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G20 summit opens in Bali as Ukraine war tops agenda

-- 2022-11-15 10:41:05

Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations opened talks on Tuesday on the island of Bali, with a plea by host Indonesia for unity and concrete action to mend the global economy despite deep rifts over t...

Pakistan-Afghan border crossing closed after clashes

-- 2022-11-14 20:46:33

A major border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has closed for trade and transit after a clash between security force personnel from both sides, a local Pakistani official said on Monday. Ab...

India lays out steps to achieve net zero by 2070 at COP27 summit

-- 2022-11-14 18:01:49

India laid out on Monday the steps it will take to achieve net zero by 2070, releasing its Long-Term Low Emissions and Development Strategies (LT-LEDS) at the COP27 summit in Egypt. Under the Paris A...

Ahead of a tense G20 summit, Biden and Xi to meet for talks

-- 2022-11-14 10:35:05

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will arrive on the Indonesian island of Bali on Monday for a long-awaited meeting with US President Joe Biden, ahead of a Group of 20 (G20) summit set to be fraught with tens...

Biden promises competition with China, not conflict as first summit ends in Asia

-- 2022-11-13 18:27:31

US President Joe Biden told Asian leaders on Sunday that US communication lines with China would stay open to prevent conflict, as the first of three summits of world leaders this week ended, with ten...

Japan and South Korea reaffirm efforts to resolve wartime labour disputes

-- 2022-11-13 17:52:23

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday said that he and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol have reaffirmed that their countries will work towards a swift resolution of the wartime labour is...

US supports India's G20 presidency

-- 2022-11-13 16:05:32

The United States (US) has supported India for G20 presidency, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted on Sunday. India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also tweeted as the two lea...

Rich countries urged to fulfil financing gap for climate action

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-13 13:27:51

Civil Society leaders from MVCs (Most Vulnerable Countries) met a press conference in CoP 27 conference venue and demanded for a real NDC (National Determined Contribution) target from big carbon emit...

ADB announces mobilising $200m for water resilience programme in Asia, Pacific

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-12 18:19:02

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently joined with partners at COP27 to announce the ambition to mobilise more than $200 million from 2021 until 2025 to create water and sanitation resilience and s...

China says it will continue fine-tuning COVID measures

-- 2022-11-12 17:26:34

China will keep fine-tuning its steps to control COVID-19 as it tries to minimise infections and serious cases, officials said on Saturday, a day after surprise announcements to lessen the impact of a...

At least 17 dead in Egypt after bus falls into canal

-- 2022-11-12 17:18:05

At least 17 people were killed and 16 injured when a bus carrying about 35 people fell into a canal in northern Egypt on Saturday, security sources said, according to Reuters.

Myanmar must return to democracy for regional peace, says UN chief

-- 2022-11-12 17:08:08

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the Myanmar military government to immediately return to democracy, saying the current situation in the country was a threat to peace in the...

India’s top court orders release of six convicts in Rajiv Gandhi murder case

-- 2022-11-11 19:30:51

India's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of six people, including one woman, who were convicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, drawing sharp criticism f...

Japan’s justice minister resigns after death penalty quip

-- 2022-11-11 17:24:28

Japan’s justice minister resigned on Friday, becoming the second minister to leave the cabinet over a scandal in less than a month, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida struggles to stem his sliding...

Taliban ban women from parks

-- 2022-11-11 16:33:13

Afghan women will no longer be allowed in parks, a spokesperson for the Taliban's morality ministry said, in part because they had not been meeting its interpretation of Islamic attire during their vi...

ASEAN summit begins with focus on Myanmar

-- 2022-11-11 15:41:08

Leaders of Southeast Asian nations began an annual summit on Friday that is likely to be dominated by Myanmar's escalating violence and political gridlock, with increasingly frustrated members of the...

In Yemen, farmers choose narcotic over other crops

-- 2022-11-10 19:53:38

Farmers are draining groundwater around Yemen's capital and removing soil to cultivate the narcotic green leaf qat that dominates life in the country, threatening to exhaust precious resources in the...

Putin will not attend G20 summit in Bali: Indonesian official

-- 2022-11-10 16:28:39

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend a gathering of leaders from the Group of 20 (G20) nations in Bali next week, an Indonesian government official told Reuters on Thursday. Putin will be...

Cambodian PM to gift luxury watches as ASEAN summit souvenirs

-- 2022-11-10 16:21:54

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, an aficionado of luxury watches, will hand out intricate, locally made timepieces as souvenirs for world leaders at an international summit he is hosting this week....

Iran says it has built hypersonic ballistic missile

-- 2022-11-10 16:19:01

Iran has built a hypersonic ballistic missile, the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace commander as saying, in remarks likely to heighten concerns about Iranian...

Iran arrests 'agent' of London-based opposition TV channel

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-10 15:25:18

Iranian forces have arrested an "agent" of an opposition television broadcaster, Iran International, while the individual was fleeing the Middle Eastern country, its semi-official Fars news agen...

Bangladeshi among 11 killed in Maldives fire

-- 2022-11-10 15:09:06

At least 11 people, including a Bangladeshi national, have died in a fire at a garage in Male, the capital city of the Maldives, according to Avas, a Maldivian news outlet. Authorities say the victim...

Iran warns Saudi Arabia 'our strategic patience' may run out

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-10 10:30:09

Iran's intelligence minister told its regional rival Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that there is no guarantee of Tehran continuing its "strategic patience," according to semi-off...

Women stopped from entering amusement parks in Afghan capital

-- 2022-11-09 22:25:40

Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul on Wednesday after the Taliban's morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks. A spok...

At 97, Malaysia's Mahathir vows one final fight against graft-tainted govt

-- 2022-11-09 13:03:53

At age 97, veteran Malaysia leader Mahathir Mohamad said he was determined to fight one final election to oust a government he said was led by "criminals", even if it could mean teaming up once again...

Six dead after powerful earthquake hits Nepal

-- 2022-11-09 10:39:18

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Nepal early Wednesday, killing at least six people, destroying multiple houses in the western district of Doti and shaking the Indian capital New Delhi, officials...

Homosexuality is 'damage in the mind', says Qatar World Cup ambassador

-- 2022-11-08 19:52:06

A Qatar World Cup ambassador has told German television ZDF that homosexuality was "damage in the mind", as the Gulf state prepares to host the global tournament in less than two weeks. In an intervi...

Palestinian rights group accuses Israel of 'mafia methods'

-- 2022-11-08 14:03:39

A Palestinian human rights group told a UN panel on Monday it had been subject to threats and "mafia methods" during a campaign of harassment organised by Israel to silence groups documenting alleged...

Thailand's 'floating train' a big hit as dam waters rise

-- 2022-11-07 17:55:36

Tickets have been selling out fast in Thailand for rides on a special "floating train", where passengers have been enjoying the illusion of aquatic rail travel due to a post-monsoon rise in water leve...

British minister to meet Taiwan president, drawing China’s anger

-- 2022-11-07 17:02:10

A British minister will visit Taiwan this week for trade talks and meet President Tsai Ing-wen, his office said on Monday, drawing an angry reaction from Beijing to the latest high-level engagement be...