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India successfully launches first privately made rocket

India successfully launches first privately made rocket

-- 2022-11-18 14:44:51

India successfully launched its first privately developed rocket, the Vikram-S, on Friday, a milestone in the country's effort to create a commercial space industry and to compete on cost....

Ukraine energy supply under persistent Russian attacks

Ukraine energy supply under persistent Russian attacks

-- 2022-11-18 13:07:53

Russian missiles and shells hit Ukrainian positions in several regions and there was no let up in heavy fighting in Donetsk in the east, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday night as Moscow's o...

Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, says USA

Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, says USA

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-18 12:58:48

The Biden administration ruled on Thursday that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, drawing immediate condemnation from the s...

N Korea fires suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, lands near Japan

N Korea fires suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, lands near Japan

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-18 12:11:41

North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday that landed just 200 kilometres (130 miles) off Japan and had sufficient range to reach the mainland of the United States, Ja...

Migration on the rise as climate shocks grow

Migration on the rise as climate shocks grow

-- 2022-11-17 20:13:08

Tina Stege's atoll home in the Marshall Islands is two metres (6.5 feet) above sea level and so narrow that "you can see the ocean on both sides of the land almost anyplace you are," she said. That l...

UN publishes draft COP27 climate deal

UN publishes draft COP27 climate deal

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-17 15:21:16

The UN climate agency published a first draft on Thursday of what could be the over-arching agreement from the COP27 climate summit. The document, labelled a "non-paper" indicating it is still far fr...

অস্ট্রেলীয় অর্থনীতিবিদসহ ৬০০০ বন্দিকে মুক্তি দিয়েছে মিয়ানমার

অস্ট্রেলীয় অর্থনীতিবিদসহ ৬০০০ বন্দিকে মুক্তি দিয়েছে মিয়ানমার

এফই অনলাইন ডেস্ক 2022-11-17 14:57:58

মিয়ানমারের সামরিক নেতারা সাধারণ ক্ষমতার আওতায় প্রায় ছয় হাজার বন্দিকে কারাগার থেকে মুক্তি দিয়েছেন বলে জানিয়েছে দেশটির রাষ্ট্রায়ত্ত গণমাধ্যম। যারা মুক্তি পেয়েছেন তাদের মধ্যে দেশটির গণতন্ত্রপন্থি নেত্রী...

China is making a plan to speed up COVID vaccinations: Chinese health expert

China is making a plan to speed up COVID vaccinations: Chinese health expert

REUTERS 2022-11-17 14:32:28

A Chinese health expert on Thursday said relevant government departments are making a plan to speed up COVID vaccinations and will release information to the public in due course. Shen Hongbing, Acad...

Myanmar frees Suu Kyi's Australian adviser in prisoner amnesty

Myanmar frees Suu Kyi's Australian adviser in prisoner amnesty

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-17 13:55:49

Myanmar's military leaders have granted amnesty to Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former adviser to democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, and almost 6,000 other prisoners to mark a national holi...

Ukrainian investigators find bodies with signs of torture in Kherson

Ukrainian investigators find bodies with signs of torture in Kherson

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-17 13:01:55

Investigators in Ukraine's recently liberated southern Kherson region have uncovered 63 bodies with signs of torture after Russian forces left the area, Ukraine's interior minister was quoted as sayin...

China's freeze on Taiwan contact fuels worry as tensions build

China's freeze on Taiwan contact fuels worry as tensions build

REUTERS 2022-11-17 11:49:15

When Chinese authorities detained a Taiwanese citizen in China in August for an alleged violation of security laws, officials in Taipei sent messages of concern to Beijing seeking details. The missiv...

Gunmen attack bazaar in Iran, killing 5

Gunmen attack bazaar in Iran, killing 5

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-17 11:17:25

Gunmen opened fire in a bazaar in the southwestern Iranian city of Izeh on Wednesday, killing at least five people, including a young girl, and wounding civilians and security forces, state TV reporte...

Texas executes man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son

Texas executes man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-17 10:56:44

A Texas inmate who killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago was executed on Wednesday, after courts rejected his appeals over claims of religious freedom violati...

Poland, NATO say missile strike wasn’t a Russian attack

Poland, NATO say missile strike wasn’t a Russian attack

-- 2022-11-16 20:24:01

Poland and the head of military alliance NATO on Wednesday said a missile strike in Polish farmland that killed two people did not appear to be an intentional attack, and that air defences in neighbou...

