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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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Civilian deaths a ?fact of life? in war on Daesh, says Pentagon chief

WASHINGTON: Civilian casualties are inevitable in the war against the militant Daesh group but the United States is doing ?everything humanly possible? to avoid them, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said in an interview aired on Sunday. A US-led international coalition has been carrying out air strikes against Daesh in Iraq and Syria since 2014, and non-governmental organisations say the attacks are claiming ever more civilian lives. Interviewed on CBS?s ?Face the Nation? programme, Mattis sai
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Pakistani-origin surgeon racially abused after saving Manchester victims

Naveed Yasin - Photo: Guzelian MANCHESTER: Naveed Yasin a 37-year-old surgeon of Pakistani background was subjected to racial abuse after he had helped save victims of the Manchester bombing. According to The Sunday Times, Naveed Yasin after spending two days in surgery helping save the victims of the Manchester attack was driving back to the hospital when a middle-aged van driver pulled up beside him and hurled abuse. Naveed Yasin was born in West Yorkshire and lives with his wife and two da
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Palestinians ban divorces during Ramazan

50,000 weddings were celebrated in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 2015-Reuters  RAMALLAH: The head of Palestinian Islamic courts on Sunday told judges not to grant divorces over Ramazan, fearing the month-long fast could spark rash words that would be regretted later. Judge Mahmud Habash said he based his ruling on ?the experience of previous years? when he found that the dawn-to-dusk fast and ban on cigarettes, which began on Saturday, tended to lead to frayed tempers and sharp t
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Champions Trophy: South Africa look to shake off 'chokers' tag

"Our biggest strength is the balance in the squad. We cover all the bases when it comes to spin, seam and proper pace bowling": AB de Villiers Photo: AFP JOHANNESBURG: South Africa´s quest for a major international cricket trophy has become enough of an obsession for star batsman and one-day international captain AB de Villiers to put his Test career on hold. When he announced in January that he was cutting back on Test cricket, De Villiers, 33, said the main goal for the rest of his career wa
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PM orders power utilities to stop load-shedding during Sehr, Iftar

ISLAMABAD: The prime minister has issued a notice to power utilities to not cut electric supply during Sehr and Iftar. The decision was taken at a special meeting of the energy committee on Monday and has come at a time when protests against power outages have reached their peak. One person was killed during firing in one of such protests in Dargai area of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while in Peshawar protesters blocked Ring Road for hours to demonstrate against long hours of power cut.
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Ben Stokes: England?s go-to man in Champions Trophy

Ben Stokes - the man behind England's revival. Photo: AFP LONDON: Ben Stokes would be the first to say England are more than a one-man team but if anyone sums up their revival in limited overs cricket it is the dynamic Durham all-rounder. Just over two years since a defeat by Bangladesh in Adelaide sealed their embarrassing first-round exit from the 2015 World Cup, England face the Tigers in the Champions Trophy opener at The Oval on Thursday with genuine optimism they can at last win a first
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Sri Lanka deploys thousands of troops as flood toll climbs to 169

Nearly half a million people have been displaced in the flooding, touted as island's worst in well over a decade. Photo: AP  KALUTARA: Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled Monday to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the island´s worst flooding in well over a decade, which has killed 169 people. The military said a lull in torrential monsoon rains had allowed it to deploy aircraft, boats and ground troops to evacuate people from flooded areas and deliver food an
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ICJ cannot release or acquit Kulbushan Jadhav: Khawar Qureshi

Khawar Qureshi speaking to media outside the Supreme Court. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: Khawar Qureshi, the lawyer representing Pakistan in the Indian spy Kulbushan Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), remarked that ICJ will neither release the spy nor acquit him. Speaking to the media after holding a meeting over the high-profile case with Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali, he remarked ?the commander Jadhav case is a very clear case. Commander Jadhav can never be released o
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Pakistan take on Australia in last warm-up before Champions Trophy

BIRMINGHAM: Fresh off a thrilling win against Bangladesh, Pakistan are all set to face Australia in their second and last warm-up game ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 at Edgbaston on Monday. Sarfraz Ahmed?s men will look to achieve a psychological edge heading into the mega tournament, which kicks off on June 1. Pakistan will start their Champions Trophy campaign with a highly anticipated game against archrivals India on June 4. Pakistan chase 342 against Bangladesh after Ashraf
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Manchester attack probe: 16 people in detention

LONDON: A total of 16 people are in detention in Britain and Libya over the May 22 suicide bombing at a pop concert in the English city of Manchester by a British-born man of Libyan origin. A teenage boy and a woman arrested by British police this week have since been released without charge, leaving 14 in British custody. In Libya, the father and brother of the bomber, Salman Abedi, are also in detention. Abedi reportedly returned from Libya only a few days before the attack which killed 22
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Facebook ´ban´ of anti-Muslim slur sparks Myanmar outcry

YANGON: Myanmar netizens were in uproar on Monday after Facebook seemingly banned people from posting the word "kalar," often used as a slur against Muslims, at a time of rising Islamophobia in the country. Facebook is under global pressure to clamp down on hate speech, violent threats or deliberately misleading information on their platform -- with efforts showing varying degrees of success. Dozens of users in Myanmar reported being temporarily barred from the site recently after posting the
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China to implement cyber security law from Thursday

China, battling increased threats from cyber-terrorism and hacking, will adopt from Thursday a controversial law that mandates strict data surveillance and storage for firms working in the country, the official Xinhua news agency said. The law, passed in November by the country's largely rubber-stamp parliament, bans online service providers from collecting and selling users' personal information and gives users the right to have their information deleted, in cases of abuse. "Those who violate
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Never done anything illegal, claims Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said he has never done anything illegal nor has he ever been served a tax notice. SC asks 14 questions from Imran on Bani Gala land purchase, offshore firm How was land in Bani Gala purchased before Jemima transferred amount for it from London, the SC inquires In a series of messages on Twitter, the PTI chief said ?whether the Supreme Court investigates or forms a Joint Investigation Team in my case [of his Bani Gala home
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Hussain Nawaz?s objections over JIT members to be heard in Supreme Court today

