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Imran Khan vows to fight on after court rules against him

Imran Khan vows to fight on after court rules against him

-- 2022-04-08 11:15:34

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan is due to address the nation on Friday after the Supreme Court ruled he acted unconstitutionally in blocking an attempt to oust him - a decision that could end his...

Russia laments 'tragedy' of troop deaths as Ukraine braces for major offensive

Russia laments 'tragedy' of troop deaths as Ukraine braces for major offensive

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-08 10:23:10

Russia gave the most sombre assessment so far of its invasion of Ukraine, describing the "tragedy" of mounting troop losses and the economic hit from sanctions, as Ukrainians were evacuated from easte...

UN suspends Russia from human rights body

UN suspends Russia from human rights body

-- 2022-04-08 09:08:33

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" by invading Russian troop...

Pakistan's top court rules against Imran Khan, bringing his ouster closer

Pakistan's top court rules against Imran Khan, bringing his ouster closer

-- 2022-04-07 22:26:31

Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Prime Minister Imran Khan's move to dissolve parliament was unconstitutional and called for lawmakers to return in two days, a decision that could spell...

Pakistan's election body says it cannot hold polls in 90 days

Pakistan's election body says it cannot hold polls in 90 days

-- 2022-04-07 20:53:38

Pakistan's election commission said on Thursday it cannot hold snap polls within 90 days, as requested by the president, and the earliest it could do so was October. The president had asked the elect...

Russia says Ukraine presented 'unacceptable' draft peace deal

Russia says Ukraine presented 'unacceptable' draft peace deal

-- 2022-04-07 19:54:35

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Kyiv had presented Moscow with a draft peace deal that contained "unacceptable" elements, but that Russia would nonetheless continue talks...

Pakistan's SC to rule on Khan's bid to block ouster

Pakistan's SC to rule on Khan's bid to block ouster

-- 2022-04-07 19:08:27

Pakistan's top court will on Thursday rule on Prime Minister Imran Khan's obstruction of an opposition bid to oust him, a manoeuvre his critics say was unconstitutional and has led to the political an...

Ukraine appeals for weapons as fight looms on eastern front

Ukraine appeals for weapons as fight looms on eastern front

-- 2022-04-07 19:07:13

Ukraine told residents of its industrial heartland to leave while they still can and urged Western nations to send "weapons, weapons, weapons" Thursday after Russian forces withdrew from the shattered...

Yemen president cedes powers to council as Saudi Arabia pushes to end war

Yemen president cedes powers to council as Saudi Arabia pushes to end war

-- 2022-04-07 18:59:48

Yemen's president delegated power to a presidential council and dismissed his deputy on Thursday in a move aimed at supporting UN-led efforts to revive negotiations to end the bitter seven-year war in...

Sri Lanka must restructure $1b debt, needs stability, says outgoing finance minister

Sri Lanka must restructure $1b debt, needs stability, says outgoing finance minister

-- 2022-04-07 15:36:37

Sri Lanka must look at restructuring a $1 billion sovereign debt due for payment in July, the outgoing finance minister told parliament on Thursday, urging an end to calls for a change in government a...

Australia to impose financial sanctions, travel bans on 67 more Russians over Ukraine

Australia to impose financial sanctions, travel bans on 67 more Russians over Ukraine

-- 2022-04-07 14:30:48

Australia will impose financial sanctions and travel bans on an additional 67 Russians over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Thursday, taking the total number of peo...

Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into harsh Myanmar prison

Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into harsh Myanmar prison

-- 2022-04-07 14:23:18

In one drawing, dozens of men sit crammed into a single room, hunched with their knees together, every inch of space occupied. In another, they lie back to back on the floor, their faces straining wit...

Pakistan's top court likely to rule on Imran Khan's bid to block ouster

Pakistan's top court likely to rule on Imran Khan's bid to block ouster

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-07 12:58:06

Pakistan's top court hopes to wrap up on Thursday a hearing on Prime Minister Imran Khan's obstruction of an opposition bid to oust him, a manoeuvre his critics say was unconstitutional and has led to...

Meta suspends Facebook accounts to tackle misinformation ahead of Philippines polls

Meta suspends Facebook accounts to tackle misinformation ahead of Philippines polls

-- 2022-04-07 11:49:53

Meta Platforms Inc on Wednesday suspended a network of over 400 accounts, pages and groups ahead of general elections in the Philippines as the Facebook parent moves to crack down hate speech and misi...

Over half of Europeans support cannabis legalisation

Over half of Europeans support cannabis legalisation

-- 2022-04-07 10:59:16

More than half of the European population support legalisation of adult use of cannabis and around 30 per cent of them are interested in purchasing it, according to polling data by industry consultant...

