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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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Dhoni?s picture with Sarfraz?s son wins hearts both sides of the border

As tensions run high ahead of the blockbuster finale between old foes Pakistan and India, a wonderful example of the true spirit of the sport warmed hearts both sides of the border when a picture emerged on social media of former India captain MS Dhoni holding Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed?s son. The click shows India?s most successful captain Dhoni all smiles with Sarfraz?s baby son Abdullah in his arms. The picture, now viral, was reportedly taken in a hotel lobby in London, a day before the
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WATCH: Massive alligator casually walking like a pro

If you're planning to visit Circle B Bar Reserve near Lakeland, Florida, then just be cautious, because you can encounter huge alligators casually walking in there. Yeah, that actually happened with a visitor. A visitor captured a video of a huge alligator who was casually walking in the park.  The alligator was about 12 feet long and that while she took the photos from a safe distance, she was "close enough."  According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, the state record for an a
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Dozens killed, wounded in attack on Afghanistan police HQ

Dozens of people were killed or wounded when as many as five suicide bombers attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. The attack, claimed by the Taliban, began around 6:30 am (0200 GMT) when one bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at the gate of the police headquarters in Gardez city, capital of Paktia province, said Najib Danish, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry. Four more attackers stormed the gate after the blast, with at least two quic
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PM departs for Saudi Arabia; to return on June 30 via London

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the under-construction new Islamabad airport in May 2017. Photo: Reuters  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, along with his family members, departed on Sunday morning for Saudi Arabia. Sources said the premier and his family are travelling on a commercial airliner in what has been dubbed a ?private? visit. The premier is expected to perform Umrah in Makkah, and then proceed to Medina to visit Masjid-e-Nabvi. The Sharif family usually spends the last 10 days
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Photos that will make an IT person cringe

Maybe not everybody should have an access to technology. Because, sometimes people who think they have good knowledge of technology, actually turn out to be a disaster for it. On the other hand, sometimes an IT person deals with such horrific tech incidents which can make them cry. Let's check out pictures that can make any IT person cringe!
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New Zealand optimistic of free trade deal with US

New Zealand's Trade Minister Todd McClay in Vietnam May 22, 2017. Photo: Reuters  The United States has indicated it is open to a free trade agreement (FTA) with New Zealand, New Zealand's trade minister said on Sunday. Todd McClay visited Washington for high-level trade talks with the administration of US President Donald Trump this week, meeting with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, newly appointed US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and other advisors to the president. ?I've welcomed
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Beyonce gives birth to twins: celebrity news websites

Jay-Z presents the Video Vanguard Award to his wife Beyonce as he holds their daughter Blue Ivy during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in California on August 24, 2014. Photo: Reuters  US singer Beyonce has given birth to twins in Los Angeles, several celebrity news websites reported on Saturday, citing unidentified sources. Beyonce, 35, and rapper and music producer Jay Z, already have a five-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy. E! News, citing multiple unidentified sources, reported the birth and t
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Explosion in Bogota shopping center kills three, wounds nine

Ambulances parked outside the shopping centre June 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters  Three women were killed and nine wounded after an explosive device detonated in a restroom in a busy upscale shopping center in Colombia's capital on Saturday. The Andino shopping mall in an exclusive area of Bogota was evacuated after the blast, which occurred around 5pm local time (2200 GMT) in the women's toilet. The commercial centre was packed with people buying gifts ahead of Father's Day celebrations on Sunday.
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PFA seizes 500,000 juice packets from Sheikhupura factory

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/ee6019816170570139f636b857b4f1c5.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8xOC8yMDE3IDU6MTQ6NDAgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1hY1ZTcmcveDdvdlVVV3A0SC9XM3V3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] Sheikhupura: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) officials seized 500,000 packets of foul juice from a factory on Sheikhupura Road early Sunday morning. Following the action, the factory
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Americans lament Cuba becoming 'forbidden island' again

A group of American tourists take a tour in Havana on June 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters  HAVANA: American travelers who long to swill a cocktail at Havana's legendary Sloppy Joe's bar or dive into the rooftop pool of its newest luxury hotel had their dreams dashed when US President Donald Trump announced his new Cuba policy this week. In a setback to the US-Cuban detente negotiated by his predecessor Barack Obama, Trump on Friday ordered tighter restrictions on Americans traveling to the Caribbean
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No load-shedding during match, orders PM

Men watch a Pakistan Super League match in Rawalpindi. Photo: Reuters  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed the relevant authorities to ensure that no electricity load-shedding is carried out on Sunday during the Pakistan-India Champions Trophy final. Responding to the premier?s order, the Water and Power Ministry summoned the supply and demand figures from all the power distribution companies, and assured the prime minister that no load-shedding would take place during the crick
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Missing sailors found dead in ship damaged off Japan: US Navy

A number of missing American sailors have been found dead in flooded areas of a destroyer that collided with a container ship off Japan's coast, the US Navy said Sunday. The sailors were missing for more than 24 hours after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a much larger container ship before dawn on Saturday, causing heavy damage and flooding areas of the destroyer. "A number of sailors' bodies that were missing from the collision between USS Fitzgerald...and a merchant ship have been found,"
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Italian court says lobsters must not catch cold before cooking

