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Taliban kill six Islamic State members in Kabul

Taliban kill six Islamic State members in Kabul

-- 2022-10-23 19:30:22

Taliban security forces killed six Islamic State members in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday. The Islamic State...

The power of one: Xi solidifies grip at party congress

The power of one: Xi solidifies grip at party congress

-- 2022-10-23 19:12:18

China wrapped up its twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle on Sunday, with Xi Jinping securing a third term as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party and packing the new Politburo Standing Comm...

Boris Johnson 'clearly' going to stand to be PM, backer Jacob Rees-Mogg says

Boris Johnson 'clearly' going to stand to be PM, backer Jacob Rees-Mogg says

-- 2022-10-23 18:51:51

Boris Johnson is "clearly" still going to stand to be prime minister, after holding talks with his rival Rishi Sunak, one of his supporters has said, reports BBC. Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg t...

Penny Mordaunt denies deal talks with Boris Johnson team

Penny Mordaunt denies deal talks with Boris Johnson team

-- 2022-10-23 18:28:35

Conservative leadership hopeful Penny Mordaunt has described reports she has offered Boris Johnson's team her support in exchange for a prominent position as “completely false”, reports BB...

US Republican committee sues Google over email spam filters

US Republican committee sues Google over email spam filters

-- 2022-10-23 17:59:38

The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday for allegedly sending its emails to users' spam folders. The US political committee accuses the tech gi...

'I am standing to be British prime minister'

'I am standing to be British prime minister'

-- 2022-10-23 17:52:31

Britain's former finance minister Rishi Sunak confirmed on Sunday he was standing to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. "The United Kingdom is a great country but we face a profound economic crisis...

Saudi forum set to draw US business leaders despite tensions

Saudi forum set to draw US business leaders despite tensions

-- 2022-10-23 17:47:34

A public spat between the United States and Saudi Arabia will not deter top Wall Street executives and US business leaders from a flagship investment event starting on Tuesday where the kingdom will s...

Southeast Asian ministers to discuss Myanmar in meeting on Thursday

Southeast Asian ministers to discuss Myanmar in meeting on Thursday

-- 2022-10-23 17:45:22

Southeast Asian foreign ministers will hold a special meeting in Indonesia on Thursday to discuss the Myanmar peace process, Cambodia's foreign ministry said on Sunday, according to Reuters.  Th...

Putin congratulates China's Xi on unprecedented third term

Putin congratulates China's Xi on unprecedented third term

-- 2022-10-23 16:29:30

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday on securing an unprecedented third term as leader, and said he looked forward to further developing a "comprehensi...

UK's Johnson battling to win support for fresh PM bid

UK's Johnson battling to win support for fresh PM bid

-- 2022-10-23 14:26:24

Boris Johnson was fighting to get enough support to become Britain's next prime minister on Sunday after prominent figures on the right-wing of the Conservative Party coalesced around the man once acc...

White House in talks with Musk to set up Starlink in Iran

White House in talks with Musk to set up Starlink in Iran

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-23 14:02:13

The White House is in talks with billionaire Elon Musk about setting up SpaceX's satellite internet service Starlink in Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing officials familiar with the matter, b...

Thousands rally in Germany to protest rising energy prices

Thousands rally in Germany to protest rising energy prices

-- 2022-10-23 12:05:23

Tens of thousands of protesters in six German cities gathered on Saturday to demand a more just distribution of government funds to deal with rising energy prices and living costs and a faster transit...

G7 condemns Russia's kidnapping of Ukraine nuclear plant leadership

G7 condemns Russia's kidnapping of Ukraine nuclear plant leadership

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-23 11:57:10

The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations condemned Russia's kidnapping of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant leadership and called for the immediate return of full control of the plant t...

Ukraine faces power cuts after Russian strikes, more flee Kherson

Ukraine faces power cuts after Russian strikes, more flee Kherson

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-23 09:12:13

Critical infrastructure across Ukraine was pounded by more than a dozen Russian missiles on Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said, with several regions reporting strikes on energy facilities an...

Thousands of civilians leaving Ukraine’s Kherson amid tense military situation

Thousands of civilians leaving Ukraine’s Kherson amid tense military situation

-- 2022-10-22 22:41:46

Russian occupation authorities in the Ukrainian city of Kherson told civilians on Saturday they should leave immediately because of what they called the tense military situation as Ukraine's forces ad...

