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KSA lifts Covid restrictions on visitors

KSA lifts Covid restrictions on visitors

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-06 13:09:37

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has lifted coronavirus restrictions imposed in the country on Saturday – including social distancing and wearing masks outdoors, reports bdnews24.com quoting th...

Sydney braces for more rain as death toll from Australian floods rises

Sydney braces for more rain as death toll from Australian floods rises

-- 2022-03-06 11:06:52

Sydney, Australia's most populous city that has been drenched in rain for days, braced for more heavy downpours on Sunday as the death toll from flooding across the country's east rose to 17. A wild...

Canada tells citizens to leave Russia due to unpredictable security condition

Canada tells citizens to leave Russia due to unpredictable security condition

-- 2022-03-06 10:49:46

Canada told its citizens on Saturday to leave Russia "while commercial means are still available," saying security conditions were unpredictable and could deteriorate without notice, reports Reuters.&...

Mastercard, Visa suspend operations in Russia

Mastercard, Visa suspend operations in Russia

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-06 10:21:35

In the wake of Russian invasion on Ukrane, Mastercard and Visa are suspending their operations in Russia, the companies said Saturday, in the latest blow to the country's financial system. Mastercard...

Putin likens Western sanctions to war as Russian assault traps Ukrainian civilians

Putin likens Western sanctions to war as Russian assault traps Ukrainian civilians

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-06 09:11:10

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western sanctions were akin to war as his forces pressed their assault on Ukraine on Saturday for a 10th day and the IMF warned the conflict would have a "severe...

351 civilians killed in Ukraine since February 24, UN says

351 civilians killed in Ukraine since February 24, UN says

-- 2022-03-05 21:21:03

At least 351 civilians are confirmed to have been killed in Ukraine since Russian troops invaded on February 24, and another 707 wounded, a UN monitoring mission said on Saturday. Although, the monit...

Putin warns against Ukraine no-fly zone

Putin warns against Ukraine no-fly zone

-- 2022-03-05 21:02:16

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow would consider any third-party declaration of a no-fly zone over Ukraine as "participation in the armed conflict." Speaking at a meeting with female pilot...

Russia, Ukraine blame each other over failed evacuation

Russia, Ukraine blame each other over failed evacuation

-- 2022-03-05 20:11:03

Russia and Ukraine blamed each other on Saturday for a failure to provide safe passage to civilians fleeing two cities besieged and bombarded by Russian forces, on the 10th day of a war that has fuell...

Ukrainians see Russians as neighbours In NY, not enemies

Ukrainians see Russians as neighbours In NY, not enemies

-- 2022-03-05 19:38:30

In just one day, Inga Sokolnikova filled two rooms in her beauty salon in New York City's Brighton Beach with donated diapers, clothes and medical supplies for her native country of Ukraine, according...

Number of Ukraine refugees may top 1.5 million this weekend, says UNHCR

Number of Ukraine refugees may top 1.5 million this weekend, says UNHCR

-- 2022-03-05 19:15:03

The situation in Ukraine remains dire and the number of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion could potentially rise to 1.5 million by the end of the weekend from a current 1.3 million, the head of th...

Russia continuing assault in two cities amid ceasefire, alleges Ukraine

Russia continuing assault in two cities amid ceasefire, alleges Ukraine

-- 2022-03-05 18:50:10

Russia said its forces had stopped firing near two besieged Ukrainian cities on Saturday to allow safe passage to civilians fleeing the fighting, but officials in one of the cities said Moscow was not...

Western countries engage in ‘economic banditry’ against Russia, Kremlin alleges

Western countries engage in ‘economic banditry’ against Russia, Kremlin alleges

-- 2022-03-05 18:10:05

The Kremlin said on Saturday that the Western countries were behaving like bandits but that Russia was far too big to be isolated as the world was much larger than just the United States and Europe....

UN probing dozens of deaths in central Mali

UN probing dozens of deaths in central Mali

-- 2022-03-05 15:21:01

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali said on Friday it was investigating allegations that dozens of people were massacred in the centre of the country. A video circulating on social media...

Russia announces ceasefire in two besieged Ukrainian cities for evacuations

Russia announces ceasefire in two besieged Ukrainian cities for evacuations

-- 2022-03-05 13:12:11

Russia's defence ministry says humanitarian corridors will open at 10:00 Moscow time (07:00GMT) on Saturday from the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha, reports the BBC.  A "regime of q...

Singapore announces sanctions against Russia over Ukraine attack

Singapore announces sanctions against Russia over Ukraine attack

-- 2022-03-05 11:46:08

Singapore announced sanctions against Russia on Saturday that include four banks and an export ban on electronics, computers and military items, in a rare move by the Asian financial hub in response t...