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to hold peace talks over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to hold peace talks over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

-- 2022-04-07 10:06:04

Armenia and Azerbaijan on Wednesday agreed to peace talks to address tensions over the long-disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which borders both nations, the office of Armenian Prime Minister Ni...

Ukraine seeks ruinous sanctions on Russia

Ukraine seeks ruinous sanctions on Russia

-- 2022-04-07 10:05:32

Ukraine wants sanctions that are economically destructive enough for Russia to end its war after accusing some countries of still prioritising money over punishment for civilian killings that the West...

Canada plans to compel Facebook, Google to share revenues with local news outlets

Canada plans to compel Facebook, Google to share revenues with local news outlets

-- 2022-04-06 23:01:01

Canada on Tuesday laid out details of a proposed legislation that would compel platforms like Facebook and Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content, in a move sim...

Sri Lanka’s minister says their president will not resign, despite protests

Sri Lanka’s minister says their president will not resign, despite protests

-- 2022-04-06 22:25:24

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not resign, a minister said on Wednesday, despite demonstrations against his handling of the country's worst economic crisis in decades and as doctors held...

US sanctions Putin's daughters, more Russian banks and elites

US sanctions Putin's daughters, more Russian banks and elites

-- 2022-04-06 21:33:03

The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new package of sanctions on Wednesday that includes banning any American from investing in Russia, after Washington and Kyiv accused Moscow o...

Japan lifts Covid-19 entry ban for travellers from 106 countries

Japan lifts Covid-19 entry ban for travellers from 106 countries

-- 2022-04-06 21:04:27

Japan plans to ease COVID-19 related border restrictions by lifting its entry ban for foreign nationals from 106 countries including the United States, Britain and France on Friday, the government sai...

   India reports first case of new Covid variant XE

  India reports first case of new Covid variant XE

-- 2022-04-06 19:36:48

India has reported its first known case of new coronavirus variant XE -- a mutant hybrid of two versions of Omicron -- in the western city of Mumbai. The XE victim, a 50-year-old woman who arrived fr...

Turkey detects third naval mine in Black Sea amid Ukraine war

Turkey detects third naval mine in Black Sea amid Ukraine war

-- 2022-04-06 19:15:08

Turkey detected a third floating naval mine in its waters in the Black Sea and military diving teams were working on defusing it, the defence ministry said on Wednesday amid the war between Russia and...

Pakistan court likely to rule on Imran Khan ouster Thursday

Pakistan court likely to rule on Imran Khan ouster Thursday

-- 2022-04-06 19:15:00

Pakistan's top court could rule on Thursday on Prime Minister Imran Khan's move to block an opposition attempt to oust him, a step his critics say is unconstitutional and has touched off political tur...

Indian government trying to stabilise economic transactions with Russia

Indian government trying to stabilise economic transactions with Russia

-- 2022-04-06 16:28:13

India's foreign minister said on Wednesday the government is working to stabilise economic transactions with Russia, a day after India condemned killings of civilians in Ukraine and called for an inde...

Nigerian atheist sentenced to 24 years in jail for blasphemy

Nigerian atheist sentenced to 24 years in jail for blasphemy

-- 2022-04-06 15:16:29

A Nigerian atheist and outspoken critic of religion was sentenced to 24 years in jail on Tuesday after pleading guilty to blasphemy charges in the largely Muslim northern state of Kano, in a ruling th...

Protests leave Sri Lanka's ruling dynasty teetering

Protests leave Sri Lanka's ruling dynasty teetering

-- 2022-04-06 14:25:41

In 2020, Mahinda Rajapaksa won elections to become Sri Lanka's prime minister, serving under his brother and president Gotabaya. In 2021, another sibling, Basil, was named finance minister, tightening...

Sri Lanka president revokes state of emergency

Sri Lanka president revokes state of emergency

-- 2022-04-06 10:36:09

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revoked a state of emergency late on Tuesday after dozens of lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition, leaving his government in a minority in parliament a...

South Korea to add hundreds of international flights per week starting May

South Korea to add hundreds of international flights per week starting May

-- 2022-04-06 09:56:41

South Korea said on Wednesday it will add hundreds of international flights per week beginning in May, continuing to ease anti-coronavirus measures as its Omicron wave declines. From next month, the...

US and its allies ready new Russia sanctions

US and its allies ready new Russia sanctions

-- 2022-04-06 09:54:54

The United States and its allies on Wednesday prepared new sanctions on Moscow over civilian killings in northern Ukraine, which President Volodymyr Zelensky described as "war crimes" demanding commen...