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Finland confirms it will apply for NATO membership

Finland confirms it will apply for NATO membership

-- 2022-05-15 17:05:15

Finland's President Sauli Niinisto confirmed on Sunday that his country would apply for membership of the NATO military alliance, in a historic policy shift prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine....

Russia has lost one third of its forces in Ukraine, says Britain

Russia has lost one third of its forces in Ukraine, says Britain

-- 2022-05-15 16:21:31

Russia has probably lost around a third of the ground forces it deployed to Ukraine and its offensive in the Donbas region "has lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule", British militar...

Curfew lifted for Buddhist festival in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Curfew lifted for Buddhist festival in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-15 14:27:23

A nationwide curfew was fully lifted on Sunday to allow Sri Lankans to celebrate the Buddhist festival of Vesak, while new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe assembled a cabinet to resolve the island...

Canada says hopes for ratification of Finland, Sweden in NATO 'within weeks'

Canada says hopes for ratification of Finland, Sweden in NATO 'within weeks'

REUTERS 2022-05-15 14:00:32

Canada hopes for a swift ratification process should Finland and Sweden decide to apply for NATO membership, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Sunday. "I hope this can be done within weeks," she...

Ukraine wages counteroffensive against Russian forces in east

Ukraine wages counteroffensive against Russian forces in east

-- 2022-05-15 11:49:22

Ukrainian forces have launched a counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of Izium in eastern Ukraine, a regional governor said on Saturday, in what could prove a serious setback for Moscow's plans...

G7 to continue economic pressure on Russia

G7 to continue economic pressure on Russia

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-15 10:38:26

Group of Seven foreign ministers vowed on Saturday to reinforce Russia's economic and political isolation, continue supplying weapons to Ukraine and tackle what Germany's foreign minister described as...

Gunman kills 10 in racially motivated shooting at New York state supermarket

Gunman kills 10 in racially motivated shooting at New York state supermarket

-- 2022-05-15 09:38:14

An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three others at a grocery store in a Black neighbourhood of Buffalo, New York, before surrendering after what authorities called an act...

Czech Republic opens world's longest suspension footbridge

Czech Republic opens world's longest suspension footbridge

-- 2022-05-14 23:03:20

Fear and adrenaline were some of the feelings as the first tourists stepped out on the world's longest suspension footbridge, spanning a mountain valley in the Czech Republic. "We came here because w...

Manik Saha replaces Biplab Deb as chief minister of India’s Tripura

Manik Saha replaces Biplab Deb as chief minister of India’s Tripura

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-14 22:48:49

Hours after the resignation of India’s Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in a sudden political twist, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appointed Manik Saha as his replacement just a...

In India, poachers hunting peacock kill three police

In India, poachers hunting peacock kill three police

-- 2022-05-14 19:51:21

Three Indian policemen were shot dead by wildlife poachers in central India, a police official said on Saturday, adding that the poachers had opened fire after refusing to surrender when confronted by...

Joining NATO may damage bilateral ties, Putin tells Finland

Joining NATO may damage bilateral ties, Putin tells Finland

-- 2022-05-14 19:18:32

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto on Saturday that ditching neutrality and joining NATO would be a mistake that could damage relations between their two coun...

India’s Tripura chief minister resigns

India’s Tripura chief minister resigns

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-14 18:28:25

Biplab Kumar Deb, chief minister of India’s Tripura state, on Saturday said he has submitted his resignation to Governor of the state. The leader of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party...

UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed named new president

UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed named new president

-- 2022-05-14 17:21:34

The United Arab Emirates' de facto leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan was elected president of the Gulf Arab state by a federal supreme council on Saturday, solidifying his rule over the OPEC...

Sri Lanka eases curfew as new PM seeks to form cabinet

Sri Lanka eases curfew as new PM seeks to form cabinet

-- 2022-05-14 15:14:48

Sri Lanka lifted a nationwide curfew for 12 hours on Saturday, further easing tight curbs as new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe sought to form a government after clashes with anti-government grou...

North Korea's Kim says Covid 'great turmoil', 21 new deaths reported

North Korea's Kim says Covid 'great turmoil', 21 new deaths reported

-- 2022-05-14 13:04:58

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Saturday that the spread of COVID-19 had thrust his country into "great turmoil" and called for an all-out battle to overcome the outbreak, while 21 new daily d...