Russia blocks Facebook, passes 'fake news' law

Russia blocks Facebook, passes 'fake news' law

-- 2022-03-05 10:58:57

Russia said it would block Facebook for excluding state media and CNN said it would stop broadcasting in Russia after a new law punishing "fake news" raised the stakes in Moscow's fight with foreign c...

Bread consumers to swallow the cost of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Bread consumers to swallow the cost of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

-- 2022-03-05 10:51:49

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one of the world's breadbasket nations, has driven wheat prices to 14-year highs, forcing bread consumers to eat the cost. Russia's Feb 24 invasion has severely hampered...

US, allies heavily criticise Russia at UN over its seizure of Ukraine nuclear plant

US, allies heavily criticise Russia at UN over its seizure of Ukraine nuclear plant

-- 2022-03-05 10:15:12

The United States and its allies heavily criticised Russia on Friday at the United Nations over its shelling and seizure overnight in Ukraine of Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, and some demanded...

Global news media suspending reporting in Russia after Putin signs 'fake news' law

Global news media suspending reporting in Russia after Putin signs 'fake news' law

-- 2022-03-05 09:59:58

Global news media said they were suspending reporting in Russia to protect their journalists after a new law that threatened jail terms of up to 15 years for spreading "fake news", Reuters reports. B...

Don’t worsen situation by imposing more sanctions on Russia, says Putin

Don’t worsen situation by imposing more sanctions on Russia, says Putin

-- 2022-03-04 19:41:30

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has warned those opposing Russia's actions in Ukraine "not to exacerbate the situation" by imposing more restrictions on his country. The Russian president was...

Ukraine wants special tribunal to judge Putin

Ukraine wants special tribunal to judge Putin

-- 2022-03-04 19:34:13

The Ukrainian government and a former British prime minister are pushing for a special criminal tribunal to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin and his allies over the invasion of Ukraine. For...

UN rights body approves probe into alleged Russian violations in Ukraine

UN rights body approves probe into alleged Russian violations in Ukraine

-- 2022-03-04 18:24:08

The UN Human Rights Council voted overwhelmingly on Friday for a resolution condemning alleged rights violations by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine and setting up a commission of inquiry to inve...

Russia blocks BBC, Voice of America, Deutsche Welle websites

Russia blocks BBC, Voice of America, Deutsche Welle websites

-- 2022-03-04 18:03:27

Russia cut access to several foreign news organisations' websites, including the BBC and Deutsche Welle, for spreading what it alleged was false information about its war in Ukraine. Russia has repea...

Suicide bombing at Pakistan mosque kills 30

Suicide bombing at Pakistan mosque kills 30

-- 2022-03-04 16:56:34

A suicide bombing at a mosque during Friday prayers in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 30 people, police and hospital officials said. The death toll is expected to ris...

Russia blames Ukrainian saboteurs for nuclear station attack

Russia blames Ukrainian saboteurs for nuclear station attack

-- 2022-03-04 16:33:55

Russia's defence ministry on Friday blamed an attack at the site of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Ukrainian saboteurs, calling it a "monstrous provocation". Ukraine has said Russ...

Russia introduces jail term for spreading 'fake' information about army

Russia introduces jail term for spreading 'fake' information about army

-- 2022-03-04 16:27:11

Russia's parliament on Friday passed a law imposing a jail term of up to 15 years for spreading intentionally 'fake' information about the armed forces as Moscow fights back in what it casts as an inf...

Russian forces seize huge Ukrainian nuclear plant, fire put out

Russian forces seize huge Ukrainian nuclear plant, fire put out

-- 2022-03-04 14:21:40

Russian forces seized the largest nuclear power plant in Europe after a building at the complex was set ablaze during intense fighting with Ukrainian defenders, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday, R...

Quad leaders agree not to allow Ukraine experience in Indo-Pacific-Japan, Australia

Quad leaders agree not to allow Ukraine experience in Indo-Pacific-Japan, Australia

-- 2022-03-04 10:05:44

Leaders of the Quad grouping of countries - the United States, India, Australia and Japan - agreed on Thursday that what is happening to Ukraine should not be allowed to happen in the Indo-Pacific, th...

Fierce fighting sparks fire outside Ukrainian nuclear plant

Fierce fighting sparks fire outside Ukrainian nuclear plant

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-04 09:26:41

A fire broke out in a training building outside the largest nuclear power plant in Europe during intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, Ukraine's state emergency service said on Friday...

India considers relief for exporters hit by Ukraine crisis

India considers relief for exporters hit by Ukraine crisis

-- 2022-03-03 17:54:05

India is considering guarantees of lenders' letters of credit and soft loans for exporters hit by a cash squeeze following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Western sanctions imposed on Moscow, two peo...