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Sri Lanka postpones local elections due to lack of funds

Sri Lanka postpones local elections due to lack of funds

-- 2023-02-25 18:50:32

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is postponing local government elections that had been due to take place early next month, because of a lack of funds, the country's election commission said on Friday. The is...

Nepal's deputy PM, three other ministers quit

Nepal's deputy PM, three other ministers quit

-- 2023-02-25 18:42:15

Nepal's ruling coalition was in turmoil on Saturday after the Prime Minister said he planned to support a presidential candidate from an opposition party, a decision that prompted the deputy prime min...

G20 finance chiefs differ on debt, Russia-Ukraine war

G20 finance chiefs differ on debt, Russia-Ukraine war

-- 2023-02-25 16:39:24

Finance leaders of the world's biggest economies were entangled in differences on Saturday over the war in Ukraine and on resolving the debt burden of distressed developing nations, participants said....

Iran says it has developed long-range cruise missile

Iran says it has developed long-range cruise missile

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-25 11:07:16

Iran has developed a cruise missile with a range of 1,650 km (1,025 miles) a top Revolutionary Guards commander said on Friday, in a move likely to raise Western concerns after Russia's use of Iranian...

Japan to propose new Russia sanctions at online G-7 summit

Japan to propose new Russia sanctions at online G-7 summit

-- 2023-02-24 22:07:36

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday he plans to present to other Group of Seven countries a set of "new ideas" for sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine when he hosts an onlin...

Indonesia tightens security in Papua after 10 killed in riot

Indonesia tightens security in Papua after 10 killed in riot

-- 2023-02-24 19:34:51

Indonesia tightened security in the town of Wamena in the easternmost region of Papua, after 10 people were killed during a riot triggered by rumours that a child had been kidnapped, an official said...

Blinken to attend G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi

Blinken to attend G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi

-- 2023-02-24 19:31:41

US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken will travel to New Delhi, India on March 1 to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting. The meeting will focus on strengthening multilateralism and dee...

India urges focus on 'most vulnerable' at G20 meeting, avoids mention of war

India urges focus on 'most vulnerable' at G20 meeting, avoids mention of war

REUTERS 2023-02-24 12:37:29

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged global financial leaders to focus on the world's "most vulnerable citizens" as he inaugurated a G20 meeting on Friday, the first anniversary of Russia's i...

6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Tajikistan

6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Tajikistan

-- 2023-02-23 18:41:47

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China's far western Xinjiang region. It was 67 kilometres (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan, a...

Sri Lanka approves $442m Adani power plants

Sri Lanka approves $442m Adani power plants

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-23 12:31:30

Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment on Wednesday approved two wind power plants by India’s Adani Green Energy Ltd with a total investment of $442 million, a statement issued by the board said....

Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China

Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China

REUTERS 2023-02-23 11:03:35

An earthquake of about 7.2 magnitude shook Tajikistan at 8:37 am (0037 GMT) on Thursday at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), Chinese state television CCTV reported,citing the China Earthquake Networks Cent...

Pakistan cuts government expenses by 15pc to save $766m annually  

Pakistan cuts government expenses by 15pc to save $766m annually  

-- 2023-02-22 21:46:06

Pakistan's government will cut back allowances and travel expenses of ministers and advisers as part of an austerity drive that will save it 200 billion rupees ($766 million) a year. The belt tighten...

Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolts Nepal

Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolts Nepal

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-22 20:32:10

An earthquake of magnitude measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Nepal around 1:45 pm on Wednesday, according to Nepal's National Earthquake Monitoring & Research Centre (NEMRC). The epicentr...

South Korea to lift post-arrival COVID test requirement for travellers from China

South Korea to lift post-arrival COVID test requirement for travellers from China

Reuters 2023-02-22 08:49:09

South Korea will not require travellers from China to test for COVID-19 after arrival starting next month, although they will still need to take pre-departure tests, a senior South Korean official sai...

Iranian foundation offers land to Salman Rushdie's attacker

Iranian foundation offers land to Salman Rushdie's attacker

-- 2023-02-21 16:55:23

An Iranian foundation has praised a man accused of severely injuring novelist Salman Rushdie in an attack last year and promised him 1,000 sq metres of agricultural land, state TV reported on Tuesday...

Pakistan hikes tax on luxury goods, services for IMF loan

Pakistan hikes tax on luxury goods, services for IMF loan

-- 2023-02-21 16:14:46

Pakistan's parliament gave the go-ahead Monday for the government to raise taxes on a raft of luxury imports and services in a bid to unlock the next tranche of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) lo...

