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Kabul suicide bombing attack death toll rises to 20

Kabul suicide bombing attack death toll rises to 20

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

The death toll from the previous night's suicide attack in Kabul has jumped to 20, with another 27 policemen wounded, said Afghan police. The attack took place on Thursday night in the eastern part o...

India calls off $500m defence deal with Israel

India calls off $500m defence deal with Israel

FE Online Desk 2018-01-05 12:00:00

India has cancelled an order to buy Spike anti-tank guided missiles from Israel’s state-owned defence contractor Rafael, the company said on Wednesday. The deal was worth about $500 million and...

N Korea accepts talks offer from S Korea

N Korea accepts talks offer from S Korea

-- 2018-01-05 11:32:02

North and South Korea will hold official talks next week for the first time in more than two years after Pyongyang accepted Seoul’s offer for dialogue, just hours after the United States and Sou...

Scientists first-ever to map quake-prone Asian region

Scientists first-ever to map quake-prone Asian region

FE Online Desk 2018-01-05 09:09:52

An international team of scientists is set to begin a four-year project to map and to monitor earthquake-prone area in Asia. The project will encompasses some of the most remote and densely populated...

UK to host Commonwealth summit in April

UK to host Commonwealth summit in April

-- 2018-01-05 06:20:05

The United Kingdom will host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in April when leaders from all the member countries are expected to gather in London and Windsor. They will come toge...

Air balloon crash in Egypt kills one, leaves 12 injured

Air balloon crash in Egypt kills one, leaves 12 injured

-- 2018-01-05 03:52:23

A tourist was killed and 12 other people injured when a hot air balloon carrying tourists of various nationalities crashed near Luxor in Egypt on Friday. The crash, to the west of the city of Luxor,...

Case against Mamata over NRC remarks

Case against Mamata over NRC remarks

FE Online Desk 2018-01-05 03:22:27

A police case has been filed against Mamata Banerjee in Assam after multiple complaints alleged the West Bengal Chief Minister made an inflammatory speech over the National Register of Citizens in Ass...

'Bomb cyclone' grounds over 4,000 flights at NYC airports

'Bomb cyclone' grounds over 4,000 flights at NYC airports

FE Online Desk 2018-01-05 03:04:03

A powerful winter storm grounded more than 4,000 flights and halted operations at New York City airports Thursday. New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport suspended fli...

EU seeks stronger engagement with Cuba

EU seeks stronger engagement with Cuba

Reuters 2018-01-05 02:49:16

The European Union’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini met Cuban President Raul Castro on Thursday as she ended a two-day visit to the Communist country aimed at strengthening engagement even as t...

Trump threatens ex-ally Bannon with legal action

Trump threatens ex-ally Bannon with legal action

Reuters 2018-01-05 02:21:57

President Donald Trump’s lawyer said on Thursday he would try to stop publication of a book that portrays an inept president in a fumbling White House and threatened legal action against former...

Trump berates ex-aide Bannon

Trump berates ex-aide Bannon

-- 2018-01-04 12:32:05

Former White House aide Steve Bannon "lost his mind" after he lost his job, US President Donald Trump has said. The president disavowed Bannon after he was quoted in a new book describing a meeting b...

Will move to solve N Korea issues: Japan PM

Will move to solve N Korea issues: Japan PM

Reuters 2018-01-04 12:00:00

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday North Korea was engaging in continued provocations that were “absolutely unacceptable” and said he would work with the international com...

Americans should worry about Kim's mental fitness : White House

Americans should worry about Kim's mental fitness : White House

-- 2018-01-04 12:00:00

The White House on Wednesday defended Donald Trump’s tweet about the size of his nuclear button, saying Americans should be concerned about the North Korean leader’s mental fitness, not th...

Ex-mayor, son shot dead in Mexico

Ex-mayor, son shot dead in Mexico

-- 2018-01-04 11:47:20

A former mayor and his son have been killed in central Mexico, adding to an uptick in murders of politicians ahead of national elections later this year. Miguel Angel Licona, 76, a former mayor of th...

Macron announces  law against 'fake news'

Macron announces law against 'fake news'

-- 2018-01-04 11:43:29

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans for a new law to combat so-called fake news. He said that during elections social media would face tougher rules over the content that they put on...

