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Three Taliban men killed while trying to fly US helicopter

Three Taliban men killed while trying to fly US helicopter

-- 2022-09-11 18:00:22

A Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a Taliban training exercise in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing three, the group's defence ministry said on Saturday. "An American Black Hawk helicopter, wh...

Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan escapes a plane crash

Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan escapes a plane crash

-- 2022-09-11 17:37:55

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan escaped a plane crash on Saturday after the aircraft he was travelling on made an emergency landing due to technical malfunction mid-air, sources said. The ai...

Mixed feelings among some in Africa for Queen Elizabeth

Mixed feelings among some in Africa for Queen Elizabeth

-- 2022-09-11 17:23:10

As condolences poured in from around the world after Queen Elizabeth's death, there were mixed feelings among some Africans about the monarch and her country's colonial legacy on a continent where Bri...

Queen Elizabeth II's coffin leaves Balmoral for Edinburgh

Queen Elizabeth II's coffin leaves Balmoral for Edinburgh

-- 2022-09-11 17:04:16

People are lining the streets as Queen Elizabeth II's coffin travels from Balmoral to Edinburgh. The hearse is being driven to the Palace of Holyroodhouse - the monarch's official residence in Scotla...

West weighs contentious anti-China move as UN rights council opens

West weighs contentious anti-China move as UN rights council opens

-- 2022-09-11 14:56:33

Western countries face a dilemma as the UN Human Rights Council opens on Monday: confront China over human rights violations in its Xinjiang region and risk failing or miss the biggest opportuni...

UK dismisses Putin assertion on Ukraine grain exports to poor countries

UK dismisses Putin assertion on Ukraine grain exports to poor countries

REUTERS 2022-09-11 14:17:47

Britain dismissed as untrue on Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin's assertion that only a fraction of grain exported from Ukraine under an international deal was going to poor countries. Putin s...

Europeans doubt Iran's intentions in nuclear talks sparking Tehran's ire

Europeans doubt Iran's intentions in nuclear talks sparking Tehran's ire

-- 2022-09-11 12:10:25

France, Britain and Germany on Saturday said they had "serious doubts" about Iran's intentions to revive a nuclear deal, comments that were rejected by Tehran and called "very untimely" by Mos...

Huge quake hits Papua New Guinea

Huge quake hits Papua New Guinea

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-11 10:45:41

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Renagi Ravu was meeting with two colleagues at his home in the Papua New Guinea highlands Sunday morning when a huge magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck. Ravu tried to stand up f...

We have shown we can defeat Russians, we need more weapons: Ukraine

We have shown we can defeat Russians, we need more weapons: Ukraine

-- 2022-09-11 10:02:36

The success of a counter-offensive against Russia shows Ukraine can beat Moscow's forces but Kyiv needs more weapons from its partners, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Saturday, Reuters r...

Islamic State affiliate kills 30 civilians in Mali raid, militia says

Islamic State affiliate kills 30 civilians in Mali raid, militia says

-- 2022-09-11 09:57:34

Members of an Islamic State affiliate in Mali killed about 30 civilians in an attack this week on a town in a violence-plagued area bordering Burkina Faso and Niger, a coalition of pro-governmen...

Queen Elizabeth's funeral to be held on Sept 19

Queen Elizabeth's funeral to be held on Sept 19

-- 2022-09-11 00:07:34

The funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth who died this week after 70 years on the throne, will be held on Monday, Sept 19 at 1000 GMT, England's most senior peer who is in charge of state occasions sa...

Russia abandons northeast Ukraine bastion

Russia abandons northeast Ukraine bastion

-- 2022-09-10 21:42:03

Moscow abandoned its main bastion on the front line in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday after it became encircled in a stunning Ukrainian advance that appeared to turn into a rout. The state run Tass...

Five Hong Kong speech therapists jailed for conspiracy to 'brainwash' children with cartoons

Five Hong Kong speech therapists jailed for conspiracy to 'brainwash' children with cartoons

-- 2022-09-10 21:37:32

Five Hong Kong speech therapists were sentenced on Saturday to 19 months in jail for conspiracy to publish seditious children's books, featuring cartoons of sheep and wolves that prosecutors had deeme...

Putin wishes King Charles 'success, good health’

Putin wishes King Charles 'success, good health’

-- 2022-09-10 19:48:51

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Britain's new monarch King Charles on the accession to the throne, the Russian embassy in London said on Twitter. "Please accept my sincere congratu...

Five die in New Zealand as passenger boat reportedly overturned by whale

Five die in New Zealand as passenger boat reportedly overturned by whale

-- 2022-09-10 19:48:13

Five people died in New Zealand on Saturday when a boat carrying 11 capsized off Kaikoura, a coastal town on South Island, according to police. According to a Reuters report that cited Radio New Zeal...

