‘POWERFUL’ CYBERATTACK HITS UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT SITES, MAJOR BANKS

Wed 16 February 2022: According to Ukrainian authorities, a cyberattack targeted the websites of Ukrainian government agencies and major banks on Tuesday. There was a “powerful DDOS attack on a number of information resources of Ukraine” starting from Tuesday afternoon, according to a statement by the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of […]

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MACRON EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE FRANCE’S TROOP PULLOUT FROM MALI

Wed 16 February 2022: As per reliable sources, French President Emmanuel Macron will announce this week that French troops will be withdrawn from Mali and redeployed elsewhere in the Sahel following a breakdown in relations with the country’s military regime. Several security sources told AFP that Macron’s decision to end the nine-year French mission in […]

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OIC EXPRESSES ‘DEEP CONCERN’ OVER HIJAB BAN, ISLAMOPHOBIC INCIDENTS IN INDIA

Wed 16 February 2022: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has voiced serious concerns over the continued attacks on Muslims in India and called upon the international community, including the United Nations, to take steps to stop hate crimes against the minority community. The General Secretariat of the OIC expressed deep concern over recent public […]

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MYANMAR MILITARY COMMITTED WAR CRIMES IN KARENNI STATE: REPORT

Wed 16 February 2022: Fortify Rights says evidence shows military massacred civilians and used them as cover, as it urges ASEAN to support arms embargo. The Myanmar military has murdered civilians, and used them as human shields, in a series of atrocities in eastern Karenni State that may amount to war crimes, prominent human rights […]

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YEMENI GOVERNMENT TROOPS MAKE NEW GAINS IN SOUTH OF MARIB

Tue 15 February 2022: A spokesperson of Yemen’s army said the army took control of multiple areas south of Marib on Monday, expelling members of the Iran-backed Houthi militia.  “Units of the army and the popular resistance launched a qualitative attack, during which they managed to liberate the positions of Yameen al-Raddah and al-Faliha, where […]

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HUNGER CRISIS THREATENS HALF OF SOMALIA’S YOUNG CHILDREN, UN SAYS

Tue 15 February 2022: According to the United Nations, severe drought is threatening to force nearly half of Somali children under the age of five into acute malnutrition this year, with hundreds of thousands in need of life-saving treatment. “Malnutrition has reached crisis levels,” Victor Chinyama, head of communications for the UN children’s agency UNICEF’s Somalia […]

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“SHAMELESS MORAL DECLINE”: CHINA CALLS US SPLITTING AFGHAN MONEY ‘ROBBERY’

Tue 15 February 2022: China on Tuesday called the US decision to split Afghan reserves a “robbery” and urged Washington to return the money to Afghans. The US stole money from Afghans, Hua Chunying, spokesperson of China’s Foreign Ministry, said on Twitter. Hua reacted to the US President Joe Biden’s executive order last Friday splitting […]

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KREMLIN HOPES PUTIN-SCHOLZ MEETING WILL BE CONSTRUCTIVE

Tue 15 February 2022: According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin believes that the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday would be constructive and businesslike. “We hope that today’s talks will be as constructive, practical and useful as possible. And the talks are held so that the […]

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MODIFIEDELEPHANT: HACKING GROUP FRAMES ACTIVISTS BY PLANTING FAKE EVIDENCE ON THEIR DEVICES

Tue 15 February 2022: SentinelOne, a cyber security platform based in the United States, has found a hacking tool that has been used to plant fake digital evidence on the target’s devices. Victims of this attack have been identified as human rights activists, journalists, professors, and attorneys based in India, including Rona Wilson, an activist […]

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