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US, Britain, France launch air strikes in Syria

US, Britain, France launch air strikes in Syria

-- 2018-04-14 09:35:34

US, British and French forces pounded Syria with air strikes early on Saturday in response to a poison gas attack that killed dozens of people last week, in the biggest intervention by Western powers...

Jakarta residents to get 14,564 low-cost apartments

Jakarta residents to get 14,564 low-cost apartments

FE Online Report 2018-04-13 21:03:37

The Indonesian capital is set to see some new 14,564 low-cost apartments in the next five years, according to a report in The Jakarta Post. The construction of some projects started two years back a...

China holds biggest ever military drill in South China Sea

China holds biggest ever military drill in South China Sea

-- 2018-04-13 18:01:30

The Chinese military on Thursday held its largest ever maritime drill in the disputed South China Sea during which it displayed for the first time the country's aircraft carrier strike group and the m...

Duterte apologises to Suu Kyi over ‘genocide’ remark

Duterte apologises to Suu Kyi over ‘genocide’ remark

-- 2018-04-13 17:35:48

Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte apologised to Myanmar counterpart Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday for saying genocide was taking place in her country, saying his remark was a satirical barb at the West f...

Woman missing after fall from cruise ship

Woman missing after fall from cruise ship

-- 2018-04-13 16:31:59

Australian authorities have called off a search for a Brisbane woman who fell overboard from a cruise ship in the Coral Sea. The 47-year-old fell from the Pacific Dawn about 16:00 local time (06:00 G...

China to enhance role of Internet Plus in medical care

China to enhance role of Internet Plus in medical care

-- 2018-04-13 15:34:48

The State Council, China's cabinet, on Thursday expanded the role of Internet Plus in medical care. Hospitals on second and third levels, the bigger hospitals in China, should provide online services...

Nawaz Sharif stands disqualified from office for life

Nawaz Sharif stands disqualified from office for life

Reuters 2018-04-13 14:31:39

Pakistan’s Supreme Court disqualified deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif from holding office for life on Friday, television news channels reported. Sharif, 67, resigned in July after the Supre...

China’s Xi inspects massive naval display

China’s Xi inspects massive naval display

-- 2018-04-13 14:17:28

China's leader Xi Jinping has attended a massive naval display in the disputed South China Sea. Speaking from an undisclosed location, Mr Xi said the need for a strong navy had "never been more press...

Chinese baby born four years after parents' death

Chinese baby born four years after parents' death

-- 2018-04-12 19:21:36

A baby has been born in China to a surrogate mother four years after his parents died in a car crash, Chinese media reported. The couple, who died in 2013, had frozen several embryos hoping to have a...

Rain claims 12 lives in western India

Rain claims 12 lives in western India

-- 2018-04-12 15:34:47

At least twelve people were killed in western Indian state of Rajasthan which was lashed by heavy rains and strong winds Wednesday night, officials said on Thursday. "While seven people died in Dho...

Kuwait Airways cancels Lebanon flights over security threats

Kuwait Airways cancels Lebanon flights over security threats

-- 2018-04-12 11:39:53

Middle East carrier Kuwait Airways said on Thursday it had stopped all flights to Beirut after a warning about flying close to Lebanese airspace. The security warning came from Cyprus authorities, th...

China truck explosion kills seven, injures 13

China truck explosion kills seven, injures 13

-- 2018-04-12 11:12:56

Seven people have been confirmed dead and 13 people were wounded after a blast hit a truck loaded with explosives in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. The explosion occurred around 11:50 pm o...

How the families of 10 massacred Rohingyas fled Myanmar

How the families of 10 massacred Rohingyas fled Myanmar

-- 2018-04-12 10:34:47

Rehana Khatun dreamed her husband came home. He appeared without warning in their village in western Myanmar, outside their handsome wooden house shaded by mango trees. “He didn’t say anyt...

Sharif fears he may be put in notorious Adiala Jail

Sharif fears he may be put in notorious Adiala Jail

-- 2018-04-11 19:50:46

  Pakistan’s ousted premier Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday claimed that the infamous Adiala Jail was already being prepared for him and alleged that three members of the joint investigation tea...

Trump warns Russia on Syria missile threat

Trump warns Russia on Syria missile threat

-- 2018-04-11 19:42:08

US President Donald Trump has tweeted that Russia should "get ready" for missiles to be fired into Syria, in response to an alleged chemical attack near Damascus at the weekend. Senior Russian figure...

