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US strips Indian native of citizenship

US strips Indian native of citizenship

FE Online Desk 2018-01-10 04:27:34

The US has revoked the citizenship of an Indian national who reportedly attained it by fraud. In a first of its kind case, India-origin Baljinder Singh alias Davinder Singh, 43, who married a US citi...

Poland PM reshuffles cabinet to avert possible sanctions

Poland PM reshuffles cabinet to avert possible sanctions

-- 2018-01-10 01:34:50

Poland's new prime minister reshuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday, ousting the controversial ministers of foreign affairs, defence, and the environment in a move aimed at mending relations with partners i...

UK minister quits amid cabinet reshuffle

UK minister quits amid cabinet reshuffle

-- 2018-01-09 12:05:36

Justine Greening has resigned from the government after refusing a job as work and pensions secretary in Theresa May's cabinet reshuffle. The PM was reportedly "disappointed" as the ex-education secr...

US gives Salvadoran immigrants deadline to leave

US gives Salvadoran immigrants deadline to leave

-- 2018-01-09 12:00:00

Some 0.20 million (200,000) Salvadoran immigrants allowed to live and work in the United States since 2001 will lose their right to remain in the country in 2019, officials said on Monday, marking the...

N Korea to send team to Olympics

N Korea to send team to Olympics

-- 2018-01-09 12:00:00

North Korea said during rare talks with the South on Tuesday it will send a delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea next month. Seoul said it was prepared to lift some sanctions...

Jet Airways fires pilots over 'cockpit fight'

Jet Airways fires pilots over 'cockpit fight'

FE Online Desk 2018-01-09 12:00:00

Private Indian airline, Jet Airways, has fired two pilots who allegedly fought inside the cockpit of a London-Mumbai flight last week. The private Indian airline said in a statement that it had "term...

North and South Korea begin talks

North and South Korea begin talks

-- 2018-01-09 09:36:54

North and South Korea have begun high-level talks on Tuesday, the first between the countries in two years. The meeting, at the Peace House in the truce village of Panmunjom, will focus on North Kore...

After Brigitte's panda France engages in 'horse diplomacy'

After Brigitte's panda France engages in 'horse diplomacy'

FE Online Desk 2018-01-09 07:01:48

President Emmanuel Macron of France has responded to China's "panda diplomacy" by offering counterpart Xi Jinping a horse of the elite Republic Guard. The offer of Vesuvius, an eight-year old br...

India woman commits suicide over ‘friendship with a Muslim man’

India woman commits suicide over ‘friendship with a Muslim man’

FE Online Desk 2018-01-09 06:36:38

A Hindu woman has killed herself after facing harassment over her friendship with a Muslim man in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. She told a friend on WhatsApp that she loved Muslims after be...

Thai PM puts up replica to get around questions

Thai PM puts up replica to get around questions

-- 2018-01-09 04:46:30

Thailand's prime minister has taken a novel approach to avoiding questions at a news conference, by leaving a cardboard cutout to do the job. Prayuth Chan-ocha briefly spoke to an audience outside Go...

Israel reportedly strikes Syria with jets, missiles

Israel reportedly strikes Syria with jets, missiles

-- 2018-01-09 02:18:52

Israel attacked Syrian territory three times early on Tuesday with jets and ground-to-ground missiles, Syria’s army said in a statement carried by state television. The army said Israeli jets f...

Nigeria evacuating citizens trapped in Libya

Nigeria evacuating citizens trapped in Libya

-- 2018-01-08 12:10:04

Nigeria is starting flights to evacuate thousands of its citizens from Libya which will continue until all those wanting to return home have done so, said its foreign minister. Nigerians have recentl...

Bengaluru bar fire claims five lives

Bengaluru bar fire claims five lives

-- 2018-01-08 12:00:00

At least five people including a woman have been killed after a massive fire broke out at a bar and restaurant in southern Indian city of Bengaluru early Monday, police said. According to officials,...

Four children die in Canada house fire

Four children die in Canada house fire

-- 2018-01-08 12:00:00

Four children including one infant died in an early-morning house fire in Canada's southwestern province of Nova Scotia, local media reported Sunday night. Troy Amirault, deputy chief with the West P...

