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Russian fighter plane crashes into apartments in southern city near Ukraine

Russian fighter plane crashes into apartments in southern city near Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-18 10:20:07

A Russian fighter plane crashed into a residential building in the southern Russian city of Yeysk on Monday, engulfing apartments in flames, the regional governor said, Reuters reports....

Iran prison fire death toll rises to eight

Iran prison fire death toll rises to eight

-- 2022-10-17 21:34:29

Eight prisoners died as a result of a fire at Tehran's Evin prison over the weekend, Iran's judiciary said on Monday, doubling the death toll from a blaze that has increased pressure on the government...

Over 100 British lawmakers ‘trying to oust’ PM Liz Truss

Over 100 British lawmakers ‘trying to oust’ PM Liz Truss

-- 2022-10-17 20:50:32

British lawmakers will try to oust Prime Minister Liz Truss this week despite Downing Street's warning that it could trigger a general election, Reuters reported citing the Daily Mail and The Times....

Indian Congress veteran Kharge expected to win leadership race

Indian Congress veteran Kharge expected to win leadership race

-- 2022-10-17 17:31:01

Members of India's opposition Congress party voted on Monday to elect its first head in nearly 25 years from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty of leaders, with a veteran loyal to the family expected to...

Ukraine: Explosions rock Kyiv a week after Russian strikes

Ukraine: Explosions rock Kyiv a week after Russian strikes

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-17 13:44:33

Explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital as families were preparing to start their week early Monday, the blasts echoing across Kyiv and sending people scurrying to shelters. Kyi...

Russian drones attack Ukraine's Kyiv; intense fighting in east

Russian drones attack Ukraine's Kyiv; intense fighting in east

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-17 13:17:42

Russian forces attacked Ukraine's capital on Monday for the second time in a week while Russian and Ukrainian forces battled it out in heavy fighting around two towns in the Donbas region in the...

Russian, Syrian forces kill 20 militants in Syria: Russian general

Russian, Syrian forces kill 20 militants in Syria: Russian general

-- 2022-10-17 10:03:44

Russian and Syrian forces have killed 20 Islamic militants in an operation in southern Syria, including those responsible for blowing up a troop bus, a Russian officer was quoted as saying late...

Xi's new generals face tough military challenges post-congress

Xi's new generals face tough military challenges post-congress

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-17 09:01:20

Diplomatic challenges are also mounting for China, as its military modernisation confronts the traditional US strategic dominance in East Asia In his first two terms as commander of the world's large...

Sri Lanka president discusses restructuring of debt with Chinese finance minister

Sri Lanka president discusses restructuring of debt with Chinese finance minister

-- 2022-10-16 20:07:40

Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe discussed the restructuring of the country's debt with the Chinese finance minister, the president's office said in a statement on Sunday. According to Reut...

Xi says China will seek to lift birth rate in face of ageing population

Xi says China will seek to lift birth rate in face of ageing population

-- 2022-10-16 19:04:15

China will enact policies to boost its birth rate, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, as policymakers worry that an imminent decline in China's population could hurt the world's second-biggest econo...

Iran’s Evin prison catches fire, four inmates killed and 61 injured

Iran’s Evin prison catches fire, four inmates killed and 61 injured

-- 2022-10-16 17:15:47

Iran said on Sunday that four prisoners had been killed and 61 injured in a fire at Tehran's Evin prison a day earlier, with state television airing a video apparently showing that calm had returned t...

China will never renounce right to use force over Taiwan, Xi says

China will never renounce right to use force over Taiwan, Xi says

-- 2022-10-16 13:46:57

It is up to the Chinese people to resolve the Taiwan issue and China will never renounce the right to use force but will strive for a peaceful resolution, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday at...

Eleven shot dead in Mexico bar attack in gang-plagued state

Eleven shot dead in Mexico bar attack in gang-plagued state

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-16 10:46:15

Unidentified gunmen opened fire in a bar in the central Mexican city of Irapuato on Saturday evening, shooting dead six women and five men, local authorities said, the second mass shooting in th...

11 Russian troops slain at shooting range as fighting rages

11 Russian troops slain at shooting range as fighting rages

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-16 09:00:53

At least 11 Russian soldiers were killed Saturday in a shooting incident that underlined the challenges posed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hasty mobilization, just as Ukrainian troops p...

V20, G7 reach deal on protection against climate change loss

V20, G7 reach deal on protection against climate change loss

-- 2022-10-16 08:56:45

The Vulnerable 20 (V20) and Group of 7 (G7) will jointly launch the Global Shield Against Climate Risks at COP27 in a wider effort to accelerate pre-arranged financing at speed and scale, reports UN...

