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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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Mashal Khan murder: Prime accused identified, not yet arrested, police report states

ISLAMABAD: The student of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mashal Khan, was shot three bullets and the one who fired them has been identified, but not yet arrested. This was stated in a report presented by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police in the Supreme Court. The cartridges collected from the site have been sent to Peshawar, the police report added. So far 36 people have been arrested in the case, out of which nine were employees of AWKUM. The hearing was held by a three-member bench under Ch
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US, South Korea warn defiant North against new provocation

SEOUL/WASHINGTON: South Korea and the United States agreed on Thursday on "swift punitive measures" against North Korea in the event of further provocation, as a North Korean official vowed it would push ahead with nuclear and missile tests to counter US "hostile acts". As a standoff escalated over North Korea's nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles, South Korea said the deployment of a US anti-missile defence system was moving ahead effectively a day after angry protests against th
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Veteran Indian actor Vinod Khanna passes away at 70

MUMBAI: Popular Indian actor Vinod Khanna passed away on Thursday. According to sources, the artist was suffering from cancer. He was 70 years of age at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter.  Read more: Shocking pictures of Vinod Khanna in weary condition go viral Earlier in the month, pictures of the veteran Indian actor went viral on the internet, leaving fans in shock.  The actor debuted in 1968 with "Man Ka Meet" and is best remembered for his p
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This is what Katrina Kaif has said about Salman Khan

It is always said that Katrina Kaif has a soft corner for Salman Khan. Katrina Kaif who was introduced in the Bollywood industry by Salman Khan actually seems a huge fan of him. Katrina Kaif talks about working with Salman Khan again in Tiger Zinda Hai after a gap of five years. While speaking to Indian media when Kaif was asked how is it working with Salman, the actress replied, "I have known Salman for so many years now. After shooting with him for a long time, you miss his flamboyance an
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29 Indian fishermen arrested for violating maritime boundary: MSA

During an operation conducted Thursday morning, 29 Indian fishermen were arrested near Pakistan’s coast for violating the maritime boundaries. Five boats were also seized alongside the Indian fishermen, a spokesperson of the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (MSA) said. The detained Indian fishermen have been handed over to the Docks Police. Last month, nearly 100 Indian fishermen were taken into custody for fishing illegally in Pakistan’s sea boundaries. In addition, 19 boats were also held
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Attack on Indian army camp in Kashmir, 5 including officers killed 

SRINAGAR: Suspected militants attacked an army garrison in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) on Thursday, killing three soldiers and two officers amid an uptick in violence in the restive region. The incident occurred just a day after Indian authorities in the area ordered internet service providers to block 22 social media services including Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp for a month to maintain "public order". Indian army spokesman Rajesh Kalia said two attackers were also killed during the pre-
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Region's peace at stake if Kashmir issue remains unresolved: Khawaja Asif

MOSCOW:  Speaking at the sixth Moscow Conference on International Security, Pakistan’s Defence minister Khawaja Muhammed Asif said the region's peace and stability will remain at stake if the Kashmir issue is left unresolved.  Discussing the Kashmir issue, Asif said that if left unresolved, it has the potential to threaten the peace and stability of the entire region.  “The Kashmir issue must be resolved in accordance with the UN resolution,” the defence minister said. “I must share that all p
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WATCH: Mesmerizing video of things getting destroyed in slow motion

Do you like slow motion videos? Well, who doesn’t? Slow motion videos are the new craze that has taken over the internet. Various things happening in the slow motion give mesmerizing visuals which are interesting to watch. The Slo Mo Guys are famous on the YouTube for filming and destroying all sorts of thing in slow motion. Recently, the team had a two-hour-long live stream, where they destroyed a whole bunch of stuff in the California desert.  Here's a short highlight clip where you can w
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Breaking: ´Huge´ explosions near Damascus airport

