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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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One injured, fugitive among 16 held in Karachi

KARACHI: A man was injured in a shooting, while a fugitive among 16 suspects was held in different raids in Karachi late Saturday, police said. The firing incident took place in Soldier Bazar area over a domestic dispute, police said. It left a man injured, who was shifted to hospital. Police conducted a search operation in Baldia Town's Saeedabad area and apprehended 15 suspects, said SP Baldia Asif Razzaq. A fugitive, Gul Nawaz, who had escaped from an anti-terrorism court (ATC) was also am
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Saudi king restores civil service and military allowances: TV

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a royal decree on Saturday restoring financial allowances for civil servants and military personnel that had been cut under austerity measures. "The royal order returns all allowances, financial benefits, and bonuses to civil servants and military staff," said the decree, broadcast on state-run Ekhbariya TV. In September Saudi Arabia cut ministers' salaries by 20 percent and scaled back financial perks for public sector employees in one of the energy-r
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Amir takes five as rain ruins Jamaica Test

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Mohammad Amir completed a five-wicket innings haul and West Indies captain Jason Holder reached a fifth half-century as the home side reached 278 for nine in their first innings on a rain-ruined second day of the first Test against Pakistan at Sabina Park on Saturday. Only 11.3 overs were bowled in the entire day as inadequate covering from heavy overnight and early morning rain left damp patches on the pitch and a sodden area of the outfield, delaying the start of play by fo
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Keep Earth's soils healthy to feed world's growing population: NGO

ROME: Feeding a growing global population will become almost impossible if the world doesn't take better care of its rapidly deteriorating soils, a humanitarian agency warned on Earth Day. More than a third of arable land is already degraded because of soil erosion - the loss of the topsoil by wind, rain or use of machinery - as well as contamination of soil and city sprawl, according to Catholic Relief Services (CRS). "If we don't start to address the issue of soil erosion I don't see how we
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Bangladesh name Shakib as T20 captain

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Saturday appointed all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as their next captain for Twenty20 internationals, replacing retired fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza. Mashrafe announced his retirement from the game’s shortest format during Bangladesh recent series against Sri Lanka. Shakib’s appointment was confirmed in a meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board at its headquarters in Dhaka. "Since Mashrafe has retired, the board unanimously agreed to appoint Shakib as Bangladesh’s next captai
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Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station

MIAMI: An unmanned Cygnus cargo ship carrying a load of supplies and science experiments arrived safely at the International Space Station on Saturday, according to live images broadcast on NASA television. Working from inside the orbiting lab, US astronaut Peggy Whitson and her French counterpart Thomas Pesquet operated the station´s external robotic arm to grab the approaching spaceship at 6:05 am (1005 GMT). The Cygnus spacecraft is packed with 7,626 pounds (3,459 kilogrammes) of crew suppl
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Riz Ahmed makes it to list of Time Magazine?s 100 Most Influential People

The Reluctant Fundamentalist actor Riz Ahmed has been made a cover star for Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential figures in the world. The British actor of Pakistani origin appears in the publication's Pioneers section, sharing the list with the likes of Moonlight's Barry Jenkins and Ivanka Trump. Ahmed has appeared in popular TV shows including The OA, the final series of Girls and The Night Of. He is well known for his roles in a number of films including Nightcrawler, Rogue One
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Zardari destroyed PPP with his ?expertise?, says Imran Khan

DADU: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairperson Imran Khan while taking a jibe at Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari remarked that the PPP leader, who called Imran politically inexperienced, has destroyed his own party with his ‘expertise’. PPP is the smallest political party in all the four provinces, Imran said while speaking to a rally in Dadu on Saturday. “ Zardari has no empathy for the people of Sindh, he said, adding that the farmers in Sindh fear Zardari. The PTI leader
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?Keep Our Science Great?: Thousands march worldwide to fight ´alternative facts´

Thousands of people joined a global March for Science on Saturday with Washington the epicentre of a movement to fight back against what many see as an "assault on facts" by populist politicians. Hundreds streamed onto the Washington Mall for a festive day of music, speeches and teach-ins by scientists disturbed by the rise of so-called "alternative facts" around crucial issues like climate change following the election of Donald Trump. "We have no Planet B," read one of the signs carried by d
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American Airlines' employee suspended after row with passengers

American Airlines (AAL.O) has suspended an employee after a video showed an altercation on one of its planes involving crew, several passengers and a crying woman carrying a young child. An American Airlines employee violently took a stroller from the woman, hitting her with it and just missing her child, Facebook user Surain Adyanthaya said in a post accompanying the video he put on the site on Friday. Less than two weeks ago, a 69-year-old doctor, David Dao, was hospitalised after Chicago
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German intelligence spied on Interpol: Spiegel

Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency spied on the Interpol international police agency for years and on the group's country liaison offices in dozens of countries such as Austria, Greece and the United States, a German magazine said. No comment was immediately available from the BND, Interpol or Europol. Der Spiegel magazine, citing documents it had seen, said the BND had added the email addresses, phone numbers and fax numbers of the police investigators to its sector surveillance list.
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Witness account: How the Afghanistan military base attack happened

Afghan soldier Zabihullah was chatting with an army comrade at their military base in northern Afghanistan when gunfire interrupted their quiet Friday afternoon. "I asked my friend what was happening, and he said, relax, it must be one of us." It wasn't. It was the Taliban.   Dressed in army uniforms, at least 10 Taliban attackers had breached the military headquarters in Mazar-i-Sharif, eventually killing more than 140 soldiers, according to the latest estimates by officials. "When they sta
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Satyarthi, who shared Nobel Prize with Malala, speaks out on children killed in Syria attack