Trump Tower catches fire, no injuries reported

Trump Tower catches fire, no injuries reported

-- 2018-01-08 12:00:00

Emergency services in New York were responding to a fire at the top of Trump Tower Monday morning, according to local media. The New York Fire Department confirmed they were dealing with the incident...

Brazil cops arrest prison riot mastermind

Brazil cops arrest prison riot mastermind

-- 2018-01-08 11:55:27

Police in Brazil have arrested a drug lord accused of ordering a deadly prison riot on New Year's Day. Nine inmates were killed and 14 injured during the unrest at a prison in the central state of...

Deadly explosion kills 23 in Syria

Deadly explosion kills 23 in Syria

-- 2018-01-08 11:39:28

At least 23 people are reportedly dead and many more injured after a large explosion in the rebel-held city of Idlib, in northwestern Syria. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the...

BBC China editor quits protesting gender pay gap

BBC China editor quits protesting gender pay gap

-- 2018-01-08 08:35:16

The China editor of British public service broadcaster, BBC, has resigned from her post in Beijing due to pay disparities with her male colleagues. The editor, Carrie Gracie, wrote an open letter on...

India cancels major defence deal with Korea

India cancels major defence deal with Korea

FE Online Desk  2018-01-08 06:42:51

India has cancelled a major deal with South Korea to construct 12 advanced minesweepers at the Goa Shipyard. The country’s government has cancelled the Rs 320 billion project which they were...

India to woo ASEAN with connectivity, maritime projects

India to woo ASEAN with connectivity, maritime projects

FE Online Desk 2018-01-08 06:07:06

Indian government is set to persuade the members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with mega connectivity plans paving the way for a grand roadmap on maritime security and cooperation....

Iran bans English in primary schools

Iran bans English in primary schools

-- 2018-01-08 04:45:05

Iran has banned the teaching of English in primary schools as early learning of this language 'opened the way to a Western cultural invasion'. State-run High Education Council's head Mehdi Navid-Adha...

China's new 'Silk Road' cannot be one-way, France says

China's new 'Silk Road' cannot be one-way, France says

Reuters 2018-01-08 03:22:58

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday China and Europe should work together on Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative, a project aiming to build a modern-day “Silk Road...

Theresa May eyes massive cabinet reshuffle

Theresa May eyes massive cabinet reshuffle

-- 2018-01-08 02:23:09

Theresa May is to reshuffle her cabinet today (Monday), with a number of new faces expected to join her top team. No 10 has described reports Education Secretary Justine Greening and Health Secretary...

Afghan airstrikes leave 20 militants dead

Afghan airstrikes leave 20 militants dead

-- 2018-01-07 12:28:32

At least 20 militants including their three local commanders were killed and eight others wounded during airstrikes launched by Afghan air forces in Farah province, west of Afghanistan on Saturday, de...

Strong quake jolts Iran, 21 injured

Strong quake jolts Iran, 21 injured

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit western Iran on Saturday, injuring 21 people, state television reported. Two of those injured had to be hospitalised, and the rest were released after receiving treatme...

Trump open to talking with N Korea's Kim

Trump open to talking with N Korea's Kim

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would “absolutely” be willing to talk on the phone to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that he hopes a positive development results from ta...

Two Bangladeshis among 32 go missing in China

Two Bangladeshis among 32 go missing in China

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

Thirty-two crew members, including two Bangladeshis and 30 Iranians, have gone missing after two vessels collided off China's east coast on Saturday evening, China's Ministry of Transport said Sunday....

Rohingya insurgents say they have no option but to fight Myanmar

Rohingya insurgents say they have no option but to fight Myanmar

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Sunday they have no option to fight what they called Myanmar state-sponsored terrorism to defend the Rohingya community, and demanded that the Rohingya be consulted...

Sydney sees hottest weather since 1939

Sydney sees hottest weather since 1939

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

The Australian city of Sydney has experienced its hottest weather in 79 years with temperatures in the region hitting as high as 47.3C (117F). In Penrith, west of Sydney, residents sweltered as the t...

Eight migrants drown after dinghy sinks off Libya coast

Eight migrants drown after dinghy sinks off Libya coast

-- 2018-01-07 11:25:46

At least eight migrants have drowned and 84 have been rescued after a rubber dinghy sank off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard said. Dozens of others might still be missing, the Spanish resc...