Photo: File  Italy's highest court ruled on Friday that lobsters must not be kept on ice in restaurant kitchens because it causes them unjustifiable suffering before they head for death by fine dining. Judges accepted a complaint by an animal rights group against the owner of a restaurant near Florence who kept live crustaceans on ice, ordering him to pay a 2,000 euro fine ($5,593) and a further 3,000 euros in legal fees. Upholding a sentence by a lower court, the Cassation court ruled that th
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Worldwide, more than 10 percent of young teens are smokers

Cigarettes are seen in this illustration photo taken May 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters    Roughly 11 percent of youth aged 13 to 15 around the world use tobacco products like cigarettes and cigars, a global survey of students suggests. Tobacco use is the world?s leading cause of preventable death and serious illness, killing an estimated 6 million people each year, researchers note in the youth tobacco report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most smokers take up th
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President meets Saudi King during pilgrimage trip to KSA

Photo: File MECCA: President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday met with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz in Mecca during his pilgrimage trip to the Kingdom. Matters pertaining to bilateral relations, mutual interest, and the situation in South Asia and the Middle East came under discussion. The president congratulated the Saudi King on eve of Ramazan-ul-Mubarak and appreciated the Saudi government for excellent arrangements for Umra pilgrims. President of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and Speaker Natio
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Light rain, drizzle expected at few places along Sindh and Makran coast: MET

Photo: File A weak seasonal low lies over northeast Balochistan on Sunday. Moist currents from the Arabian Sea are penetrating into upper and central parts of the country, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said. Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country in the next 24-hours. However, rain and dust-thunderstorm with gusty winds are expected at isolated places in Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Faisalabad, D.G. Khan, Multan, Bahawalpur, Sahiwal, Hazara, D
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Five suspects, including street criminals, arrested in Karachi

KARACHI: Security forces made five arrests late Saturday night during search operations conducted in various areas of the metropolis, police said. One suspect was taken into custody during a raid late last night, while three of the arrestee?s accomplices managed to escape, police stated, adding that arms and ammunition were recovered from him as well. A case has subsequently been filed against the suspects. In an operation carried out in the Garden area, police detained three alleged street
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Pope tells Merkel to keep pressing for international cooperation

Pope Francis has asked Germany to keep fighting for the Paris climate change deal and to "tear down walls" that inhibit international cooperation, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, offering a stark contrast between her agenda and US policy. US President Donald Trump announced earlier this month that he would withdraw from the landmark 2015 global agreement to fight climate change, drawing anger from world leaders. The two talked about ?the good relations and fruitful collaboration bet
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Portugal forest fire kills at least 19: government

Smoke rises from a forest fire, seen from the village of Mourisco in central Portugal, June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Bugge  A forest fire in central Portugal killed at least 19 people on Saturday, most of them occupants of various vehicles that were on the road and caught in the blaze, an official said in televised remarks. The fire, which has yet to be controlled, is already one of the deadliest forest fires in Portugal in decades. Jorge Gomes, the secretary of state for internal affairs, said
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Trump owes lenders at least $315 million, disclosure shows

US President Donald Trump delivers a speech on US-Cuba relations at the Manuel Artime Theater in Miami, Florida, US, June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump had personal liabilities of at least $315.6 million to German, US, and other lenders, as of mid-2017, according to a federal financial disclosure form released by the US Office of Government Ethics late on Friday. Trump had roughly $20 million in income from his new marquee Washington hotel, which opened
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At least 58 feared dead in London tower fire, PM May admits failings

A woman lights a candle at a spot where people have left tributes to those who perished in the Grenfell apartment tower block fire in North Kensington, London, Britain, June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay  LONDON: At least 58 people are feared to have died in the fire that engulfed a London tower block this week, police said on Saturday, as Prime Minister Theresa May admitted that the response from the authorities had not been good enough. With anger mounting over the government's handling of
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Clash of the titans: ?Pakistan-India Takra? ? what the experts say?

The biggest battle of the cricketing world is set to take place on Sunday when arch-rivals Pakistan and India face each other in the Champions Trophy final at the Oval. A resurgent Pakistan and defending champions India look to outclass and outplay their opponent ? with both teams eyeing the trophy. The highly anticipated thriller will showcase Pakistan?s formidable bowling and India?s firm batting. Can the ?predictably unp
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PML-N trying to make JIT controversial, says Khursheed Shah

SUKKUR: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah said on Saturday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is unable to give an explanation to the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), hence he is attacking national institutions and the PPP. Speaking to journalists in Sukkur, Shah said the JIT probing the assets of the Sharif family is not controversial, however, the PML-N is trying to make it controversial. ?No one is pulling strings however its true that the Sharif brothers are shaki
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Seven US soldiers wounded in insider attack at Afghan base

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: At least one Afghan was killed and seven American soldiers were wounded in an "insider attack" at a base in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, a US military official said. A spokesman for the US military command in Kabul said earlier comments by an Afghan official that Americans had been killed were incorrect. But he confirmed that seven soldiers had been evacuated after being wounded in the incident at Camp Shaheen, the headquarters of the Afghan army´s 209th Corps in the nort
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PTI leaders react to Shehbaz Sharif?s appearance before JIT

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jehangir Khan Tareen took to Twitter and shared his opinion that the Punjab chief minister was being quizzed by the JIT "due to his involvement in the Hudaybia money laundering scam." In another tweet, he added that one by one members of the ruling Sharif family were being investigated. The PTI leader said that Shehbaz Sharif?s appearance before JIT is ?due to his involvement in the Hudaybia money laundering scam..which is connected to Mayfair
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