Brazil bans sales of iPhones without battery charger

Brazil bans sales of iPhones without battery charger

-- 2022-09-10 18:54:12

The Brazilian government has ordered Apple Inc to suspend selling iPhones without a battery charger, claiming that the company provides an incomplete product to consumers. According to Reuters, the J...

New York declares disaster emergency over polio

New York declares disaster emergency over polio

-- 2022-09-10 16:59:11

A disaster emergency was declared on Friday in New York of United States in a bid to accelerate efforts to vaccinate residents against polio after the virus was detected in wastewater samples taken in...

Britain’s Charles formally confirmed as king

Britain’s Charles formally confirmed as king

FE ONLINE DESK   2022-09-10 15:38:23

Britain’s Charles III has been proclaimed as king at a ceremony at St James's Palace in London on Saturday. Charles became king immediately following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II...

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Papua, Indonesia, no tsunami warning

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Papua, Indonesia, no tsunami warning

REUTERS 2022-09-10 13:53:06

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the region of Papua in Indonesia on Saturday and has no potential to trigger a tsunami, the country's geophysics agency (BMKG) said. The quake struck about...

US imposes sanctions on Iran over cyber activities, cyberattack on Albania

US imposes sanctions on Iran over cyber activities, cyberattack on Albania

REUTERS 2022-09-10 12:41:13

The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and its minister, accusing them of being tied to a disruptive July cyberattack on Albania and engaging in other cyber a...

Canada agrees to resettle Afghans held in UAE facility, sources say

Canada agrees to resettle Afghans held in UAE facility, sources say

-- 2022-09-10 11:51:57

Canada will accept some 1,000 Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover of their homeland and have been held for months in a makeshift refugee centre in the United Arab Emirates awaiting resettlemen...

Ukraine retakes territory in Kharkiv region as Russian front crumbles

Ukraine retakes territory in Kharkiv region as Russian front crumbles

REUTERS 2022-09-10 11:45:44

Ukrainian forces have seized an expanding area of previously Russian-held territory in the east in a "very sharp and rapid" advance, a Russian-installed regional official said on Friday, in a br...

Germany’s bakeries burnt by rising energy prices

Germany’s bakeries burnt by rising energy prices

-- 2022-09-09 20:49:15

German bakery owner Peter Hemmerle is expecting his company's annual electricity bill to quadruple to 1.2 million euros as energy prices have risen since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. According...

Britain's King Charles reaches London, greets public outside Buckingham Palace

Britain's King Charles reaches London, greets public outside Buckingham Palace

-- 2022-09-09 19:54:45

Britain's King Charles reached London on Friday, having flown back from Scotland to address the nation following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth a day earlier. Charles, wearing a dark suit an...

UN chief appeals to world for massive help for flood-ravaged Pakistan

UN chief appeals to world for massive help for flood-ravaged Pakistan

-- 2022-09-09 18:32:51

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the world for huge help for flood-ravaged Pakistan on Friday as he visited to boost the response to a disaster that the government estimates has cause...

Russian invasion of Ukraine caused $97 billion in damages   

Russian invasion of Ukraine caused $97 billion in damages   

-- 2022-09-09 18:23:54

Russia's invasion caused over $97 billion in direct damages to Ukraine through June 1, but it could cost nearly $350 billion to rebuild the country, a report released Friday by the World Bank, Ukraini...

King Charles to address a nation shaken by death of queen

King Charles to address a nation shaken by death of queen

-- 2022-09-09 17:09:12

Britain's King Charles will address a country in mourning on Friday following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, the only monarch most Britons ever knew and the "spirit of the nation" for seven...

Russian air strike hits hospital in Ukraine, wounds people

Russian air strike hits hospital in Ukraine, wounds people

-- 2022-09-09 16:29:43

A Russian air strike hit a hospital in Ukraine's northeastern region of Sumy on Friday morning, destroying the building and wounding people, the region's governor said. "Russian aviation, without cro...

Britain’s royal mourning to last until seven days after queen's funeral

Britain’s royal mourning to last until seven days after queen's funeral

-- 2022-09-09 16:12:43

Britain's royal family will observe a period of mourning that ends on the seventh day after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, with flags at royal residences to remain at half-mast. "Following the death...

Kim Jong Un's 'decapitation' fears shine through in new North Korea nuclear law

Kim Jong Un's 'decapitation' fears shine through in new North Korea nuclear law

REUTERS 2022-09-09 15:08:21

A new North Korean law calls for "automatic" nuclear launches if the country's leadership or command and control systems are threatened, underscoring leader Kim Jong Un's fears of a so-called "decapit...