Over 700,000 refugees from Ukraine registered in Germany

Over 700,000 refugees from Ukraine registered in Germany

REUTERS 2022-05-14 11:33:15

More than 700,000 people fleeing the war in Ukraine have been recorded in Germany thus far, Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Saturday, citing Interior Ministry data. Since the start of the...

Delhi building fire leaves at least 26 dead

Delhi building fire leaves at least 26 dead

-- 2022-05-14 09:51:17

At least 26 people died on Friday in a fire that broke out in a four-storey building near a railway station in city state Delhi's western suburb, police said in a statement. Television footage showed...

20 killed, many feared trapped as building catches fire in India

20 killed, many feared trapped as building catches fire in India

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-13 23:37:56

At least 20 people died in a fire that broke out at a three-storey commercial building in New Delhi of India on Friday. More than 30 people sustained burn injuries from the fire that erupted on Frida...

Rocket attack on military bus kills 10 soldiers in Syria

Rocket attack on military bus kills 10 soldiers in Syria

-- 2022-05-13 22:23:50

A rocket attack on a military bus killed 10 soldiers and wounded nine more in northwest Syria on Friday in a deadly flare-up near the frontier with rebel-held territory close to the Turkish border. T...

Ukrainian forces thwart Russian river crossing, hit naval ship

Ukrainian forces thwart Russian river crossing, hit naval ship

-- 2022-05-13 21:47:12

Ukrainian forces destroyed a pontoon bridge and parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video released by Ukraine's military showed on Friday, and a Russi...

Sri Lanka’s PM says crisis to get worse before it gets better

Sri Lanka’s PM says crisis to get worse before it gets better

-- 2022-05-13 21:42:40

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said an economic crisis that has brought misery and unrest is "going to get worse before it gets better". The country is facing fuel shortages and so...

Sweden may apply for entry to NATO as early as Monday

Sweden may apply for entry to NATO as early as Monday

-- 2022-05-13 19:20:50

Swedish membership of NATO would boost national security and help to stabilise the Nordic and Baltic regions, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said on Friday, a day after neighbour Finland said it would see...

Al Jazeera journalist, killed by Israeli forces, to be laid to rest in Jerusalem

Al Jazeera journalist, killed by Israeli forces, to be laid to rest in Jerusalem

-- 2022-05-13 18:44:32

Thousands of Palestinians on Friday attended the funeral in Jerusalem for an Al Jazeera journalist who witnesses say was shot dead by Israeli forces earlier this week while covering a military raid in...

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies

-- 2022-05-13 17:59:44

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs said on Friday. He was also ruler of Abu Dhabi emirate. "The Ministry of Presidential...

ASEAN countries to get $150m US investment

ASEAN countries to get $150m US investment

-- 2022-05-13 17:14:06

US President Joe Biden opened a gathering of Southeast Asian leaders with a promise to spend $150 million on their infrastructure, security, pandemic preparedness and other efforts aimed at countering...

Nigerian student burned to death over 'blasphemous' text messages

Nigerian student burned to death over 'blasphemous' text messages

-- 2022-05-13 16:35:42

A female Nigerian student was beaten to death and set on fire by fellow students who accused her of posting "blasphemous" statements in a student Whatsapp group, two witnesses and police said. The sc...

Sri Lanka opposition, protesters vow to continue anti-government campaign

Sri Lanka opposition, protesters vow to continue anti-government campaign

-- 2022-05-13 16:33:47

Sri Lanka's main opposition party joined anti-government protesters on Friday in rejecting the appointment of a new prime minister, and insisted the president resign because of the country's disastrou...

Europe's gas supply crisis grows after Russia imposes sanctions

Europe's gas supply crisis grows after Russia imposes sanctions

-- 2022-05-13 14:47:15

Pressure on Europe to secure alternative gas supplies increased on Thursday as Moscow imposed sanctions on European subsidiaries of state-owned Gazprom a day after Ukraine stopped a major gas transit...

Sri Lanka protesters vow to continue anti-government campaign despite new PM

Sri Lanka protesters vow to continue anti-government campaign despite new PM

-- 2022-05-13 14:17:46

Sri Lanka's new prime minister will begin forming a unity government on Friday, but his appointment has failed to appease anti-government protesters demanding the resignation of the president for the...

Families desperately await news of Burkina miners trapped for 26 days

Families desperately await news of Burkina miners trapped for 26 days

-- 2022-05-13 14:05:33

The families of eight missing miners in Burkina Faso desperately awaited news from rescue teams continuing on Thursday to locate the men who have been stuck underground for 26 days. There has been no...