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More US lawmakers set to visit Taiwan 

More US lawmakers set to visit Taiwan 

-- 2022-08-25 19:07:37

Another group of US lawmakers will arrive in Taiwan on Thursday evening, Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported, the third such visit this month and defying pressure from Beijing for these tri...

UK imposes new sanctions against Myanmar in support of Rohingya community

UK imposes new sanctions against Myanmar in support of Rohingya community

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-25 18:55:14

The UK on Thursday took fresh action against Myanmar Armed Forces into the sixth year of the military’s campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya community. New sanctions have been impo...

Japan police chief to resign over Shinzo Abe assassination 

Japan police chief to resign over Shinzo Abe assassination 

-- 2022-08-25 18:13:45

Japan's national police chief said Thursday he will resign to take responsibility over shortfalls in security that an investigation by his own agency showed did not adequately safeguard former Japanes...

Myanmar junta detains former UK ambassador in Yangon 

Myanmar junta detains former UK ambassador in Yangon 

-- 2022-08-25 17:49:49

Authorities in Myanmar have detained Britain's former ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation, where a military junta seized power last year, three people with knowledge of the situation said on Thur...

Taliban say they've not found body of al Qaeda leader

Taliban say they've not found body of al Qaeda leader

-- 2022-08-25 16:17:18

The Taliban have not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and are continuing investigations, group spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday, after the United States said they killed the al Qaed...

EU to urge big polluters to toughen climate pledges by COP27 summit

EU to urge big polluters to toughen climate pledges by COP27 summit

-- 2022-08-25 15:47:20

 The European Union will urge the world's biggest economies to improve their targets to fight climate change ahead of this year's UN climate summit and warn that states' current efforts fall shor...

Malaysia's Mahathir says 'highly likely' jailed Najib will get royal pardon

Malaysia's Mahathir says 'highly likely' jailed Najib will get royal pardon

-- 2022-08-25 11:43:27

Malaysia's veteran politician Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday that the disgraced former premier Najib Razak, who he helped bring down, was likely to receive a royal pardon and be released from...

Russian attack kills 22 civilians on Ukraine's Independence Day

Russian attack kills 22 civilians on Ukraine's Independence Day

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-25 10:03:24

A Russian missile attack killed 22 civilians and set a passenger train on fire in eastern Ukraine as the country marked its Independence Day under heavy shelling, officials in Kyiv said. President Vo...

Britain imported no fuel from Russia in June

Britain imported no fuel from Russia in June

-- 2022-08-24 20:48:19

Britain imported no fuel from Russia in June for the first time since records began 25 years ago, as sanctions on Moscow in response to its invasion of Ukraine helped drive a 97 per cent fall in impor...

Pakistan appeals for international assistance after floods

Pakistan appeals for international assistance after floods

-- 2022-08-24 19:22:55

Pakistan has urged the international community to help with relief efforts as it struggles to cope with the aftermath of torrential rains that triggered massive floods last month, killing more than 80...

Japan plans to build next-generation nuclear reactors 

Japan plans to build next-generation nuclear reactors 

-- 2022-08-24 18:26:58

Japan is considering constructing next-generation nuclear reactors, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at an energy policy meeting on Wednesday.  Eleven years after the Fukushima disaste...

Ukrainian marks Independence Day amid fears of new attacks

Ukrainian marks Independence Day amid fears of new attacks

-- 2022-08-24 18:14:39

Ukrainians revelled in a surreal display of burnt-out Russian tanks and armour laid out this week as war trophies in central Kyiv to mark the 31st anniversary of independence, but fears of fresh Russi...

India’s Tripura state wants to operate flights on Agartala-Chattogram-Agartala route

India’s Tripura state wants to operate flights on Agartala-Chattogram-Agartala route

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-24 17:43:00

Tripura, a hilly state in northeast India, wants to start international flights on the Agartala-Chittagong-Agartala route by the end of this year Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushanta Ch...

Fatal stabbings highlight violence against women in Egypt

Fatal stabbings highlight violence against women in Egypt

-- 2022-08-24 16:59:10

A series of violent crimes against women in Egypt has drawn attention to gaps in legal and social protections that leave female citizens vulnerable to attacks and harassment, victims and activists say...

Just over half of Americans say US should back Ukraine until Russia pulls out: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Just over half of Americans say US should back Ukraine until Russia pulls out: Reuters/Ipsos poll

-- 2022-08-24 16:31:42

After half a year of war in Ukraine, a slim majority of Americans agree that the United States should continue to support Kyiv until Russia withdraws all its forces, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opini...

