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US military brings down flying object over Lake Huron

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-13 10:36:10

US military fighter jets on Sunday shot down an octagonal object over Lake Huron, the Pentagon said, the latest incident since a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon put North American security forc...

Turkey detains building contractors as quake deaths pass 33,000

-- 2023-02-12 21:18:41

Turkish justice officials targeted more than 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods as rescuers extricated more survivors, including a pregnant woman and two small ch...

NATO’s Stoltenberg will not seek another extension of his term

-- 2023-02-12 20:27:03

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will end his term as planned in October, a spokesperson for the alliance said, after a newspaper reported a further extension was in the works. "The mandate of...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls in first month under Lula

-- 2023-02-12 19:43:06

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell in January from a year earlier, satellite data showed on Friday, in the first monthly figures under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, reports Reuter...

Turkiye arrests building contractors after earthquakes

-- 2023-02-12 18:55:11

Turkish officials detained or issued arrest warrants for some 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods as rescuers on Sunday continued to pull a few survivors from the...

Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 28,000

-- 2023-02-12 17:16:33

Rescuers pulled more survivors from rubble on Sunday, six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to maintain order across the disaster zone and...

China sends 53 tonnes of tents to Turkey to aid earthquake relief

-- 2023-02-12 17:15:52

China shipped 53 tonnes of tents to aid earthquake-hit Turkey on Sunday, with more emergency aid planned in the near future, state broadcaster CCTV said. The tents departed Shanghai and are scheduled...

Russia says NATO should hold emergency summit over Nord Stream blasts

Reuters 2023-02-12 14:04:53

NATO should hold an emergency meeting to discuss recent findings about September explosions at the Nord Stream gas pipelines, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said late on Saturda...

Iran marks revolution anniversary, hackers interrupt state TV coverage

Reuters 2023-02-12 13:13:28

The Islamic Republic marked the 44th anniversary of the Iranian revolution on Saturday with state-organised rallies, as anti-government hackers briefly interrupted a televised speech by President Ebra...

Tens of thousands take to streets of Israel opposing proposed judicial overhaul

Reuters 2023-02-12 11:25:23

Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday for a fifth week of protests against judicial overhaul plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government which critics say threa...

Seven police officers killed in cocaine hotspot of central Peru

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-12 10:23:34

Seven police officers were killed after being ambushed in an area of central Peru known for its cocaine production, the National Police said Saturday. The attack took place in the town of Nativ...

US fighter jet shoots down unidentified, cylindrical object over Canada

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-12 10:15:47

A US F-22 fighter jet shot down an unidentified cylindrical object over Canada on Saturday, the second such shootdown in as many days, as North America appeared on heightened alert following a week-lo...

Ukraine's Zelensky sacks top official, says clean-up drive continues

Reuters 2023-02-12 08:50:19

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday issued a decree sacking a senior security figure and said separately that his drive to clean up the government would continue. Authorities hav...

Austrian army suspends Turkey quake rescue due to 'difficult security situation'

-- 2023-02-11 20:01:39

The Austrian army has suspended rescue operations in quake-hit Turkey due to "an increasingly difficult security situation", its spokesperson said in a tweet on Saturday. Ministry spokesperson Michae...

Turkey to act against those involved in looting in earthquake-hit region

-- 2023-02-11 19:34:57

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday the government would take action against those involved in looting and other crimes in the region hit by this week's devastating earthquakes as the is...

World must remember those displaced by quake in Turkey, Syria: UN

-- 2023-02-11 19:29:34

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths appealed on Saturday to remember thousands of people who needed shelter and food while rescuers kept searching for survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit southe...

Turkish woman dies day after her rescue following 104 hours under quake rubble

-- 2023-02-11 18:35:44

A woman died in hospital on Saturday a day after she was pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Turkey, where she had been trapped for 104 hours since Monday's devastating earthq...

Two women survive for days in quake rubble as death toll tops 24,150

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-11 15:48:58

Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings after they were been trapped for 122 hours following the region's deadliest quake in two decades, authorities said on S...

Children rescued from ruins days after quake, but death toll tops 23,700

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-11 12:38:25

Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in the ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people out from other sites as President Tayyip Erdogan said author...

Russia hits Ukraine power grid

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-11 12:25:03

Russian missiles hit power facilities on Friday across Ukraine, where President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returned from a tour of Western capitals and Ukrainian officials said a long-awaited Russian offensi...

Spain offers freed Nicaraguans citizenship after move to make them stateless

Reuters 2023-02-11 12:07:35

The Spanish government offered citizenship to more than 200 Nicaraguan political prisoners who were freed and flown to the United States on Thursday, Spain's top diplomat said on Friday. Foreign Mini...

US shoots down unidentified object flying above Alaska

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-11 10:43:06

A US F-22 fighter jet on Friday shot down an unidentified object flying high over Alaska, US officials said, less than a week after the military brought down a Chinese balloon that had flown across th...

Bangladeshi rescuers pull out girl from Turkey quake rubble, recover three bodies

bdnews24.com 2023-02-11 09:22:51

Bangladeshi rescuers have pulled out a 17-year-old girl alive from the debris of a collapsed building in Turkey, where a devastating earthquake has killed more than 20,000 people. The Banglades...

Turkey may open border to Syrian government-held region for aid

-- 2023-02-10 18:12:40

Turkey is discussing re-opening a border crossing into Syrian government territory, a Turkish official said on Friday, enabling earthquake aid to be sent directly to areas under President Bashar al-As...

Indian regulator probes Adani's links to investors as Modi's office is briefed

-- 2023-02-10 17:04:29

India's market regulator is investigating Adani Group's links to some of the investors in the conglomerate's aborted $2.5 billion share sale, two sources said, amid growing concern in New Delhi about...

Turkey-Syria earthquakes death toll tops 21,000

-- 2023-02-10 15:49:03

The rescue of several survivors from the rubble in Turkey lifted the spirits of weary search crews on Friday, four days after a major earthquake struck the country and neighbouring Syria, killing more...

South Africa invokes disaster law to tackle energy crisis

Reuters 2023-02-10 14:12:51

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday declared a national "state of disaster" over his country's crippling power shortages, saying they posed an existential threat to the economy and soc...

Greece sends earthquake aid to Turkey, putting aside rivalry

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-10 13:25:41

Greece sent thousands of tents, beds and blankets on Thursday to help the hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by deadly earthquakes in Turkey, in an act of solidarity with a neighbour that i...

In aging China, a call for 'bold' steps to cut cost of having babies

Reuters 2023-02-10 13:07:16

A Chinese health official has urged local governments to take "bold" steps to lower the cost of having babies and raising children to reduce the burden on families and boost fertility, a state-backed...

India to drop pre-departure COVID tests for travellers from China, other countries

Reuters 2023-02-10 12:46:47

India will drop the pre-departure COVID test requirement for travellers coming from or via China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand and Japan from Monday, the health ministry said, as COVID-...