China says certain countries must stop 'fuelling the fire' in Ukraine conflict

China says certain countries must stop 'fuelling the fire' in Ukraine conflict

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-21 15:23:23

China is "deeply worried" that the Ukraine conflict could spiral out of control, foreign minister Qin Gang said on Tuesday, and called on certain countries to stop "fuelling the fire" in an apparent d...

Thousands of trucks stuck at Afghan-Pakistan border crossing

Thousands of trucks stuck at Afghan-Pakistan border crossing

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-21 15:12:19

A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed for a third day, with thousands of goods vehicles stuck and businesses facing losses as officials from both sides try to broker a...

Groundwater carries radiation risk for North Korean cities near nuke test site, rights group says

Groundwater carries radiation risk for North Korean cities near nuke test site, rights group says

Reuters 2023-02-21 12:29:30

Tens of thousands of North Koreans and people in South Korea, Japan and China could be exposed to radioactive materials spread through groundwater from an underground nuclear test site, a Seoul-based...

Former Pakistan PM Khan gets court protection against arrest

Former Pakistan PM Khan gets court protection against arrest

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-21 09:39:09

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was granted protective bail by a court in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday, providing him respite from arrest for two weeks in a case that involves charge...

India's sugar output could fall further as cane matures early

India's sugar output could fall further as cane matures early

-- 2023-02-20 18:47:30

India is set to produce lesser sugar than previously estimated by industry bodies and government agencies, with the cane crop maturing early and losing weight due to weather conditions in key growing...

Pakistan, Afghanistan close main border crossing; sound of gunfire reported

Pakistan, Afghanistan close main border crossing; sound of gunfire reported

-- 2023-02-20 15:07:20

The main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan was closed on Monday, officials from the two sides said, and residents in the area reported the sound of gunfire near the normally bustling bo...

North Korea fires short-range missiles after making threat

North Korea fires short-range missiles after making threat

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-20 10:24:40

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its eastern coast on Monday in its second weapons test in three days that drew quick condemnation from its rivals. The weapons firings follow...

Taliban plans to turn former foreign bases into special economic zones

Taliban plans to turn former foreign bases into special economic zones

-- 2023-02-19 19:36:21

The Taliban administration will move ahead with plans to turn former foreign military bases into special economic zones for businesses, the acting deputy prime minister for economic affairs said in a...

New Zealand’s cyclone death toll climbs to 11

New Zealand’s cyclone death toll climbs to 11

-- 2023-02-19 15:38:31

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand climbed to 11 on Sunday as thousands of people remained missing a week after the storm struck the country's North Island. The cyclone hit the isla...

North Korea confirms ICBM drill, touts 'fatal nuclear counterattack' capabilities

North Korea confirms ICBM drill, touts 'fatal nuclear counterattack' capabilities

Reuters 2023-02-19 12:59:55

North Korea said on Sunday it had fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the day before in a "sudden launching drill" that confirmed its readiness for "mobile and mighty countera...

Senior Chinese diplomat urges US to correct mistakes in airship incident

Senior Chinese diplomat urges US to correct mistakes in airship incident

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-19 10:38:00

A senior Chinese diplomat on Saturday urged the United States to show sincerity, correct its mistakes, acknowledge and repair the damage it has done to the China-U.S. relations over the Chinese civili...

Jaishankar describes Modi’s critic, US billionaire, as ‘dangerous’

Jaishankar describes Modi’s critic, US billionaire, as ‘dangerous’

-- 2023-02-18 19:44:11

India’s foreign minister said the democratic world needed a debate on democracy, labelling billionaire investor George Soros “old, rich, opinionated and dangerous” for his comments o...

North Korea fires missile as US, South Korea prepare for drills

North Korea fires missile as US, South Korea prepare for drills

-- 2023-02-18 17:53:37

South Korea’s military said North Korea on Saturday fired one suspected long-range missile from its capital toward the sea, a day after it threatened to take strong measures against South Korea...

53 civilians killed in an attack in Syria, Islamic State blamed

53 civilians killed in an attack in Syria, Islamic State blamed

-- 2023-02-18 17:34:27

At least 53 civilians were killed in an attack in Syria's central desert province of Homs, state media reported on Friday, blaming jihadist militant group Islamic State. The bodies of all victims tak...