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Saudi suspends entry from 20 countries

Saudi suspends entry from 20 countries

-- 2021-02-03 13:08:40

Saudi Arabia has suspended entry to the Kingdom from as many as 20 countries in order to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus, officials said. Even diplomats and doctors, as well as their families, f...

G7 condemns Myanmar military coup

G7 condemns Myanmar military coup

-- 2021-02-03 12:57:15

The Group of Seven largest developed economies on Wednesday condemned the military coup in Myanmar and said it was deeply concerned about the fate of detained political leaders such as Aung San Suu Ky...

Trump's legal team challenges legitimacy of impeachment trial

Trump's legal team challenges legitimacy of impeachment trial

Reuters 2021-02-03 12:51:29

Former US President Donald Trump’s lawyers said on Tuesday that the Senate lacks the authority to conduct his impeachment trial now that he has left office, while the Democratic lawmakers due to...

Offline message app downloaded million times after Myanmar coup

Offline message app downloaded million times after Myanmar coup

-- 2021-02-03 12:28:15

Offline messaging app Bridgefy said it was downloaded more than 1 million times in Myanmar, after the country’s military seized power on Monday and temporarily disrupted internet traffic. Bridg...

Belgian restaurateur serves mannequins!

Belgian restaurateur serves mannequins!

-- 2021-02-03 12:13:05

A Belgian restaurant owner near Brussels says she misses her customers so much since her restaurant was forced to close last October under coronavirus laws, she has replaced them with mannequins. The...

'Patriot Party' Trump supporter groups grow rapidly on Facebook

'Patriot Party' Trump supporter groups grow rapidly on Facebook

-- 2021-02-03 12:02:46

Far-right backers of Donald Trump are drumming up support on social media for the idea of a “Patriot Party,” using references to militia groups and promoting a mix of conspiracy theories,...

Myanmar doctors go on strike in protest against coup

Myanmar doctors go on strike in protest against coup

REUTERS 2021-02-03 10:53:49

Staff at 70 hospitals and medical departments in 30 towns across Myanmar stopped work on Wednesday to protest against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the newly formed Myanmar Civ...

Russian court sentences Navalny to three and half years in jail

Russian court sentences Navalny to three and half years in jail

-- 2021-02-03 10:50:28

A Russian court sentenced Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to three and a half years in jail on Tuesday after ruling he had violated the terms of his parole, but said that his prison term would be shorte...

Saudi Arabia seeks to employ citizens over migrants

Saudi Arabia seeks to employ citizens over migrants

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-02-03 10:29:52

Saudi Arabia will reserve customer service centre jobs for Saudi citizens to “offer greater opportunities” and “improve their income potential”, officials said, as the oil expo...

UN Security Council urged to send clear signal on Myanmar democracy

UN Security Council urged to send clear signal on Myanmar democracy

REUTERS 2021-02-03 09:26:12

Protesters from Myanmar residing in Japan hold a portrait of leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a rally against Myanmar's military after it seized power from a democratically elected civilian government and a...

'3,000 Ugandan opposition supporters abducted by state agents'

'3,000 Ugandan opposition supporters abducted by state agents'

-- 2021-02-02 21:11:34

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine and his party said on Tuesday that around 3,000 of his supporters had been detained or abducted by state agents since November, when protests flared over his arrest...

Indian children fall sick after ingesting hand sanitizer instead of polio drops

Indian children fall sick after ingesting hand sanitizer instead of polio drops

CNN 2021-02-02 20:24:59

At least 12 children have been hospitalised after they were administered hand sanitizer drops instead of oral polio vaccine drops in India's state of Maharashtra. The incident occurred Sunday at a pr...

China's top diplomat urges Biden not to meddle in internal affairs

China's top diplomat urges Biden not to meddle in internal affairs

-- 2021-02-02 19:09:05

China's foreign policy chief Yang Jiechi on Tuesday urged the administration of new US President Joe Biden not to interfere in the nation's internal affairs while calling for an improvement in relatio...

Suu Kyi's health is good, party official says

Suu Kyi's health is good, party official says

-- 2021-02-02 18:54:41

A senior official from the party of Myanmar's detained Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday that he had learned that her health was good and that she was not being moved from the location where she was be...