‘Died for Russia’: Daughter of Putin ally hailed as ‘martyr’

‘Died for Russia’: Daughter of Putin ally hailed as ‘martyr’

-- 2022-08-24 16:22:08

Hundreds of people bade farewell to Darya Dugina, the daughter of a prominent right-wing political thinker in Russia, at her funeral after she was killed in a car bombing, hailing her as a martyr, rep...

‘Absolutely glorious’: Malaysians hail jailing of ex-PM Najib Razak

‘Absolutely glorious’: Malaysians hail jailing of ex-PM Najib Razak

-- 2022-08-24 16:16:05

Najib Razak has become Malaysia’s first former prime minister to go to prison after the country’s top court upheld his corruption conviction and 12-year jail sentence, in a case linked to...

Thai court suspends PM Prayuth from official duties

Thai court suspends PM Prayuth from official duties

-- 2022-08-24 16:07:55

Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha from official duties on Wednesday, after it decided to hear a petition to review his legally mandated eight-year term limit....

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband sentenced for drink-driving crash

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband sentenced for drink-driving crash

-- 2022-08-24 15:48:34

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband has been sentenced to five days in jail after pleading guilty to drink driving. Paul Pelosi, 82, admitted driving under the influence of alc...

Zelenskiy says Ukraine was 'reborn' when Russia invaded

Zelenskiy says Ukraine was 'reborn' when Russia invaded

REUTERS 2022-08-24 14:15:09

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Ukrainians on Wednesday in an emotional speech to mark 31 years of independence that Ukraine was reborn when Russia invaded on Feb 24 and would recapture annexed Cri...

Japan to waive pre-departure COVID tests for vaccinated travellers

Japan to waive pre-departure COVID tests for vaccinated travellers

-- 2022-08-24 12:31:05

Japan will waive pre-departure COVID-19 tests for vaccinated travellers to the country, but daily caps on entrants will remain in place, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday. The requiremen...

China faces more climate havoc despite cool-off in some regions

China faces more climate havoc despite cool-off in some regions

REUTERS 2022-08-24 10:59:45

Extreme heat in China played havoc with crops and power supplies on Wednesday despite lower temperatures in some regions, with authorities across the Yangtze river basin scrambling to limit the damage...

Zelensky vows to restore Ukrainian rule in Russia-annexed Crimea

Zelensky vows to restore Ukrainian rule in Russia-annexed Crimea

-- 2022-08-23 19:24:25

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Tuesday to restore Ukrainian rule over Russia-annexed Crimea, a move that he said would help re-establish "world law and order". He told an internation...

Finnish PM apologises for party picture

Finnish PM apologises for party picture

-- 2022-08-23 19:03:09

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Tuesday apologised for a picture that emerged from a private party she had thrown at her official residence in July, following a public stir over her partying in...

Thai capital braces for protests over PM's term limit

Thai capital braces for protests over PM's term limit

-- 2022-08-23 18:39:19

Thai authorities ramped up security in the capital on Tuesday ahead of protests calling on the prime minister to resign, as a court considers whether to take up a petition to rule on when his constitu...

Netherlands announces $80m aid package for Ukraine  

Netherlands announces $80m aid package for Ukraine  

-- 2022-08-23 18:19:46

The Netherlands has decided to provide Ukraine with an additional aid package worth about 80 million euros ($80 million), the Dutch Defense Ministry said in a statement.  On Monday, Dutch Defens...

Pakistan court summons Imran Khan on August 31 in contempt case

Pakistan court summons Imran Khan on August 31 in contempt case

-- 2022-08-23 18:10:11

A court in Pakistan has a show-cause notice to Imran Khan, a former prime minister of the country, and summoned him in his personal capacity on August 31 in contempt of court proceedings against him....

Indian farmers resume protests, break barriers to enter New Delhi

Indian farmers resume protests, break barriers to enter New Delhi

-- 2022-08-23 16:46:12

Protesters broke barricades and shouted slogans against India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Monday, after thousands of farmers gathered to protest against...

US urges its citizens to leave Ukraine as new Russian attacks feared

US urges its citizens to leave Ukraine as new Russian attacks feared

-- 2022-08-23 16:17:58

The US Embassy in Kyiv, warning of an increased possibility of Russian military strikes on Ukraine in the coming days around Ukrainian independence day, has again urged US citizens to leave if they ca...

Finland PM tests negative for drugs after party video uproar

Finland PM tests negative for drugs after party video uproar

-- 2022-08-23 15:33:40

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin tested negative after a drug test she took following the publication of video footage that showed her partying with friends. Marin’s urine sample was tested f...