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Netanyahu pleads not guilty as trial resumes

Wearing a black mask, Netanyahu appeared in front of a three-judge panel at the Jerusalem District Court to officially deny the allegations against him…reports Asian Lite News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

February 8, 2021

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Sri Lanka falling deep to China’s googly

A U-turn on the Colombo port’s East Container Terminal and then an attempt to create negativity around the India-supplied Covid-19 vaccine signals that there could be more powerful forces than just mere

February 8, 2021

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Israel begins easing lockdown curbs

The ban on travelling more than 1,000 metres from home was lifted on Sunday, while some businesses also started reopening…reports Asian Lite News Israel has started lifting Covid-19-related restrictions, almost six weeks

February 8, 2021

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Iran vax drive to begin on Tuesday

Inoculation will start for the population groups most at risk: doctors and nurses working in contact with Covid-19 patients at intensive care units…reports Asian Lite News Iranian Minister of Health and Medical

February 8, 2021

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5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Philippines

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 8 a.m., hit at a depth of 44 km, about 211 km southeast of Governor Generoso town in the

February 8, 2021

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Unrest grows in Myanmar, thousands protest against military coup

The protesters are demanding the release of former de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other senior government leaders on February 1 shortly before the military took

February 8, 2021

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‘Nepal-India border fight to be resolved through talks’

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday said that the ongoing border disputes with India will be resolved through diplomatic talks. Although Nepal and India held ministerial level talks in New

February 8, 2021

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‘US won’t withdraw troops from Afghanistan in May’

Backing decision by President Joe Biden’s administration to review the US-Taliban agreement which was signed on February 29, 2020, the South Carolina Senator said the militant group has “been cheating… They haven’t

February 8, 2021

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Biden won’t lift economic sanctions against Iran

US President Joe Biden has said he will not lift economic sanctions against Iran until it complies with the terms agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal. Biden was speaking in a CBS

February 8, 2021

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US sanctions will not be lifted before Iran returns to nuke deal: Biden

Former US President Donald Trump, however, withdrew the US from the deal in 2018 and re-imposed sanctions, leading Iran to roll back on a number of its commitments….reports Asia Lite News US

February 7, 2021

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