ISLAMABAD: A special Supreme Court bench formed to oversee the investigation into the prime minister?s family?s financial dealings abroad will hear the premier?s son?s petition questioning the credibility of two investigators. Hussain Nawaz has petitioned the apex court against the alleged bias of two members of the Joint Investigation Team in the Panama case. The three-judge special bench will take up his plea, objecting to Amer Aziz and Bilal Rasool, who respectively represent the State Ban
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Seven men arrested in Hafizabad for harassing SC justice, family

ISLAMABAD: Seven men were arrested on Monday for harassing a Supreme Court judge and his family while he was travelling from Lahore to Islamabad. Justice Sardar Tariq Masood's car was stopped and attacked by local spiritual leader Haseebur Rehman and his six accomplices, police said. The men were arrested after the judge called at the motorway police's helpline to lodge a complaint, investigation officer Muhammad Aslam told Geo News. A case against the accused was lodged in Mandi Kaleki polic
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PCB delegation to meet Indian counterpart in Dubai

LAHORE: A three-member delegation of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), including Chairman Shahryar Khan, Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmad, and Pakistan Super League Chairman Najam Sethi, left for Dubai Monday morning to know the reasons why Indian cricket board refused to play bilateral series with Pakistan. The PCB delegation will hold a meeting with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) delegation over the matter. Speaking to the media at Lahore airport, Shahryar Khan said that
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Trump attacks 'fake news' following Kushner reports

US President Donald Trump attacked the news media and dismissed leaks from the White House as "fake news" on Sunday, following reports his son-in-law tried to set up a secret channel of communications with Moscow before Trump took office. Shortly after Trump's remarks on Twitter, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly made the rounds of Sunday television news shows to praise any so-called back channel communications, especially with Russia, as "a good thing." The Republican president returned
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Staff strike leaves 30 patients dead in Larkana hospital

LARKANA: A strike by the paramedical staff of Chandka Medical College, Larkana, has resulted in the deaths of around 30 patients at the hospital. The hospital?s medical superintendent has submitted a report in this regard with the District and Sessions Court in Larkana. The court will begin hearing the suo motu case over the incident on Monday (today). 
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Tears flow as Totti bids farewell to Roma after 25 years

Even Daniele De Rossi, one of the hardest men in football, was reduced to tears as AS Roma talisman Francesco Totti brought down the curtain on a remarkable 25 years at his only professional club on Sunday. Francesco Totti is thrown in the air by Roma team-mates after his last game. Photo: AP A capacity crowd stayed behind for more than an hour after the end of the win over Genoa to bid farewell to a hugely gifted player who, many believed, could have won much more had he moved elsewhere but r
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Aussies ready to let loose ´big four´ pacemen at Champions Trophy

SYDNEY: Australia are relishing the prospect of uniting their "big four" pace attack for the first time at the Champions Trophy -- and sending a message to England ahead of the Ashes. Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson are all fit and poised to bowl together given conducive conditions at the tournament in England and Wales. In Australia they are seen as potentially the most potent pace quartet since the mighty West Indies teams of the 1970s, ´80s and ´90s. Injurie
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Box Office: 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Hooks No. 1, 'Baywatch' Belly Flops

A 'ghost ship' of light projected onto a spray of water provided by a fire tender floats past the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, May 21, 2017, before the May 26 release of 'Dead Men Tell No Tales', the fifth instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean fantasy films. REUTERS/Jason Reed  LOS ANGELES (Variety.com): Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is sailing into first place at the domestic box office this weekend, but the story the numbers dictate is not one of t
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Alleged rapist killed in police operation, body of tortured woman found in Karachi

A gun recovered from an unidentified suspect arrested during a police operation. Geo/File Photo KARACHI: One suspect was killed and another arrested during search operations in various parts of the city on Sunday night, Geo News reported. A suspect was killed during an exchange of fire between Pirabad police and his accomplices near Kati Pahari area late Sunday night, SP Orangi said, adding that a search operation to catch those who escaped is underway. According to the SP, the suspect was acc
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Citizens protesting against load shedding start fire in Lahore

LAHORE: Angry residents of Lahore's Railway Power House Baja Line vicinity started a fire on Mughalpura Road to protest against prolonged electricity load shedding on Monday. The protesters said they were tired and exhausted of the power outage since the past five days. Read more: Back to Stone Age: Power outage in Karachi continues during second Sehri Numerous complaints were lodged against a faulty transformer with the area's SDO but to no avail, the protestors said. The protest badly affe
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Very hot, dry weather expected in most parts of the country today: MET

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday forecasted very hot and dry weather in the plain areas of the country in the next twenty-four hours. Continental air continues to prevail over most parts of the country, the MET said. A shallow westerly wave is present over upper parts of the country. Explore: 7 easy hacks to beat the heat Rain and thunderstorm are expected at a few places in Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas. Past weather: The weather remained very hot and d
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Macron-Trudeau 'bromance' fires up the Internet

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron talk as they attend the Summit of the Heads of State and of Government of the G7, the group of most industrialised economies, plus the European Union, on May 26, 2017, in Taormina, Sicily. AFP/POOL/Stephane De Sakutin  "A liberal fantasy dream sequence", "a bromance", and "insanely romantic". The Internet was abuzz Friday with pictures of French President Emmanuel Macron and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau
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