‘Boris Johnson has enough support to enter race to become next British PM’

‘Boris Johnson has enough support to enter race to become next British PM’

-- 2022-10-22 21:39:58

Boris Johnson has enough support to enter the race to become Britain's next prime minister, his ally and Conservative lawmaker James Duddridge said on Saturday, reporting that the former leader had re...

China's central bank chief may step down after exclusion from ruling party

China's central bank chief may step down after exclusion from ruling party

-- 2022-10-22 20:05:48

China's central bank chief Yi Gang is likely to step down after he was dropped from an elite body of the ruling Communist Party, with a former central banker a leading contender to succeed him, source...

IMF urges Ukrainian authorities to avoid eroding tax revenues

IMF urges Ukrainian authorities to avoid eroding tax revenues

-- 2022-10-22 19:08:29

An IMF team held productive discussions with Ukrainian authorities this week and will work in coming weeks on their request for enhanced programme monitoring in the wake of Russia's invasion, IMF miss...

How water has been weaponised in Ukraine

How water has been weaponised in Ukraine

REUTERS 2022-10-22 18:46:12

Sveta has no doubt about why the Ukrainian-held southern city of Mykolaiv, a ship-building centre that is home to half a million people, has gone without fresh water for the past six months. "They (t...

Iran condemns call for UN probe into alleged use of its drones in Ukraine

Iran condemns call for UN probe into alleged use of its drones in Ukraine

-- 2022-10-22 18:32:47

Iran on Saturday strongly condemned a call by France, Germany and Britain for the United Nations to probe accusations that Russia has used Iranian-origin drones to attack Ukraine, its foreign ministry...

Iran's Guards warn cleric over 'agitating' in restive southeast

Iran's Guards warn cleric over 'agitating' in restive southeast

-- 2022-10-22 17:53:44

Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused a Sunni cleric of agitating against the Islamic Republic and warned it may cost him dearly after he said officials including the supreme leader were responsible for...

US and Russian defence ministers discuss Ukraine in rare talks

US and Russian defence ministers discuss Ukraine in rare talks

-- 2022-10-22 17:42:44

The US and Russian defence secretaries have spoken in a phone call, in a rare moment of high-level contact between the two countries since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to BBC, US Defence S...

China’s Communist Party wraps up its congress, cements Xi Jinping’s grip on power

China’s Communist Party wraps up its congress, cements Xi Jinping’s grip on power

-- 2022-10-22 16:42:20

China's ruling Communist Party wrapped up its twice-a-decade congress on Saturday, cementing Xi Jinping's iron grip on power and revealing a new Central Committee missing two key officials lacking clo...

Passengers in fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes are 'crime victims', US Judge rules

Passengers in fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes are 'crime victims', US Judge rules

-- 2022-10-22 16:27:36

A US judge in Texas ruled on Friday that people killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes are legally considered "crime victims," a designation that will determine what remedies should be imposed. In Dece...

Boris Johnson returns to Britain to attempt rapid political comeback

Boris Johnson returns to Britain to attempt rapid political comeback

-- 2022-10-22 16:19:54

Boris Johnson arrived back in Britain on Saturday as he considers an audacious attempt to win a second term as prime minister only weeks after he was forced to step down, with some colleagues warning...

15 dead as bus carrying workers home for Diwali crashes in India

15 dead as bus carrying workers home for Diwali crashes in India

-- 2022-10-22 16:12:54

At least 15 people were killed and 40 others injured after a bus slammed into a stationary truck on a highway in India’s Madhya Pradesh. Nearly 100 passengers, mostly workers heading home for D...

Taliban kill six Islamic State members in raid in Afghan capital

Taliban kill six Islamic State members in raid in Afghan capital

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-22 11:59:27

Taliban security forces killed six Islamic State members in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday, Reuters repor...

Meloni takes charge as PM as Italy swings to the right

Meloni takes charge as PM as Italy swings to the right

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-22 11:10:20

Giorgia Meloni was on Friday named as Italy's first woman prime minister and chose her cabinet team, setting her seal on the country's most right-wing government since World...

Pakistan removed from FATF’s grey list on terrorism financing

Pakistan removed from FATF’s grey list on terrorism financing

-- 2022-10-21 23:22:08

Pakistan has been removed from an international grey list that warrants increased surveillance for terrorism financing, the head of the international money laundering watchdog which makes the list sai...

Trump ex-adviser Bannon sentenced to four months for contempt of Congress

Trump ex-adviser Bannon sentenced to four months for contempt of Congress

-- 2022-10-21 22:14:44

Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with lawmakers investigating last year's US Cap...