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Trump fires election official as retaliation

Krebs is the latest official to be dismissed by the US president following his defeat, with Defence Secretary Mark Esper also shown the door amid reports Trump doubted the Pentagon chief’s loyalty…reports

November 18, 2020

-Top News·POLITICS·USA

Pentagon chief declares troop cut back in Afghanistan

Miller said on Tuesday that he was announcing the implementation of Trump’s “orders to continue our repositioning of forces from those two countries,”…reports Asian Lite News US acting Defence Secretary Chirstopher Miller

November 18, 2020

Asia News·USA

UAE FM, UN envoy review Middle East peace process

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, discussed the prospects of reviving the Palestinian-Israeli peace track with the UN Envoy for the peace process in the

November 17, 2020

-Top News·Arab News·UAE News

UAE, US consider ways to boost ties

Talks tackled the outstanding bilateral relations between the United Arab Emirates and the United States, as well as cooperation between the two countries….reports Asian Lite News Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister

November 17, 2020

UAE News·USA

Facebook removes racist posts about US Vice-President-Elect

One media monitoring body described the pages as “dedicated to propagating racist and misogynistic smears”…reports Asian Lite News Facebook has taken down a string of racist and misogynistic posts, memes and comments

November 17, 2020

POLITICS·USA

Pompeo in Turkey with no official talks

Ties between Washington and its strategic NATO ally have remained tense despite a personal friendship between US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan…reports Asian Lite News US Secretary

November 17, 2020

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Italy’s Covid-19 curve flattening

While the infection and mortality rates have climbed in recent weeks, so has the recovery rate….reports Asian Lite News Italy’s coronavirus “contagion curve is stabilising” after the number of daily cases fell

November 17, 2020

-Top News·COVID-19

Italy’s Stromboli volcano erupts

Stromboli, 924 meters above sea level, is one of three active volcanoes in Italy, along with Mount Vesuvius near Naples and Mount Etna on Sicily…reports Asian Lite News Italy’s Stromboli volcano, one

November 17, 2020

EU News

Human trials of four Covid vaccines begin in Iran

The Iranian companies are among the global institutions which are currently in the advanced stages of vaccine production, Namaki was quoted as saying…reports Asian Lite News Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki said

November 17, 2020

-Top News·Asia News

UN calls for peace in Tigray

The OCHA said in a statement that it had received reports of an airstrike in the vicinity of Mekelle, a major city in Tigray, “from where the rockets were presumably launched last

November 17, 2020

AFRICA NEWS·World News