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Syrian government kills 379 civilians, 121 children in a week

Syrian government kills 379 civilians, 121 children in a week

-- 2018-02-24 20:57:52

Syrian government forces have killed more than 500 civilians during a week of intense bombardment of a rebel enclave near Damascus, activists say. The victims in the Eastern Ghouta include 121 childr...

I cannot stand Trump, says Apple co-founder

I cannot stand Trump, says Apple co-founder

-- 2018-02-24 19:39:34

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on Saturday said that he “cannot stand” US President Donald Trump and said the way he treats people is very “negative”. “I can never stand...

Three bombs rock Rakhine capital

Three bombs rock Rakhine capital

-- 2018-02-24 17:04:54

Three bombs rocked the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine State, Sittwe, early on Saturday. Local police said a policeman was slightly injured and the authorities were still working to determine who was be...

Asia-Pacific countries commit to empowering rural women

Asia-Pacific countries commit to empowering rural women

FE Online Desk Report 2018-02-24 13:25:52

Ministers and senior government representatives from Asia and the Pacific on Friday committed to ensuring greater empowerment of rural women and girls to improve their standard of living, food securit...

Suicide car bombings kill five in southern Afghanistan

Suicide car bombings kill five in southern Afghanistan

-- 2018-02-24 13:24:44

Two separate suicide car bombings in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, have killed at least five people including two assailants on Saturday morning, said provincial officials. A police off...

Malaysian PM’s quinoa remark sparks wave of criticism

Malaysian PM’s quinoa remark sparks wave of criticism

-- 2018-02-24 11:24:59

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has sparked storm of criticism after saying he had stopped eating rice in favour of more expensive quinoa. Najib, who is facing a general election within months u...

Myanmar approves $15M for Rakhine border fence

Myanmar approves $15M for Rakhine border fence

-- 2018-02-24 11:21:38

Myanmar's parliament has approved a budget of about $15 million for the construction of a fence and related projects along the border with Bangladesh in Rakhine state, from which about 700,000 members...

China seizes control of Anbang insurance

China seizes control of Anbang insurance

-- 2018-02-23 22:18:46

Beijing has cracked down on insurance and financial giant Anbang, taking control of the conglomerate and prosecuting the firm's head. Wu Xiaohui, who was already detained by authorities last June, is...

Watchdog to put Pakistan back on terrorist financing list

Watchdog to put Pakistan back on terrorist financing list

-- 2018-02-23 19:56:28

A global money-laundering watchdog has decided to place Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watchlist, a government official and a diplomat said on Friday, in a likely blow to Pakistan’s ec...

Myanmar destroying evidence of atrocities, HRW fears

Myanmar destroying evidence of atrocities, HRW fears

-- 2018-02-23 19:29:39

The Human Rights Watch has said Myanmar may have destroyed evidence of atrocities by troops through demolishing at least 55 villages in the northern part of Rakhine State. The group made the claim on...

Australian deputy PM to quit over staffer affair

Australian deputy PM to quit over staffer affair

-- 2018-02-23 17:03:38

Barnaby Joyce says he will resign as Australia's deputy prime minister following a politically damaging saga that began with his affair with a former staffer. Mr Joyce said he would step down on Mond...

South Korea justifies Olympic visit by North Korea

South Korea justifies Olympic visit by North Korea

-- 2018-02-23 14:22:43

South Korea said it had approved the Winter Olympic visit by a sanctioned North Korean official, blamed for the 2010 sinking of a South Korean ship that killed 46 sailors, in the pursuit of peace and...

Scandal-hit Australia deputy PM resigns

Scandal-hit Australia deputy PM resigns

-- 2018-02-23 09:55:15

Barnaby Joyce says he will resign as Australia's deputy prime minister following a politically damaging saga that began with his affair with a former staffer. Mr Joyce said he would step down on Mond...

Myanmar bomb blast takes two lives

Myanmar bomb blast takes two lives

-- 2018-02-22 13:26:04

A bomb blast killed two bank employees and injured 22 other people in Myanmar’s northeastern city of Lashio on Wednesday, the government and the military said. Police said an investigation was...

British MPs back ICC referral for Myanmar’s military

British MPs back ICC referral for Myanmar’s military

-- 2018-02-22 00:14:59

More than 100 British parliamentarians have said it is time for the UK to state that Myanmar's military should be referred to ICC for their appalling 'security operations' against the Rohingya, descri...