UNICEF launches new climate financing initiative

UNICEF launches new climate financing initiative

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-16 13:44:24

UNICEF is launching a new climate financing initiative to enhance countries’ climate resilience and disaster preparedness for children and youth and bolster protection for children from the impa...

Biden says missile that killed two in Poland may not have come from Russia

Biden says missile that killed two in Poland may not have come from Russia

REUTERS 2022-11-16 11:54:39

The United States and its NATO allies are investigating the blast that killed two people in Poland, but early information suggests it may not have been caused by a missile fired from Russia, US...

Trump launches 2024 US presidential run, getting jump on rivals

Trump launches 2024 US presidential run, getting jump on rivals

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-16 11:13:31

Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of US voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to pre-empt potential...

Global Covid cases surpass 641m

Global Covid cases surpass 641m

-- 2022-11-16 10:33:43

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has now crossed 641 million. According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 641,008,181 while the death toll from the virus reached 6...

Two residential buildings hit in Russian missile strike on Kyiv

Two residential buildings hit in Russian missile strike on Kyiv

-- 2022-11-15 20:46:20

Two residential buildings in central Kyiv were hit during a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said. He wrote on the Telegram messaging app that r...

Trump to launch new White House bid

Trump to launch new White House bid

-- 2022-11-15 19:35:10

Donald Trump is set to launch a fresh White House bid on Tuesday, hoping to box out potential Republican rivals and return his false claims of election fraud to the centre of US politics. Trump's ann...

Two Israelis killed by Palestinian in West Bank stabbing

Two Israelis killed by Palestinian in West Bank stabbing

-- 2022-11-15 18:15:38

A Palestinian killed two Israelis and wounded four others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramed...

Turkey makes more arrests in connection with deadly bombing

Turkey makes more arrests in connection with deadly bombing

-- 2022-11-15 17:49:47

Turkish police have apprehended more suspects in connection with the bombing of a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul that killed six people and wounded several dozen others, bringing the number of...

Modi calls for diplomacy to end Russia-Ukraine conflict

Modi calls for diplomacy to end Russia-Ukraine conflict

-- 2022-11-15 15:10:52

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged a return to diplomacy to end the Russia-Ukraine war, reiterating the South Asian nation's call for peace in the ongoing conflict, reports Reuters....

World population passes 8 billion

World population passes 8 billion

-- 2022-11-15 14:29:53

The world population surged past 8 billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change, report...

Eight dead, four missing after stone quarry collapses in India's Mizoram

Eight dead, four missing after stone quarry collapses in India's Mizoram

-- 2022-11-15 12:41:03

Eight migrant labourers have died after a stone quarry collapsed in India's Mizoram on Monday. The bodies were recovered on Tuesday and the search is still on for four other labourers feared trapped...

Now is the time to press Russia for peace, Zelenskiy says

Now is the time to press Russia for peace, Zelenskiy says

REUTERS 2022-11-15 12:10:29

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged world leaders to back a plan to end the war in his country, saying now was the time to push for peace after Russia's defeat in the southern...

G20 summit opens in Bali as Ukraine war tops agenda

G20 summit opens in Bali as Ukraine war tops agenda

-- 2022-11-15 10:41:05

Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations opened talks on Tuesday on the island of Bali, with a plea by host Indonesia for unity and concrete action to mend the global economy despite deep rifts over t...

British monarch enjoys his first birthday as king

British monarch enjoys his first birthday as king

-- 2022-11-14 21:32:32

Britain's King Charles III celebrated his 74th birthday on Monday, with the occasion marked by him replacing his late father as The Ranger of Great Windsor Park, a position which dates back more than...

Pakistan-Afghan border crossing closed after clashes

Pakistan-Afghan border crossing closed after clashes

-- 2022-11-14 20:46:33

A major border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has closed for trade and transit after a clash between security force personnel from both sides, a local Pakistani official said on Monday. Ab...

Biden warns Xi about 'coercive' Taiwan actions in three hour meeting

Biden warns Xi about 'coercive' Taiwan actions in three hour meeting

-- 2022-11-14 20:41:11

US President Joe Biden on Monday told Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping they were both responsible for preventing their superpower competition from turning into conflict, in rare talks aimed at thawing t...