59 lawyers slain in six years in Philippines

59 lawyers slain in six years in Philippines

-- 2022-10-15 20:26:09

At least 133 lawyers have been killed in the Philippines since the 1980s in work-related attacks, nearly half of them in the last six years during former President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drug...

German chancellor calls for EU reforms, military autonomy

German chancellor calls for EU reforms, military autonomy

-- 2022-10-15 20:00:53

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday called for reforms of the European Union to make it fit for the admission of new countries as well as more military autonomy of the 27-country bloc. Speaking...

China’s Communist Party conference begins Sunday, Xi Jinping to get third 5-year term

China’s Communist Party conference begins Sunday, Xi Jinping to get third 5-year term

-- 2022-10-15 19:30:49

A twice-a-decade conference of China’s Communist party will begin on Sunday at which leader Xi Jinping is expected to receive a third five-year term that breaks with recent precedent and establi...

Turkish mine blast death toll rises to 40

Turkish mine blast death toll rises to 40

-- 2022-10-15 18:46:38

An explosion in a coal mine in Turkey's northern Bartin province on Friday killed 40 people, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday, adding that search and rescue operations were continuing...

Pakistan summons US ambassador over Biden's nuclear remarks

Pakistan summons US ambassador over Biden's nuclear remarks

-- 2022-10-15 18:39:55

Pakistan's foreign minister said on Saturday he had summoned the US ambassador after President Joe Biden questioned the safety of Pakistan's nuclear programme. In a speech on Thursday, Biden said Pak...

China to make its Covid-19 prevention measures more scientific

China to make its Covid-19 prevention measures more scientific

-- 2022-10-15 18:23:02

China will make its Covid-19 prevention measures more scientific, accurate and effective, a spokesman for the ruling Communist Party said on Saturday, while reiterating Beijing's stance that its pande...

North Korea says it will not overlook any kind of military provocations

North Korea says it will not overlook any kind of military provocations

-- 2022-10-15 18:17:14

North Korea on Saturday warned that it would take "overwhelming military countermeasures" against what it called deliberate provocations by South Korea, as tensions remained high following the North's...

Indonesia bans cough syrup material linked to Gambia child deaths

Indonesia bans cough syrup material linked to Gambia child deaths

-- 2022-10-15 17:34:07

Indonesia on Saturday banned ingredients linked to the deaths of 70 children in Gambia from cough syrups in the Southeast Asian country as it investigates acute kidney damage that has killed more than...

Afghan refugees camp out in Brazilian airport in search of new life

Afghan refugees camp out in Brazilian airport in search of new life

-- 2022-10-15 16:30:43

Blankets and luggage carts have become the makeshift homes to more than a hundred Afghan migrants in Sao Paulo's international airport, serving as a temporary shelter for refugees after their year-lon...

Haiti gang blockade causes catastrophic hunger, UN officials say

Haiti gang blockade causes catastrophic hunger, UN officials say

-- 2022-10-15 16:30:43

Haitians are experiencing catastrophic hunger because of gangsters blockading a major fuel terminal, UN officials said on Friday, with more than 4 million facing acute food insecurity. A coalition of...

Death toll from Nigerian floods tops 500: ministries

Death toll from Nigerian floods tops 500: ministries

-- 2022-10-15 13:49:04

Widespread flooding has killed more than 500 people in Nigeria, left around 90,000 homes under water and blocked food and fuel supplies, two government ministries said on Friday, Reuters reports...

Putin says Ukraine mobilisation should be finished in two weeks

Putin says Ukraine mobilisation should be finished in two weeks

-- 2022-10-15 10:15:55

Russia should be finished calling up reservists in two weeks, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, promising an end to a divisive mobilisation that has seen hundreds of thousands of men summ...

Turkish mine blast's death toll rises to at least 22

Turkish mine blast's death toll rises to at least 22

-- 2022-10-15 10:08:12

An explosion in a coal mine in Turkey's northern Bartin province on Friday killed 22 people, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, but it was not clear how many people were still trapped due to the bla...

Zelensky seeks further steps from Western partners to isolate Russia

Zelensky seeks further steps from Western partners to isolate Russia

-- 2022-10-14 19:53:40

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky made a new plea to Western partners to help beef up Ukraine's air defences on Thursday and called for further steps to isolate Russia. In comments deliver...

Rare, dramatic protest in China prompts swift crackdown on social media platforms

Rare, dramatic protest in China prompts swift crackdown on social media platforms

-- 2022-10-14 19:29:36

A rare and dramatic protest in Beijing that criticised Chinese President Xi Jinping has sparked an online hunt for the mystery protester's identity, as well as praise for the action. The protester ha...