US concerned over Maldives emergency rule extension

US concerned over Maldives emergency rule extension

-- 2018-02-21 21:36:17

The US has urged the Maldives to end a state of emergency that has been in place in the country since the beginning of February. "The US is disappointed with President Yameen Abdul Gayoom's decision...

Pakistan court disqualifies Nawaz Sharif as PML-N chief

Pakistan court disqualifies Nawaz Sharif as PML-N chief

-- 2018-02-21 21:03:25

Pakistan's apex court has disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as head of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. "An individual disqualified under Articles 62 and 63 cannot serve as part...

Japan plans to buy 20 more F-35A stealth fighters

Japan plans to buy 20 more F-35A stealth fighters

-- 2018-02-21 19:13:43

Japan plans to buy at least 20 additional F-35A stealth fighters over the next six years, some or all of which it may purchase directly from Lockheed Martin Corp in the United States rather than assem...

No survivors as Iran finds wreckage of plane on mountain

No survivors as Iran finds wreckage of plane on mountain

-- 2018-02-21 14:50:23

There were no survivors among the 65 passengers and crew on an Iranian plane that ploughed into a mountain top, where most of the bodies lie buried under snow, the first rescue team to reach the wreck...

US to grant add'l $1.27b aid for Jordan

US to grant add'l $1.27b aid for Jordan

-- 2018-02-21 13:00:07

The united State has recently signed an agreement granting Jordan $1.275 billion a year through 2022, an additional financial support for the kingdom. The chairman of a US Senate panel dealing with f...

SK regulator flags better deal for cryptocurrency industry

SK regulator flags better deal for cryptocurrency industry

-- 2018-02-21 11:08:42

A better deal for South Korea’s cryptocurrency industry is likely to be in the offing as the market regulator changes tack from its tough stance on the virtual coin trade, promising instead to h...

Osaka to host next year's G20 summit

Osaka to host next year's G20 summit

-- 2018-02-20 21:56:36

Japan has picked the western city of Osaka to host next year’s G20 summit, the first such gathering to be held in Japan, reports Reuters citing a government source. The choice of Osaka, Japan&r...

Cyclone pummels New Zealand, Christchurch declares state of emergency

Cyclone pummels New Zealand, Christchurch declares state of emergency

-- 2018-02-20 21:42:09

A number of districts in New Zealand’s South Island have declared a state of emergency as the remains of Cyclone Gita pummel the country. Heavy rains ahead of the storm's arrival brought floods...

Father wins custody of 13 babies born to Thai surrogates

Father wins custody of 13 babies born to Thai surrogates

-- 2018-02-20 16:48:15

A Bangkok court has awarded paternity rights to a Japanese man over 13 babies he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers. The ruling allows Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, to pursue custody of the children....

Frequent accidents mar Indonesia infrastructure projects

Frequent accidents mar Indonesia infrastructure projects

-- 2018-02-20 15:21:31

Indonesia suspended the construction of elevated infrastructure projects, including rail and roads, after a series of accidents raised questions about the safety of a government drive to upgrade trans...

Afghan bomb blast kills one, wounds three

Afghan bomb blast kills one, wounds three

-- 2018-02-20 14:44:55

A bomb blast has rocked Jalalabad city, the capital of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday killing at least one civilian, a local official said. The explosion has left three people in...

NZ braces for ‘Gita’, emergency declared

NZ braces for ‘Gita’, emergency declared

-- 2018-02-20 11:54:53

Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island has declared a state of emergency as former cyclone Gita approaches the country. Dozens of schools have been shut and roads closed as the South Island brace...

Three Iranian cops die in clashes with Sufis

Three Iranian cops die in clashes with Sufis

-- 2018-02-20 11:04:45

Clashes erupted between Iranian police and members of a Sufi Muslim religious community in Tehran, leaving three officers dead, said the law enforcers. A protest by dervishes at a police station in n...

Syria govt attack claims lives of 77 civilians: Monitor

Syria govt attack claims lives of 77 civilians: Monitor

Agencies 2018-02-20 10:34:33

Bombardments by Syrian government forces have killed dozens of civilians in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area outside Damascus, activists say. At least 77 civilians, including 20 children, were kill...

Myanmar 'bulldozing Rohingya mass grave’ to hide evidence

Myanmar 'bulldozing Rohingya mass grave’ to hide evidence

-- 2018-02-19 21:36:28

Myanmar government is bulldozing over the site of a Rohingya mass grave in an effort to destroy evidence of a massacre committed last year by the military, according to a rights monitoring group, acco...