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Nearly 100 soldiers killed in clashes on Azerbaijan-Armenia border

Nearly 100 soldiers killed in clashes on Azerbaijan-Armenia border

-- 2022-09-14 15:46:59

Fresh clashes erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Wednesday as international efforts intensified to end violence that killed nearly 100 soldiers in the deadliest fighting between the ex-Soviet r...

At least six dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkish coast

At least six dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkish coast

REUTERS 2022-09-14 09:28:49

Six people including children drowned when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon destined for Italy sunk off the coast of southwestern Turkey, the Turkish coast guard said on Tuesday. In a statement,...

US considers China sanctions to deter Taiwan action, Taiwan presses EU

US considers China sanctions to deter Taiwan action, Taiwan presses EU

REUTERS 2022-09-14 09:19:28

The United States is considering options for a sanctions package against China to deter it from invading Taiwan, with the European Union coming under diplomatic pressure from Taipei to do the same, ac...

Ukraine says it aims to liberate all of its territories from Russia

Ukraine says it aims to liberate all of its territories from Russia

-- 2022-09-13 21:32:19

Ukraine said on Tuesday it aimed to liberate all of its territories after driving back Russian forces in the northeast of country in a rapid offencive, but called on the West to speed up deliveries of...

US returns 2,000-year-old Jewish coin to Israel two decades after it was looted

US returns 2,000-year-old Jewish coin to Israel two decades after it was looted

-- 2022-09-13 21:10:34

American authorities have returned a rare, 2,000-year-old Jewish coin to Israel nearly two decades after it was looted, smuggled and put up for auction in the United States, Israel’s antiquitie...

Activist jailed for insulting monarchy by dressing like Thai queen

Activist jailed for insulting monarchy by dressing like Thai queen

-- 2022-09-13 19:30:03

A Thai court sentenced a political activist to two years in prison on Monday for insulting the monarchy, her lawyer said, after the activist was judged to have dressed as Queen Suthida during a street...

Australian man killed by kangaroo he kept as pet, police say

Australian man killed by kangaroo he kept as pet, police say

-- 2022-09-13 18:11:14

An Australian man has died after being attacked by a kangaroo he had been keeping as a pet, police say. A relative found the 77-year-old man with serious injuries on Monday at his home in Redmond, ab...

William Ruto sworn in as Kenya's fifth president

William Ruto sworn in as Kenya's fifth president

-- 2022-09-13 17:43:14

William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's fifth president on Tuesday, a week after the Supreme Court upheld an election that dashed the hopes of the nation's most prominent political families and handed po...

What happens if Putin suddenly dies?

What happens if Putin suddenly dies?

-- 2022-09-13 17:36:03

In recent months, the health of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been the subject of much speculation, with claims that he has cancer, Parkinson’s, or has even survived an assassination atte...

Deadly clashes erupt on Armenia-Azerbaijan border

Deadly clashes erupt on Armenia-Azerbaijan border

-- 2022-09-13 17:19:39

Clashes erupted between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops early on Tuesday in a resumption of decades-old hostilities linked to the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan, which re-establis...

Russia, Belarus, Myanmar not invited to Queen Elizabeth's funeral

Russia, Belarus, Myanmar not invited to Queen Elizabeth's funeral

-- 2022-09-13 16:39:41

Britain has not invited representatives from Russia, Belarus and Myanmar to attend Queen Elizabeth's state funeral due to be held next Monday, a Whitehall source said on Tuesday. Britain, along with...

Saudi women have significantly contributed toward development of KSA

Saudi women have significantly contributed toward development of KSA

-- 2022-09-13 15:42:37

Saudi women have made significant contributions to the Kingdom's economic and social development fields, affirmed Dr Abrar Abdulmannan Bar, head of the knowledge department at the Salam Project for Cu...

Ukraine reclaims more territory

Ukraine reclaims more territory

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-13 15:24:18

Ukrainian troops expanded their territorial gains Monday, pushing all the way to the country's northeastern border in places, and claimed to have captured a record number of Russian soldiers as part o...

China declines to say if Xi will meet Putin and Modi at summit

China declines to say if Xi will meet Putin and Modi at summit

REUTERS 2022-09-13 14:39:01

China's foreign ministry declined to say whether President Xi Jinping will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin or Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation reg...

Air strike hits Ethiopia's northern Tigray region capital: Hospital official

Air strike hits Ethiopia's northern Tigray region capital: Hospital official

REUTERS 2022-09-13 13:39:48

An air strike hit the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Tuesday, an official at a hospital said. The air strike happened days after Tigray's regional government said it was ready for a...