SOPA 2018 Journalism Awards see highest entries

SOPA 2018 Journalism Awards see highest entries

FE Online Desk 2018-04-11 15:00:06

Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), a Hong Kong-based, not-for-profit organisation, has received more than 850 entries in English and Chinese for the SOPA 2018 Awards for Editorial Excellence. This...

One dies, five go missing after landslide hits Japan

One dies, five go missing after landslide hits Japan

-- 2018-04-11 14:26:50

Search and rescue operations are continuing after a landslide buried houses on Wednesday morning in Oita Prefecture, south-western Japan, leaving one person dead and five others unaccounted for. Muni...

Road crash leaves six dead in Myanmar

Road crash leaves six dead in Myanmar

-- 2018-04-11 14:07:25

At least six people were killed and several others injured in a car crash on a highway in Myanmar's Yangon region on Tuesday, local media the Standard Time Daily reported Wednesday. The accident t...

Afghan security forces kill 10 Taliban

Afghan security forces kill 10 Taliban

-- 2018-04-11 13:53:31

At least 10 militants including a Taliban group commander were killed and ten others injured as security forces stormed Taliban positions in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province on Tuesday....

Seven Myanmar soldiers get 10 years in prison for Rohingya massacre

Seven Myanmar soldiers get 10 years in prison for Rohingya massacre

Reuters 2018-04-11 11:42:10

Seven Myanmar soldiers have been sentenced to “10 years in prison with hard labour in a remote area” for participating in a massacre of 10 Rohingya Muslim men in a village in northwestern...

China defends military buildup in South China Sea

China defends military buildup in South China Sea

-- 2018-04-10 19:46:05

China’s military says it’s entitled to strengthen its defences on islands in the disputed South China Sea but says those measures aren’t directed at any specific countries. Defence...

Truck overturns in Maharashtra, killing 17 labourers

Truck overturns in Maharashtra, killing 17 labourers

-- 2018-04-10 15:26:44

At least 17 labourers were killed and 15 others received injuries when a speeding truck overturned in western Maharashtra’s Satara district in India in the early hours of Tuesday, the police sai...

Toxic liquor kills nearly 80 in Indonesia

Toxic liquor kills nearly 80 in Indonesia

Agencies 2018-04-10 14:48:24

Indonesian authorities say nearly 80 people have died and scores have been hospitalised since last week after drinking toxic bootleg liquor and highlighting how attempts to curb legal alcohol appe...

Pakistan shelling kills two Indian troops in Kashmir

Pakistan shelling kills two Indian troops in Kashmir

-- 2018-04-10 12:21:33

India says two of its soldiers have been killed in firing by Pakistani troops along the highly militarised frontier that divides disputed Kashmir between the two rivals. Indian army spokesman Colonel...

Six Myanmar migrants die in Thailand road crash

Six Myanmar migrants die in Thailand road crash

-- 2018-04-10 12:16:15

At least six Myanmar migrant workers were killed and 17 others injured in a road crash in northern Thailand late Monday, Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Tuesday....

Blast kills five civilians in Afghanistan

Blast kills five civilians in Afghanistan

-- 2018-04-10 11:38:54

At least five people, including some children, were killed and seven others injured as a blast ripped through a bazaar in Shindand district of Afghanistan's western Herat province on Monday. The anti...

Malaysia to hold polls on May 9

Malaysia to hold polls on May 9

-- 2018-04-10 11:10:41

Malaysia’s Election Commission says it has fixed May 9 for general elections that could determine scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak’s political survival. Analysts say the move to...

27 children among 30 die in Himachal Pradesh bus crash

27 children among 30 die in Himachal Pradesh bus crash

-- 2018-04-10 09:52:14

At least 30 people, most of them children, have died after a school bus fell into a gorge in a mountainous region of India, officials say. Most of the passengers were below the age of 10, police sa...

India, Nepal move for closer ties

India, Nepal move for closer ties

-- 2018-04-09 21:35:41

Last week, India and Nepal started a new journey together towards understanding and cooperation, moving away from an era of covert and overt conflict, reports Reuters. And surprisingly, the attempt t...

Philippines continues search for 17 missing marines

Philippines continues search for 17 missing marines

-- 2018-04-09 11:55:19

The Philippine coast guard has been searching for 17 crew of a landing craft that went adrift south of the capital, Manila, one of three weekend accidents at sea, an agency spokesman said. Sea accide...