BEIRUT: Explosions were heard near Damascus International Airport in the early hours of Thursday, a monitoring group said, without specifying the cause. "The blast was huge and could be heard in Damascus," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Read more: Three dead in Israeli attack on Syria military camp Earlier on April 23, an Israeli attack on a Syrian camp for pro-government forces killed three fighters near the Golan Heights on Sunday, an official from
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Weather in Pakistan to stay dry, hot: Met Department

Weather in Pakistan is forecasted to remain dry for the next 24 hours, the Met Department said on Thursday. Karachi's current temperature is recorded at 26° Celsius, while the sky is partly cloudy. Humidity in the air was registered at 77%. Highest temperature forecast by the Met Department is set at 33° Celsius, while strong winds of 18 km/h are blowing inwards from the country's South Western areas. For the next 24 hours, Kashmir and adjoining mountainous areas are expected to have strong w
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PTI chief is lying about Rs10bn offer: Hamza Shahbaz

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz leader Hamza Shahbaz Sharif, on Thursday, alleged that Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf chief Imran Khan lied about a bribe offered to him to remain silent on the Panam Leaks case. "Khan is perplexed and he is lying. We will take this up against him in court," Shehbaz said commenting on the PTI chief's claim that the government offered him Rs 10 billion for keeping mum on the Panama Leaks case. "Khan should either validate his claim by sharing proofs or be ready
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Oil prices fall on lingering oversupply concerns

Oil prices dipped on Thursday, weighed down by a general sentiment of globally bloated markets, though traders said that prices seemed to have found support around current levels. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures CLc1 were trading at $49.34 per barrel at 0137 GMT, down 28 cents, or 0.56 percent from their last close. WTI has lost around 8.5 percent in value from its April peak. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $51.58 per barrel, d
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Humans alter Earth's chemistry from beyond the grave

VIENNA: It's not only in life that humans leave their mark on Nature. In death, our decomposing corpses alter the chemistry of precious soil, scientists warned on Wednesday. Whether our bodies are buried or cremated, they leach iron, zinc, sulphur, calcium and phosphorus into ground that may later be used as farms, forests or parks. They are essential nutrients, but human funerary practices mean they are being concentrated in cemeteries instead of being dispersed evenly throughout nature, acco
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Britain fears Brexit impact of Macron win in France

LONDON: Marine Le Pen's performance in France's presidential race cheered Brexit supporters, but many fear the likely winner Emmanuel Macron will play hardball in Britain's negotiations on leaving the European Union. EU leaders are relieved at the prospect of a victory for Macron, a pro-European centrist, in a run-off on May 7 against eurosceptic far-right leader Le Pen. But for commentators on all sides of the political divide in Britain, Macron spells bad news for Prime Minister Theresa May
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Saudi fire stops ´rebel boat bomb´ from Yemen

RIYADH: The Saudi coast guard fired on an unmanned boat rigged with explosives, thwarting an attack on one of the kingdom´s oil terminals that authorities on Wednesday blamed on Yemeni Huthi rebels. The boat, sent from a small island off the Yemeni coast, was targeting a petroleum products distribution terminal run by Saudi oil giant Aramco when it was intercepted on Tuesday, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the SPA state news agency. "The boat was spotted when it departed
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Humans in America '115,000 years earlier than thought'

High-tech dating of mastodon remains found in southern California has shattered the timeline of human migration to America, pushing the presence of hominins back to 130,000 years ago rather than just 15,000 years, researchers said Wednesday. Teeth and bones of the elephant-like creature unmistakably modified by human hands, along with stone hammers and anvils, leave no doubt that some species of early human feasted on its carcass, they reported in the journal Nature. Discovered in 1992 during
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Pregnancy complications await childhood cancer survivors

Women who manage to conceive after surviving childhood cancer may encounter treatment-related pregnancy and labor complications if they got radiation for their malignancies, a recent study suggests. Female cancer survivors who got abdominal radiation are more than three times more likely to develop diabetes during pregnancy as their peers who received different tumor treatments, the study found. After radiation, these cancer survivors are also more than twice as likely to develop anemia during
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Over 20 shops, hotel gutted in Bhit Shah fire

