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Around 300 militants active in Indian Kashmir, Indian military official says

REUTERS 2022-11-23 09:22:32

An estimated 300 militants are operating in Indian Kashmir, an Indian military commander in the disputed region said on Tuesday, as New Delhi seeks to stabilise the restive Himalayan territory t...

Around 300 militants active in Indian Kashmir, says Indian military official

-- 2022-11-22 20:31:18

An estimated 300 militants are operating in Indian Kashmir, an Indian military commander in the disputed region said on Tuesday, as New Delhi seeks to stabilise the restive Himalayan territory that it...

7.0-magnitude earthquake hits Solomon Islands

-- 2022-11-22 19:41:09

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted 18 km SW of Malango, the Solomon Islands at 02:03:07 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 15.0 km, was init...

Malaysia king to choose prime minister

-- 2022-11-22 19:35:53

Malaysia's king said on Tuesday he will pick the next prime minister, after the leading two contenders failed to win a majority in last weekend's election and his proposal for the two to work together...

In male-dominated North Korea, leadership prospects of Kim Jong Un's daughter are uncertain

-- 2022-11-22 17:20:08

Although the unexpected appearance of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter raised speculation that she could be a successor in the making, analysts say it would be an unprecedented uphill...

One in five Germans dipping into savings to get by

-- 2022-11-22 17:17:09

Nearly one in five people in Germany have had to draw on their savings to cover everyday costs as rising inflation cuts into their purchasing power, a survey by the Kantar polling institute published...

India reports 294 new COVID-19 cases

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-22 15:26:00

India reported 294 new COVID-19 cases, official data showed on Tuesday. The daily caseload was down from 406 cases the previous day, according to the federal health ministry data. The active caseloa...

Death toll from Indonesia's earthquake rises to 252

-- 2022-11-22 15:15:21

The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's Cianjur town in western Java has risen to 252, the local government said in an Instagram post on Tuesday. It also said 31 people are still missi...

France shocked by second schoolgirl rape and murder in a month

REUTERS 2022-11-22 14:04:51

France was shocked by the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in the south of the country, just weeks after the brutal killing of a 12-year-old girl in Paris. Police on Friday arrested a 31-year-ol...

IMF, South Sudan in pact for emergency funds of $112.7 million

REUTERS 2022-11-22 13:17:23

The International Monetary Fund and South Sudan have reached a staff-level agreement for the release of about $112.7 million in emergency financing, the fund said on Tuesday. "This emergency financin...

Beijing shuts parks, museums as China's COVID cases rise

REUTERS 2022-11-22 11:59:59

Beijing shut parks, shopping malls and museums on Tuesday while more Chinese cities resumed mass testing for COVID-19, as China fights a fresh nationwide spike in cases that has deepened concerns abou...

Ukraine to civilians: Leave liberated areas before winter

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-22 11:52:59

Ukrainian authorities have begun evacuating civilians from recently liberated sections of the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, fearing that a lack of heat, power and water due to Russian shelling will ma...

Indonesian rescue workers race to find victims trapped by deadly quake

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-22 11:44:04

Indonesian rescue workers were racing on Tuesday to reach people still trapped in rubble a day after an earthquake devastated a West Java town, killing at least 162 people and injuring hundreds, as of...

Ukraine braces for harsh winter as Russian strikes cripple power facilities

-- 2022-11-22 11:32:50

Ukrainians braced for a winter with little or no power in several areas including Kyiv where temperatures have already dropped below freezing as relentless Russian strikes crippled half of the country...

Arabs shun Israeli media at Qatar World Cup

-- 2022-11-22 11:21:10

Arab soccer fans at the first World Cup in the Middle East are shunning Israeli journalists in Qatar trying to interview them, illustrating challenges facing wider "warm peace" ambitions two years aft...

Factory fire kills 36 in Chinese city of Anyang

-- 2022-11-22 10:21:27

A fire at a factory in the Chinese city of Anyang in Henan province has killed 36 people, with two others injured, Reuters reported on Tuesday citing state media. The fire broke out at Kaixinda Tradi...

Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 162

-- 2022-11-21 21:39:53

The death toll from a 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia on Monday has risen to 162 with hundreds injured and over 13,000 displaced, local media Kompas.com and Detik.com reported, citing West Java...

New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory

-- 2022-11-21 20:38:41

New Zealand's highest court ruled on Monday that the country's current voting age of 18 was discriminatory, forcing parliament to discuss whether it should be lowered. The case, which has been going...

Three killed in Kurdish strikes at Turkish border town

-- 2022-11-21 18:44:19

Suspected Kurdish militants in Syria fired rockets across the border into Turkey on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding 10 others, officials said. The rockets struck a high schoo...

Hong Kong leader tests positive for COVID after APEC summit

-- 2022-11-21 18:25:57

Hong Kong's chief executive, John Lee, has tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping a...

British schoolgirl who joined IS likely trafficking victim, court told

-- 2022-11-21 18:20:40

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State (IS) is challenging the UK government's decision to take away her citizenship, with her lawyers telling a London court that...

Death toll from earthquake in Indonesia reaches 46

-- 2022-11-21 17:05:09

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's West Java province on Monday killing 46 people, the national disaster agency said, as rescue workers and authorities worked to determine the full extent o...

More than a dozen killed in Indonesia's 5.6 magnitude quake

-- 2022-11-21 14:50:24

Up to twenty people have been killed after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, a local official said. Herman Suherman, a government official from Cianjur, the...

12 die as truck ploughs into religious procession in India’s Bihar

-- 2022-11-21 12:15:27

At least 12 people, including women and children, were killed and several others injured when a speeding truck ploughed into a religious procession in Bihar's Vaishali district on Sunday evening.&nbsp...

Malaysia's Muhyiddin, Anwar race to form govt

-- 2022-11-21 11:04:23

Muhyiddin Yassin, a former prime minister, and rival opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim were vying for support from potential coalition partners on Monday, to meet a deadline set by the king after an ele...

Third Japanese cabinet minister resigns in a month in blow to PM

-- 2022-11-21 10:17:13

Japan's internal affairs minister resigned on Sunday in connection with a funding scandal, becoming the third cabinet member to leave in less than a month in a severe blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kish...

COP27 deal delivers landmark on 'loss and damage', but little else

-- 2022-11-20 20:58:42

Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters - but does not boost efforts...

As Biden turns 80, Americans ask 'What's too old?'

Reuters 2022-11-20 20:55:52

Joe Biden turns 80 on Sunday, making him the first octogenarian president in US history. He is set to celebrate his birthday with a brunch hosted by his wife, Jill, a celebration that got an extra li...

Japan’s three cabinet ministers resign in a month

-- 2022-11-20 20:26:27

First Israel-Qatar flight heads to World Cup

-- 2022-11-20 19:09:56

Balloons in the national colours of Israel and Qatar festooned the departure gate for the first commercial flight between the countries on Sunday, permitted by Doha for fans of the World Cup despite t...