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Deadly battles erupt across Tripoli, raising fears of wider Libya war

Deadly battles erupt across Tripoli, raising fears of wider Libya war

REUTERS 2022-08-28 10:06:43

Rival factions battled across Libya's capital on Saturday in the worst fighting there in two years as a months-long political standoff burst into urban warfare that threatens to escalate into a wider...

US warships carrying out Taiwan Strait passage, first since Pelosi visit

US warships carrying out Taiwan Strait passage, first since Pelosi visit

-- 2022-08-28 09:37:17

Two US Navy warships are sailing through international waters in the Taiwan Strait, three US officials told Reuters, the first such operation since heightened tension with China over US House Speaker...

People, who entered Russia from Ukraine after Feb 18, to get benefit payment

People, who entered Russia from Ukraine after Feb 18, to get benefit payment

-- 2022-08-27 23:06:52

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a decree introducing financial benefits for people who left Ukrainian territory to come to Russia, including pensioners, pregnant women and disabled...

Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of shelling around nuclear plant

Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of shelling around nuclear plant

-- 2022-08-27 20:03:57

Moscow and Kyiv traded fresh accusations on Saturday of shelling around the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which has been a focus of international concern that fighting...

Nicole Mann says she is proud to be first Native American woman in space

Nicole Mann says she is proud to be first Native American woman in space

-- 2022-08-27 19:22:27

Nicole Aunapu Mann has waited nine long years for her chance to go into space. And if all goes according to plan, that wait will end on Oct. 03, when she will lead NASA's Crew-5 mission to the Intern...

Pakistan police want to search Imran Khan’s residence

Pakistan police want to search Imran Khan’s residence

-- 2022-08-27 19:19:18

Pakistan’s police want to conduct search operations at the residence of Imran Khan, a former prime minister of the country and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). The Islamabad police h...

India to raze skyscrapers in record demolition

India to raze skyscrapers in record demolition

-- 2022-08-27 19:06:09

Indian authorities started evacuating thousands of people from their homes on Saturday ahead of the demolition of two 40-storey skyscrapers in a residential area on the outskirts of New Delhi, officia...

Malnutrition fuels humanitarian crisis in Nigeria

Malnutrition fuels humanitarian crisis in Nigeria

-- 2022-08-27 17:05:57

Lying on a small bed next to her mother, 14-month-old Aisha Usman stares blankly, her eyes sunk in their sockets and rib cage visible. She is the latest arrival at a treatment centre for severely mal...

Why is Taiwan now so important to US politicians?

Why is Taiwan now so important to US politicians?

-- 2022-08-27 16:32:46

Another senior US politician is visiting Taiwan as Chinese military drills around the independent island have just wound down. Described as rehearsals for a potential invasion of the island, the unpr...

How Ukraine turns cheap tablets into lethal weapons

How Ukraine turns cheap tablets into lethal weapons

-- 2022-08-27 16:14:39

Years before Russia invaded Ukraine, Oleksiy Savchenko helped develop one of the most lethal and inexpensive weapons now used by thousands of Ukrainian service members. In 2014, he was among the prot...

Pakistan declares national emergency as flood toll nears 1,000

Pakistan declares national emergency as flood toll nears 1,000

-- 2022-08-27 16:07:07

The Pakistan government has declared devastating floods a “national emergency” after nearly 1,000 people died and more than 30 million are without shelter as monsoon rains continue to lash...

Russia can't stop war, even if Ukraine drops NATO hopes: Putin ally

Russia can't stop war, even if Ukraine drops NATO hopes: Putin ally

REUTERS 2022-08-27 13:34:00

A top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would not stop its military campaign in Ukraine even if Kyiv formally renounced its aspirations to join NATO. Former Presiden...

Fears of a radiation leak mount near Ukrainian nuclear plant

Fears of a radiation leak mount near Ukrainian nuclear plant

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-27 13:19:31

Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Friday in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the co...

Death toll from floods in Afghanistan rises above 180: Taliban

Death toll from floods in Afghanistan rises above 180: Taliban

-- 2022-08-27 12:13:40

Flooding in Afghanistan this month killed more than 180 people, the Taliban said on Thursday, appealing to the international community for help, Reuters reports. Flooding has wrought widespread devas...

Russia burns off gas as Europe's energy bills rocket

Russia burns off gas as Europe's energy bills rocket

-- 2022-08-26 20:03:22

As Europe's energy costs skyrocket, Russia is burning off large amounts of natural gas, according to analysis shared with BBC News. They say the plant, near the border with Finland, is burning an est...