MATIARI: Over 20 shops and a hotel were gutted after a fire erupted at a timber market in Bhitt Shah, Matiari district in Sindh, police said. The blaze erupted late on Wednesday night which engulfed several shops and a hotel in Bhit Shah's timber market. However, firefighters timely sprang into action and doused the fire. Fortunately, no loss of life was reported in its wake. The reason as to how the blaze erupted was yet being found out, officials said.
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Oscar-winning 'Silence of the Lambs' director dies

Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" whose four-decade career spanned a staggering array of work from romantic comedy and rock music to hard-hitting documentaries, died Wednesday. He was 73. Demme passed away in New York surrounded by his family after a battle with cancer, his publicist announced. He will be laid to rest in a private funeral. He remains best known for the smash-hit 1991 horror-thriller starring Anthony Hopkins as serial killer Hannibal Lecte
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Robber among three suspects killed in Karachi, dozens held

KARACHI: Two suspects were killed in an alleged encounter with police while a suspected robber was gunned down by restaurant shop owner in Karachi late Wednesday, besides arrest of over two dozen others. Police, on an intelligence tip-off, conducted a search operation in Kalakot, Sangoline and Nawaline areas of Lyari late this night, officials said. The suspects opened fire on the law enforcers during the operation. In retaliation, two suspects, Ameen alias Danny and Adnan, were killed, while
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Eriksen stunner fires Spurs, Huth helps Arsenal

Danish playmaker Christian Eriksen netted a superb 30-yard goal as Tottenham Hotspur downed Crystal Palace 1-0 on Wednesday to keep their Premier League title hopes alive. Leaders Chelsea, who beat Tottenham 4-2 in the FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday, went seven points clear by beating Southampton on Tuesday, but Spurs' win trimmed the gap back to four points. "It was unbelievable -- a very good performance," Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino told Sky Sports at Selhurst Park. "It was good to g
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Maryam says 'fears for Imran's fate in hereafter'

LAHORE: Reacting to Imran Khan's claim that the government offered him Rs10 billion for keeping mum on Panama Leaks case, Maryam Nawaz, daughter of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Wednesday said that she "fears for the fate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman in the hereafter". The PTI chairman, while speaking to a gathering at Shaukat Khanum Hospital a day ago, had alleged that he had been made an offer in the Panama Leaks case. "Just imagine how much money he offered me to be silent.
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Dortmund's Dembele stuns Bayern in cup semi

Borussia Dortmund fought back to stun bitter rivals Bayern Munich 3-2 on Wednesday to reach the German Cup final and shatter the Bavarian giants' dreams of the double. A brilliant strike from Ousmane Dembele 15 minutes from the end settled the semi-final tie at Munich's Allianz Arena which had seen Dortmund trail 2-1 at half-time. "This is the biggest moment of my career with Dortmund. It's hard to come to Munich and get a win," beamed Dembele, 19, who only joined Borussia for the start of the
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Military strikes in Khyber leave several militants dead

RAWALPINDI/PESHAWAR: Pakistan Army conducted air strikes in Khyber Agency leaving several militants dead, who were trying to sneak into the country from Afghanistan late Wednesday, the Inter Services Public Relations said. The air strikes, which came as part of the ongoing operation Radd-ul-Fasaad, were conducted on credible intelligence regarding movement of terrorists from Nangarhar, Afghanistan into Khyber Agency's Rajgal valley, the ISPR said in a statement. The strikes were conducted in S
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PSG rout Monaco to reach French Cup final

PARIS: Edinson Cavani celebrated his new contract with his 45th goal of the season as holders Paris Saint-Germain demolished an inexperienced Monaco 5-0 to reach next month's French Cup final against Angers. Julian Draxler prodded PSG ahead on 26 minutes at the Parc des Princes and Cavani, who on Tuesday signed an extension through to 2020, swiftly doubled the lead as Unai Emery's side dominated their understrength opponents. Safwan Mbae bundled into his own net just after half-time and Blaise
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