FGN43: PAK-INDIA-AFGHAN-WHEAT
Islamabad: Pakistan said on Friday that it has conveyed to India the details of arrangements Islamabad has put in place for the transportation of wheat to Afghanistan as humanitarian aid and is waiting for a response from New Delhi on the date of dispatch of the first consignment.
FGN29: ISRAEL-SPYWARE-LD NSO
Jerusalem: Israeli spyware company NSO Group has again landed into a controversy with the Attorney General announcing to set up a team to probe into alleged misuse of its snooping Pegasus technology by police against its own citizens, including those not suspected of crime.
FGN48: CANADA-MINISTER-INDIAN-DIASPORA
Toronto: Indian-origin Canadian defence minister Anita Anand has shared her journey, reflecting the contribution and success of Indo-Canadians during the celebration of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
FGN39: UK-OMICRON-SUBLINEAGE
London: The UK health authorities on Friday said they will be conducting further analysis into a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 after designating it a variant under investigation (VUI).
FGN23: PAK-BLAST-SUSPECTS
Lahore: After scouring through CCTV footages, Pakistan police on Friday identified three suspects, who they believe had orchestrated the powerful bomb blast that ripped through a crowded market here where Indian commodities are sold, killing three people and injuring 28 others.
FGN37: VIRUS-SINGAPORE-SURGE
Singapore: Singapore could witness doubling of Omicron cases every two to three days and report 10,000 to 15,000 or even more of its infections daily, affecting a “significant proportion” of the country's workforce, a senior minister warned on Friday.
FGN45: RUSSIA-US-3RDLD UKRAINE
Geneva: The United States and Russia sought to lower the temperature in a heated standoff over Ukraine, even as they reported no breakthroughs in high-level, high-stakes talks on Friday aimed at preventing a feared Russian invasion. (AP)
FGN44: YEMEN-PRISON-LD AIRSTIKE
Dubai: A Saudi-led airstrike targeting a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels killed and wounded over 100 detainees on Friday, rescuers said, part of a pounding aerial offensive that hours earlier saw another airstrike take the Arab world's poorest country off the internet. (AP)
FGN42: IRAQ-5THLD ATTACK
Baghdad: More than 100 militants from the Islamic State group carried out a complex attack on Syria's largest prison holding suspected extremists, officials said Friday, as members of the group in Iraq stormed an army barracks, killing 11 soldiers as they slept. (AP) SCY
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