Fire at e-scooter showroom in India kills eight in deadliest such incident

Fire at e-scooter showroom in India kills eight in deadliest such incident

REUTERS 2022-09-13 12:09:35

A fire that started at an electric scooter showroom in India killed at least eight people and injured 11, police said on Tuesday, in what is the deadliest such incident involving electric vehicles in...

100 years after compact, Colorado River nearing crisis point

100 years after compact, Colorado River nearing crisis point

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-13 11:11:05

The 40 million people who depend on the river to fill up a glass of water at the dinner table or wash their clothes or grow food across millions of acres use significantly more each year than actually...

King Charles and siblings hold silent vigil to Queen Elizabeth

King Charles and siblings hold silent vigil to Queen Elizabeth

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-13 10:10:07

King Charles and his siblings held a silent vigil at the side of their mother Queen Elizabeth's coffin as it lay at rest in Edinburgh's historic cathedral, with thousands queuing for hours to pay thei...

Crowds line Edinburgh streets for Queen procession

Crowds line Edinburgh streets for Queen procession

BBC 2022-09-12 21:13:25

Thousands of people watched in near-silence as the coffin of Britain’s late Queen made its journey up the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. The Queen's children, led by new British King Charles III, wal...

Some 50 million people living in modern slavery globally: UN report

Some 50 million people living in modern slavery globally: UN report

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-12 21:02:05

Forced labour and marriage have increased significantly over the last five years, according to a new UN report released on Monday. The latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, published by the Inte...

Northeast Ukrainian residents return following Russian rout

Northeast Ukrainian residents return following Russian rout

-- 2022-09-12 19:38:16

Ukrainian forces swept deeper into territory seized from fleeing Russian troops on Monday, as joyful residents returned to former frontline villages and Moscow grappled with the consequences of the co...

Japan govt to waive tourist visa requirements from some countries

Japan govt to waive tourist visa requirements from some countries

REUTERS 2022-09-12 13:10:56

Japan's government is planning to waive tourist visa requirements from some countries as part of a further easing of border controls enacted to stop the spread of Covid-19, Fuji News Network reported...

Putin, Macron trade blame over Ukraine nuclear plant security

Putin, Macron trade blame over Ukraine nuclear plant security

-- 2022-09-12 10:01:54

The presidents of Russia and France held talks on Sunday regarding safety at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, with Vladimir Putin blaming Ukrainian forces while Emmanuel Macron pointed...

Queen Elizabeth's coffin arrives in Edinburgh

Queen Elizabeth's coffin arrives in Edinburgh

-- 2022-09-11 22:18:05

Queen Elizabeth's coffin arrived in Edinburgh on Sunday after a six-hour journey from her summer home in the Scottish Highlands, past tens of thousands of mourners lining the route, many in sombre sil...

‘25pc start-ups in Silicon Valley are managed by people of Indian origin’

‘25pc start-ups in Silicon Valley are managed by people of Indian origin’

-- 2022-09-11 21:10:02

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said higher education in their country has contributed to the best of company executives globally. She mentioned, “Around 25 per cent of al...

Xi Jinping set to make first foreign trip in more than two years to meet Putin

Xi Jinping set to make first foreign trip in more than two years to meet Putin

-- 2022-09-11 20:16:19

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to make a foreign trip for the first time in more than two years to Central Asia where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin just a month before Xi is poise...

7.6 magnitude earthquake hits Papua New Guinea, at least four dead

7.6 magnitude earthquake hits Papua New Guinea, at least four dead

-- 2022-09-11 19:56:45

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck eastern Papua New Guinea on Sunday killing at least four people, injuring others and damaging property and essential infrastructure. The quake hit about 67 km ea...

Russia gives up key northeast Ukrainian towns as Kyiv makes rapid advance

Russia gives up key northeast Ukrainian towns as Kyiv makes rapid advance

-- 2022-09-11 19:49:23

Moscow abandoned its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday, in a sudden collapse of one of the war's principal front lines after Ukrainian forces made a rapid advance. The swift fall of Iz...

UAE tourism revenue tops $5.0b in H1 of 2022

UAE tourism revenue tops $5.0b in H1 of 2022

-- 2022-09-11 19:40:06

The United Arab Emirates' tourism revenues were 19 billion dirhams ($5.17 billion) in the first half of 2022, its vice president said on Sunday in a tweet. Numbers of hotel guests rose 42 per cent ye...

King Charles proclaimed monarch of Australia, New Zealand

King Charles proclaimed monarch of Australia, New Zealand

-- 2022-09-11 19:35:11

King Charles III was officially proclaimed head of state of both Australia and New Zealand at ceremonies on Sunday in the nations' capitals. In New Zealand, the proclamation of Charles as monarch, ta...