Ethiopia to free all political prisoners

Ethiopia to free all political prisoners

-- 2018-01-04 11:29:34

Ethiopia will release politicians jailed on charges including involvement in terrorism, its prime minister said on Wednesday -- an unexpected shift in stance from the government, which has denied accu...

Storm Eleanor batters Europe, three dead

Storm Eleanor batters Europe, three dead

-- 2018-01-04 10:55:12

Three people have died as winter storm Eleanor swept across most of northern Europe, causing widescale disruption. A skier died in the French Alps and 15 others were injured elsewhere in the country,...

Mumbai building fire kills four

Mumbai building fire kills four

-- 2018-01-04 10:31:45

At least four people including two children have been killed after a fierce fire broke out at a residential building in the Indian city of Mumbai. Fire officer S Pawar says the third and fourth floor...

Russian airstrikes leave civilians dead in Syria

Russian airstrikes leave civilians dead in Syria

-- 2018-01-04 10:26:15

At least 23 civilians were killed Wednesday in the Syrian opposition redoubt of Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, with the majority of victims perishing in Russian air raids, a monitor said, reports Agen...

Park used state funds for her residence, aides

Park used state funds for her residence, aides

-- 2018-01-04 10:25:04

Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye is to be charged with accepting millions of dollars worth of bribes from the state spy agency, news reports said Thursday. Park allegedly received between...

Court paves way for takeover of India tycoon's businesses

Court paves way for takeover of India tycoon's businesses

-- 2018-01-04 08:32:04

A court has declared India's flamboyant tycoon Vijay Mallya a ‘proclaimed offender’ for failing to appear to answer allegations of money laundering by flouting foreign currency laws. The...

India cancels registration of 4,867 NGOs

India cancels registration of 4,867 NGOs

FE Online Desk 2018-01-04 06:28:08

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in India has served notices to 5,922 NGOs for failing to file annual returns. The ministry also cancelled registration of 4,867 NGOs across the country, says...

China woman loses leg in tragic lift accident

China woman loses leg in tragic lift accident

-- 2018-01-04 06:12:44

A woman who was busy on her phone while entering a lift in China ended up having her leg severed after the elevator malfunctioned. A CCTV footage released by authorities shows the woman proceeding to...

‘Bomb cyclone’ slams US, bringing temps down

‘Bomb cyclone’ slams US, bringing temps down

-- 2018-01-04 03:39:18

A severe winter storm is hitting the eastern US, extending a cold snap that has already claimed 11 lives. Forecasters say a severe pressure drop will lead to an explosive winter storm along the easte...

Somalia PM fires three key ministers

Somalia PM fires three key ministers

-- 2018-01-04 03:06:05

Somalian Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire has sacked his ministers for foreign affairs, the interior and commerce, replacing them with newcomers, the government said on Thursday, as it battles an Isla...

Ebadi urges Iranians to keep up protests

Ebadi urges Iranians to keep up protests

Reuters 2018-01-04 02:07:38

Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi urged the people of Iran to engage in civil disobedience and press on with nationwide protests that are posing the boldest challenge to its leaders since pro-...

'11 women' among 20 die in Syria airstrikes

'11 women' among 20 die in Syria airstrikes

-- 2018-01-04 01:41:33

Suspected Russian jets killed at least 20 civilians and wounded dozens early on Thursday when they dropped bombs on two residential buildings in a besieged rebel enclave east of the Syrian capital, re...

Strong quake shakes Algeria

Strong quake shakes Algeria

-- 2018-01-03 12:42:12

A strong 5-magnitude earthquake jolted northern Algeria on Tuesday night, said the Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics. The epicenter of the quake was at the locality of Oued...

Vietnam explosion leaves two children dead

Vietnam explosion leaves two children dead

-- 2018-01-03 12:27:00

Two children have been killed and six other people injured after a big explosion occurred in Vietnam's northern Bac Ninh province early Wednesday morning, provincial authorities announced. The blast...

Kim orders reopening of border hotline with S Korea

Kim orders reopening of border hotline with S Korea

Reuters 2018-01-03 12:00:24

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has given an order to open a long-closed border hotline with South Korea at 0630 GMT on Wednesday for talks, an unidentified North Korean official announced in a televi...