NEW DELHI: The United Nations must prioritise millions of children caught up in conflict and protect refugee children from being trafficked into slavery, Nobel Laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi said on Friday. Satyarthi, who was jointly awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, said television images of Syrian children gasping for breath after a chemical attack on April 4 had prompted him to speak out. "I was always concerned - and have s
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Watch Salman Khan groove to his super hit songs

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan shared a video of his dance performance on some his charts topping songs and we can’t help rejoice. Salman Khan, who is currently busy with the Da Bang- The Tour in Australia and New Zealand, treated his fans to surprise by sharing a video of his performance. The video starts with Salman grooving to O O Jaane Jaana, Do You Wanna Partner, Chori Chori and ends with Ek Gharam Chai ki Piyaali as his fans cheer for him.   In another video, he can been seen perform
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Indian troops kill two Kashmiri youth in IOK

SRINAGAR: Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two Kashmiri youth in Budgam district on Saturday evening in occupied Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, the youth were martyred during a siege and search operation at Hayatpora area of Chadoora in the district. Locals said that during the operation innocent civilians were beaten by Indian troops, leading to clashes between Indian troops and the youth.
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Poor covers delay West Indies, Pakistan Test

KINGSTON: Inadequate covering from heavy overnight and early morning rain delayed the start of play on the second day of the first Test between the West Indies and Pakistan at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Saturday. While the rain stopped well before the scheduled start, some rainwater had leaked onto the pitch creating damp areas that will have to be dried out before play cam resume. West Indies closed day one at 244 for seven in their first innings after being put in to bat.
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Paris station panic as man arrested with knife

PARIS: A man carrying a knife was arrested on Saturday at Paris's Gare du Nord station, causing brief panic days after the killing of a policeman, police sources said amid pre-election jitters. "An individual carrying a knife came into the station, was pointed out to a police patrol which immediately arrested him," one of the sources said. No-one was injured in the incident. Another police source added that the arrest caused a "panic movement" with a number of travellers abandoning their lugg
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Army chief condemns Afghanistan military base attack

Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday condemned the attack on a military base in Afghanistan on Friday, in which more than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed, an Inter-Services Public Relations statement said. Reuters quoting Afghan officials said that as many as 140 Afghan soldiers were killed by the Taliban apparently disguised in military uniforms in Mazar-e-Sharif. The agency quoted the country’s Defense Ministry as saying that "over 100" Afghan soldiers were killed and wo
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Qatari hostages held in Iraq since 2015 freed

DOHA: Twenty-six kidnapped men, including members of Qatar’s royal family, were freed on Friday after being held for 16 months in Iraq, Iraq’s interior ministry said. The men had been handed over to a Qatari delegation and left for Doha, a ministry spokesman said in a statement. It gave no details. In December 2015 about 100 armed men seized a hun­ting party, including Qataris and other nationals, from a desert camp in southern Iraq. A Qatari royal and a Pakis­tani man were later freed. The r
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Four students detained for chanting 'Go Nawaz Go'

Lahore: Four students, who were participating in a sport competition, were taken into custody on Saturday for allegedly chanting slogans against the Prime Minister during a sporting event’s awards ceremony at the Railway Stadium in Lahore. The incident occurred when Railways Minister Saad Rafique was making a speech at the railways athletics awards ceremony when the students in the crowd started chanting ‘Go Nawaz Go’. This allegedly angered the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders and the stu
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PU professor Tahira was killed during robbery: police

LAHORE: Retired Punjab University professor Tahira was killed during a robbery by the university’s electrician and his accomplices, revealed Crime Investigation Agency SP Tariq Mastoi in a press conference on Saturday. Tahira was a former professor at the Punjab University's department of Molecular Genetics and lived alone at her house, according to the police. She was found dead at her house in Lahore’s E-Block on April 18. The initial postmortem report had revealed that a sharp object was us
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Two new videos of Mardan lynching case surface

MARDAN: Two new videos have surfaced in the murder case of Mashal Khan, shedding further light on the circumstances in which the Mardan university student was lynched by an angry mob which accused him of blasphemy. In one of the video, students can be seen gathering outside the room of Mashal. An armed police officer can also be seen. The second video is apparently shot after the incident in which a person can be seen delivering a speech. Arrests of few more suspects are also expected after th
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LEAs arrest over 30 suspects in operations in Panjgur, Quetta

QUETTA: Over 30 suspects were arrested in operations carried out by the Frontier Corps (FC) and intelligence agencies in Panjgur town of Makran division and Quetta, an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said on Saturday. Raids were conducted on reports of presence of terrorists in the areas of Panjgur and Margat, Quetta, the statement said. The Law Enforcement Agencies destroyed three terrorist hideouts in Margat and arrested three suspects. Three kilogrammes of explosive materia
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Police arrest another suspect in Mashal murder case

CHARSADDA: Police on Saturday arrested another suspect in the Mardan lynching case, in which Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan student Mashal Khan lost his life. Amir was arrested in Tangi tehsil in Charsadda after being identified in the lynching video that surfaced soon after the horrific killing of Mashal at the hands of a mob. Amir was reportedly a close friend of the main suspect Wajahat who confessed to the crime before a magistrate in Mardan on April 17. The total number of suspects ar
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New batch of trash cleaning machinery arrives in Karachi

KARACHI: Sindh Solid Waste Management Board said on Saturday in a statement that new cleaning machinery from China has arrived to help clean up the trash heaps lining the provincial metropolis. Sindh minister for local government Jam Khan Shoro said mechanical sweepers will be used to clean dirt and garbage from the city’s roads. The board is currently carrying out a clean-up in District South and work in the District East will be started soon, he added. The minister said that keeping Sindh c
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