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Israel approves former general as National Cyber Directorate

The Israeli Cabinet approved the appointment of the former general Gaby Portnoy as the chief of the National Cyber Directorate…reports Asian Lite News A statement issued by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office

February 21, 2022

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Hamas: No progress on prisoner exchange deal with Israel

Palestine’s Hamas has said that there has been no progress toward reaching a prisoner exchange deal with Israel…reports Asian Lite News Zaher Jabarin, a member of Hamas’s politburo, said in a statement

February 21, 2022

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Ex-Pak ISI chief named in ‘Suisse secrets’ list of global money laundering

Akhtar Abdur Rahman Khan, one of former Pakistan President Gen Ziaul Haqs closest aides and the man largely credited with establishing the mujahideen network to counter Russias invasion of Afghanistan, is one

February 21, 2022

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Ethiopia’s mega dam begins power generation

The Ethiopian government has announced its grand hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile river has started generating electricity…reports Asian Lite News Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday officially inaugurated the first power

February 21, 2022

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Global Covid caseload tops 424.1 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 424.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.88 million and vaccinations to over 10.35 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University…reports Asian Lite News

February 21, 2022

COVID-19·News·World

US special envoy urges OIC to ‘press’ Taliban for inclusive govt

The US special envoy has discussed the humanitarian situation as well as human rights in Afghanistan with representatives of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia…reports Asian Lite News

February 21, 2022

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Hope Probe named best Arab sustainable development project

Hope Probe named best Arab sustainable development project for 2021…reports Asian Lite News The Arab Parliament chose the Emirates Mars Mission Hope Probe Project as the best Arab project to achieve sustainable

February 21, 2022

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Afghan Ambassador to US steps down

The Afghanistan embassies in Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Italy, Poland and Iran are said to be facing similar economic challenges…reports Asian Lite News Adela Raz, the Afghan Ambassador to the US, has stepped down

February 20, 2022

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Ex-cop jailed for fatally shooting African-American man

Kim Potter, a former police officer in the US state of Minnesota who fatally shot African-American man Daunte Wright last year, has been sentenced to two years in prison and supervised release…reports

February 20, 2022

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Houthis fire explosive-laden drone at Yemeni school

Yemen’s Houthi group launched an explosive-laden drone strike against a school in the country’s northern oil-rich province of Marib, a government official said…reports Asian Lite News “Several students were critically injured when

February 20, 2022

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