Forget showering, it's eat or heat for shocked Europeans hit by energy crisis

Forget showering, it's eat or heat for shocked Europeans hit by energy crisis

-- 2022-08-26 19:51:02

No more ironing, limited oven use and showering at work – Europeans are trying to keep their energy use down but the bills keep climbing. As wholesale gas and electricity prices surge, millions...

US suspends 26 Chinese flights  

US suspends 26 Chinese flights  

-- 2022-08-26 18:03:17

The US government said on Thursday it will suspend 26 China-bound flights from the United States by four Chinese carriers in response to the Chinese government's decision to suspend some US carrier fl...

Putin orders Russian military to increase its number of soldiers

Putin orders Russian military to increase its number of soldiers

-- 2022-08-26 17:52:27

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday to increase the size of Russia's armed forces from 1.9 million to 2.04 million as the war in Ukraine enters its seventh month. Moscow has...

Cinema ticket sales in Saudi Arabia increase by 2,605pc since 2018

Cinema ticket sales in Saudi Arabia increase by 2,605pc since 2018

-- 2022-08-26 17:42:06

Annual cinema ticket sales in Saudi Arabia have risen 2,605 per cent since the first year that theatres were opened in the country, according to a report from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture....

Veteran of India's Congress quits with broadside against Gandhi scion

Veteran of India's Congress quits with broadside against Gandhi scion

-- 2022-08-26 16:08:05

A veteran leader of India's main opposition Congress party quit on Friday, issuing a scathing resignation letter in which he blamed the scion of the influential Gandhi family for the decline of the pa...

Pakistan floods affect over 30 million people

Pakistan floods affect over 30 million people

-- 2022-08-26 15:47:14

Historic monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan have affected more than 30 million people over the last few weeks, the country's climate change minister said on Thursday, calling the situation a "clim...

Turks frustrated by 'deliberate' increase in number of European visa rejections

Turks frustrated by 'deliberate' increase in number of European visa rejections

-- 2022-08-26 15:22:01

Turkish sports presenter Sinem Okten was surprised to see her visa application to Europe's Schengen area rejected twice, having visited often to cover matches and interview figures like Italian keeper...

Arrests over India politician and former TikTok star murder

Arrests over India politician and former TikTok star murder

BBC 2022-08-26 15:17:21

Police in India have arrested two men in connection with the murder of politician and former TikTok star Sonali Phogat. The arrests came on Thursday evening after a post-mortem revealed "mult...

China's navy begins to erase imaginary Taiwan Strait median line

China's navy begins to erase imaginary Taiwan Strait median line

REUTERS 2022-08-26 12:22:25

For nearly 70 years an imagined line running down the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China has helped keep the peace but the so-called median line is looking increasingly meaningless as China's mode...

France's Macron urges future with Algeria beyond 'painful' history

France's Macron urges future with Algeria beyond 'painful' history

REUTERS 2022-08-26 11:31:58

President Emmanuel Macron indicated France and Algeria should move beyond their "painful" shared history and look to the future on Thursday at the start of a three-day visit to the North African count...

Ukraine narrowly escapes nuclear catastrophe as plant loses power

Ukraine narrowly escapes nuclear catastrophe as plant loses power

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-26 11:26:37

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster as electricity to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was cut for hours due to Russian shelling in th...

Suspended Thai PM Prayuth says to continue as defence minister

Suspended Thai PM Prayuth says to continue as defence minister

-- 2022-08-26 10:34:16

Suspended Thai leader Prayuth Chan-ocha said on social media he will continue in his role as defence minister, in his first direct address to the public since a court ordered him to cease his duties a...

Takeover of NDTV by India's richest man worries journalists

Takeover of NDTV by India's richest man worries journalists

-- 2022-08-26 10:25:19

For years Indian television company NDTV pursued an independent line critical of the government even as others embraced strident nationalism. Now a proposed takeover by tycoon Gautam Adani's conglomer...

UK imposes fresh sanctions on Myanmar

UK imposes fresh sanctions on Myanmar

FE REPORT 2022-08-26 08:49:31

The United Kingdom on Thursday took fresh action against the Myanmar Armed Forces on the 5th anniversary of the military's campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya. New sanctions against m...

Thailand's new acting leader is another royalist military man

Thailand's new acting leader is another royalist military man

-- 2022-08-25 19:16:26

Thailand's new acting leader, Prawit Wongsuwan, represents little substantial change from suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha for opposition forces seeking to end what they decry as military do...