* Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit expressed on February 21 full support to the Palestinian people and leadership in their struggle to end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent state along the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital. * China's national observatory on February 22 forecast that northern parts of the country would be shrouded in smog in the coming days while a rain belt will linger in southern regions for about a week. * Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on February 21 that he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Moscow, after he cancelled a planned meeting because of domestic political issues. * UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko have met on the conflict in eastern Ukraine, a UN spokesperson said on February 21. * Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump discussed the US withdrawal from Syria over phone late on … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: February 22