taken on July 10, 2017 shows residents evacuated from a flooded area taking shelter in a school in Hita, Oita prefecture Photo: AFP 3 The death toll from torrential rains and flooding that swept through Japan's south has reached 25, the government said Tuesday, as rescue teams battled through thick mud to rescue more than 100 still stranded. Further downpours were predicted to pound Kyushu after swathes of the southwestern island were devastated last week by overflowing rivers --
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Post-JIT report: Stock market goes down 1,600 points

Pakistan Stock Exchange. Photo: File  KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange reacted negatively to Monday?s damning report against the prime minister and his family by the Panama case Joint Investigation Team. The benchmark KSE 100-index dropped by 1,600 points, reaching 44,631 at around 10:30am. On Monday, the day the JIT report was submitted, the KSE-100 index experienced a gain of 2.33% or 1,051.66 points, to close at 46,273.81 points. The stock market has been taking hits since the past mo
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Venus faces young Ostapenko in Wimbledon quarter-finals

Venus Williams appeared at her first Wimbledon in 1997, the year Jelena Ostapenko was born  LONDON: Venus Williams will feel at home when she plays Jelena Ostapenko on Centre Court in the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Tuesday. The American appeared at her first Wimbledon in 1997, the year the Latvian was born, and won it for the first time when Ostapenko was three. For 20-year-old Ostapenko, the newly crowned French Open champion, it will be a first outing on the most famous grass court in the w
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Things to know about Bitcoin

Photo: Web TOKYO: Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox, went on trial in Tokyo on charges stemming from the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the virtual currency from its digital vaults. Here are some key facts about the world´s most widely used cryptocurrency: What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a virtual currency created from computer code. Unlike a real-world unit such as the US dollar or euro, it has no central bank and is not backed by any g
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US urges Myanmar to allow UN inquiry into crimes against Rohingya Muslims

People react as Myanmar authorities demolish huts occupied by thousands of informal settlers on the city's suburbs, to clear the land for development, in Hlegu township outside Yangon, Myanmar June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun The United States on Monday called on Myanmar to allow a United Nations fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Coun
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MtGox CEO goes on trial in Japan over missing Bitcoins

MtGox CEO heads to trial in Japan over missing Bitcoins  TOKYO: Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox, went on trial in Tokyo on Tuesday over the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the virtual currency from its digital vaults. The French national -- once the high-flying head of the world´s busiest Bitcoin trading platform, who reportedly lived in an $11,000-a-month penthouse -- is facing embezzlement and data manipulation charges. The 32-yea
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Probe into dollar price hike commences

The State Bank of Pakistan. Photo: File  KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday began a probe into the largest single drop in the rupee?s value against the US dollar in nine years on July 5. ?The investigation into the matter will be completed within the decided time,? an SBP spokesperson said. The Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday had said responsible persons and entities would be identified and appropriate action would be taken against them in the national interest after
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German firms lost millions of euros in 'CEO Fraud' scam: BSI

BERLIN: German firms have lost millions of euros to organised crime in a scam dubbed "CEO Fraud" that uses faked memos from top executives to entice accounting personnel to transfer funds, Germany's federal cyber agency said on Monday. The BSI agency said officials investigating the new scam had secured a list of 5,000 potential targets and were notifying those individuals. Organised criminals were using the information they gleaned from social media networks, public company websites, job site
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The perfect crime foiled by... a mosquito

The murderer absconds with a smirk, knowing he has covered his tracks like a pro -- no witnesses, no finger- or foot-prints, no stray hairs to betray his identity. But if a mosquito bit our cocky assassin at the crime scene, it could one day lead to a conviction, according to study published Monday in the journal PLOS ONE. That is because researchers at Nagoya University have shown that human blood extracted from a buzzing bloodsucker can be traced back to its original owner up to 48 hours aft
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Thousands flee California fires, state of emergency in British Columbia

More than a dozen wildfires were raging across California on Monday, forcing thousands of residents of the most populous US state to flee their homes. Further to the north, the Canadian province of British Columbia was under a state of emergency as fire crews there also battled blazes fueled by searing temperatures and high winds. The worst of the brush fires in California was the Alamo fire in San Luis Obispo County, which had burned nearly 29,000 acres (117 square kilometers) as of Monday mo
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Iraqi PM to declare Mosul victory, few pockets of resistance

Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) personnel walk in a destroyed building in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq July 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was poised to declare victory over Daesh in Mosul on Monday as only a few dozen militants put up resistance in the city where their leader declared a caliphate three years ago. Gunfire and explosions could be heard as the US-led coalition pounded the remaining few Daesh positions. "They won't declare victory until the ar
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Yemen cholera outbreak tops 300,000 suspected cases: Red Cross

Representational image GENEVA: A cholera outbreak in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 suspected cases, the Red Cross said Monday as the war-torn country reels from disease as well as the threat of famine. The International Committee of the Red Cross said the cholera epidemic "continues to spiral out of control" since it erupted in April. "Today, over 300,000 people are suspected to be ill," it said in a Twitter post. ICRC spokeswoman Iolanda Jaquemet said the death toll now stood at more than 1
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Rain, thunderstorm expected in next 24-hours: MET

Photo: Web A seasonal low lies over north-west Balochistan on Tuesday. Monsoon currents are penetrating in upper parts of the country and likely to continue during the next few days, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said. Rain/thunderstorm with isolated heavy falls are expected at a number of places in upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad divisions), Islamabad and Kashmir, while at scattered places in southern Punjab (D.G. Khan, Multan, Bahawalpur and Sahiwa
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Venezuela crisis at a glance: Five things you should know

CARACAS: Venezuela has been rocked by more than 100 days of protests against President Nicolas Maduro, during which 91 people have been killed. Venezuelan opposition activists clash with riot police during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on July 10, 2017. AFP/Juan Barreto  Here are five key things you should know about the crisis, the worst in decades to grip the South American oil producer. Government v. parliament The opposition's clash with Maduro's gov
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France could close a third of nuclear reactors: minister

France's new environment minister said Monday that nearly a third of the country's nuclear reactors could be shut under plans to scale back the amount of electricity produced from atomic power. In 2015, the previous Socialist-dominated parliament passed a law obliging the government to reduce the proportion of electricity generated from nuclear to 50 percent by 2025 compared with around 75 percent now. "We can all understand that to reach this target, we're going to have to close a certain num
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Police kill one suspect, detain three in Karachi; 3 convicts hanged in Sargodha

KARACHI: One suspect was killed during a police encounter late Monday night on Lyari's Mirza Adam Khan Road, Geo News reported. A policeman was also injured during the exchange of fire. Constable Muhammad Ali received a gunshot wound in his hand due to suspects' retaliatory firing, police officials said. The law enforcement agencies also detained a suspect in Lyari's gang war from the Phool Patti Lane, sources revealed. The arrestee ? identified as Chota Muslim ? has been involved in selling
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Colorado camper wakes to find bear biting head

Image via CBS News LOS ANGELES: A staffer at a Christian summer camp in Colorado has told of his shock at waking to find his head clamped in the mouth of a bear. The 19-year-old survival instructor at Glacier View Ranch described his "immense pain" as he heard the black bear "crunching" on his skull. It dragged him around 12 feet (four meters) before being scared off by other campers and is being hunted by parks officials with dogs. "The crunching noise, I guess, was the teeth scraping agains
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