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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

Afghanistan·Arab News·News

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

AFRICA NEWS·Arab News·News

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

Arab News·News·World

Israel Minister Forer cancels UAE trip after testing Covid positive

Israel’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Oded Forer had to cancel his planned trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after he tested positive for Covid-19…reports Asian Lite News He was

February 20, 2022

Arab News·News·UAE News

156 Houthi militants killed in battles with Yemen army

At least 156 Houthi militants were killed in battles with the Yemen government army in the past two days in the northern province of Hajjah…reports Asian Lite News The battle raged on

February 20, 2022

Arab News·News·World

Africa registers 11.1 million Covid cases

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, Africa has so far registered a total of 11,104,160 confirmed cases, according to health authorities…reports Asian Lite News the Africa Centers for

February 20, 2022

AFRICA NEWS·COVID-19·News

6 African countries to be part of WHO’s mRNA vax tech project

The ultimate goal is to extend capacity building for national and regional production to all health technologies…reports Asian Lite News Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia are the first six

February 20, 2022

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