Nepal prepares infrastructure to sell electricity to Bangladesh, India

Nepal prepares infrastructure to sell electricity to Bangladesh, India

-- 2021-02-02 18:26:57

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said his government is preparing the necessary infrastructure to sell power to Bangladesh and India in the days ahead. He came up with the statement while in...

Japan set to lengthen state of emergency for one more month

Japan set to lengthen state of emergency for one more month

Reuters 2021-02-02 17:27:07

Japan is set to extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions for another month on Tuesday, seeking to keep the upper hand over a COVID-19 outbreak even as daily case numbers begin to edge do...

Over 400 Myanmar lawmakers remain confined inside housing complex

Over 400 Myanmar lawmakers remain confined inside housing complex

-- 2021-02-02 17:04:15

Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country’s capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senio...

Myanmar's NLD party urges release of Suu Kyi 'as soon as possible'

Myanmar's NLD party urges release of Suu Kyi 'as soon as possible'

-- 2021-02-02 16:49:58

Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party has called for the release by the army of Aung San Suu Kyi, ousted President Win Myint and others 'as soon as possible'. The executive commit...

Russian court considers longer jail term for Navalny

Russian court considers longer jail term for Navalny

-- 2021-02-02 16:41:54

A Russian court convened on Tuesday to consider jailing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for up to three and a half years in a case that has sparked nationwide protests and talk of new Western sanctions....

CDC reports over 470 cases of coronavirus variants

CDC reports over 470 cases of coronavirus variants

Xinhua 2021-02-02 15:10:11

Over 470 infection cases of coronavirus variants have been reported in at least 32 US states as of Sunday, according to the latest data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The...

Indian farmers protest: Twitter restores dozens of blocked accounts

Indian farmers protest: Twitter restores dozens of blocked accounts

-- 2021-02-02 14:21:05

Twitter has restored dozens of Indian accounts that were earlier blocked in response to a legal notice by the government, citing objections based on public order. The accounts were all linked to cont...

Life-threatening winter storm batters US Northeast

Life-threatening winter storm batters US Northeast

-- 2021-02-02 11:18:09

A powerful winter storm engulfed the US Northeast on Monday, blanketing much of the region in heavy snow, blasting coastal areas with high winds and bringing New York City and other major urban centre...

Turkey may begin working on new constitution

Turkey may begin working on new constitution

-- 2021-02-02 10:58:32

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday his ruling AK Party and its nationalist allies may start work on drafting a new constitution, less than four years after overhauling the previous consti...

Biden threatens to restore sanctions after Myanmar military coup

Biden threatens to restore sanctions after Myanmar military coup

REUTERS 2021-02-02 10:42:06

US President Joe Biden on Monday threatened to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar following a coup by the country’s military leaders and called for a concerted international response to press them to...

UN fears for Rohingya after Myanmar coup, Security Council meets today

UN fears for Rohingya after Myanmar coup, Security Council meets today

REUTERS 2021-02-02 08:52:43

The United Nations fears the coup in Myanmar will worsen the plight of some 600,000 Rohingya Muslims still in the country, a UN spokesman said on Monday as the UN Security Council planned to meet on t...

ASEAN calls for ‘return to normalcy’ in Myanmar after coup

ASEAN calls for ‘return to normalcy’ in Myanmar after coup

-- 2021-02-01 19:56:35

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called on Monday for Myanmar to pursue "dialogue, reconciliation and the return to normalcy" after the military staged a coup against the government...

Russia fines Navalny's wife Yulia for taking part in protests

Russia fines Navalny's wife Yulia for taking part in protests

-- 2021-02-01 18:00:47

A Russian court on Monday fined Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, 20,000 roubles ($265) for taking part in unsanctioned protests on Sunday, the court said. Riot polic...

Suu Kyi urges Myanmar citizens to oppose military coup

Suu Kyi urges Myanmar citizens to oppose military coup

-- 2021-02-01 16:46:19

Detained leader of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy party Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the citizens of her country to stage a demonstration against the military coup that took place on Mond...

Nine killed in hotel attack in Somali capital

Nine killed in hotel attack in Somali capital

-- 2021-02-01 15:39:29

At least nine were killed after al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgents stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, battling security forces until the early hours of Monday, a police spokesman said....

All eyes on Myanmar’s army chief after coup

All eyes on Myanmar’s army chief after coup

REUTERS 2021-02-01 14:06:30

Myanmar’s powerful military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, is in the spotlight after politicians from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party were detained and the army anno...