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Taiwan to boost energy inventories amid China threat

Taiwan to boost energy inventories amid China threat

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-24 13:42:57

Taiwan is working to increase energy inventories in a move boost the island's resilience in the event of a crisis, a deputy economy minister said, as China stepped up military pressure to try to...

Iran's atomic energy organisation says e-mail was hacked

Iran's atomic energy organisation says e-mail was hacked

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-24 13:41:18

Iran's atomic energy organization said that an e-mail server belonging to one of its subsidiaries had been hacked from a foreign country and information publis...

Two Koreas exchange warning shots amid tensions

Two Koreas exchange warning shots amid tensions

-- 2022-10-24 13:26:13

North and South Korea exchanged warning shots off the west coast on Monday, accusing each other of breaching their maritime borders amid heightened military tension. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff...

Saudi Arabia launches bid to attract $10b in supply chain investment

Saudi Arabia launches bid to attract $10b in supply chain investment

-- 2022-10-23 21:15:59

Saudi Arabia's crown prince on Sunday launched an initiative to attract investments in supply chains to and from the kingdom, with an aim of raising an initial 40 billion riyals ($10.64 billion). The...

Taliban kill six Islamic State members in Kabul

Taliban kill six Islamic State members in Kabul

-- 2022-10-23 19:30:22

Taliban security forces killed six Islamic State members in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday. The Islamic State...

The power of one: Xi solidifies grip at party congress

The power of one: Xi solidifies grip at party congress

-- 2022-10-23 19:12:18

China wrapped up its twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle on Sunday, with Xi Jinping securing a third term as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party and packing the new Politburo Standing Comm...

Saudi forum set to draw US business leaders despite tensions

Saudi forum set to draw US business leaders despite tensions

-- 2022-10-23 17:47:34

A public spat between the United States and Saudi Arabia will not deter top Wall Street executives and US business leaders from a flagship investment event starting on Tuesday where the kingdom will s...

Southeast Asian ministers to discuss Myanmar in meeting on Thursday

Southeast Asian ministers to discuss Myanmar in meeting on Thursday

-- 2022-10-23 17:45:22

Southeast Asian foreign ministers will hold a special meeting in Indonesia on Thursday to discuss the Myanmar peace process, Cambodia's foreign ministry said on Sunday, according to Reuters.  Th...

Putin congratulates China's Xi on unprecedented third term

Putin congratulates China's Xi on unprecedented third term

-- 2022-10-23 16:29:30

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday on securing an unprecedented third term as leader, and said he looked forward to further developing a "comprehensi...

China's central bank chief may step down after exclusion from ruling party

China's central bank chief may step down after exclusion from ruling party

-- 2022-10-22 20:05:48

China's central bank chief Yi Gang is likely to step down after he was dropped from an elite body of the ruling Communist Party, with a former central banker a leading contender to succeed him, source...

Iran condemns call for UN probe into alleged use of its drones in Ukraine

Iran condemns call for UN probe into alleged use of its drones in Ukraine

-- 2022-10-22 18:32:47

Iran on Saturday strongly condemned a call by France, Germany and Britain for the United Nations to probe accusations that Russia has used Iranian-origin drones to attack Ukraine, its foreign ministry...

Iran's Guards warn cleric over 'agitating' in restive southeast

Iran's Guards warn cleric over 'agitating' in restive southeast

-- 2022-10-22 17:53:44

Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused a Sunni cleric of agitating against the Islamic Republic and warned it may cost him dearly after he said officials including the supreme leader were responsible for...

China’s Communist Party wraps up its congress, cements Xi Jinping’s grip on power

China’s Communist Party wraps up its congress, cements Xi Jinping’s grip on power

-- 2022-10-22 16:42:20

China's ruling Communist Party wrapped up its twice-a-decade congress on Saturday, cementing Xi Jinping's iron grip on power and revealing a new Central Committee missing two key officials lacking clo...

15 dead as bus carrying workers home for Diwali crashes in India

15 dead as bus carrying workers home for Diwali crashes in India

-- 2022-10-22 16:12:54

At least 15 people were killed and 40 others injured after a bus slammed into a stationary truck on a highway in India’s Madhya Pradesh. Nearly 100 passengers, mostly workers heading home for D...

Taliban kill six Islamic State members in raid in Afghan capital

Taliban kill six Islamic State members in raid in Afghan capital

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-22 11:59:27

Taliban security forces killed six Islamic State members in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday, Reuters repor...

Pakistan removed from FATF’s grey list on terrorism financing

Pakistan removed from FATF’s grey list on terrorism financing

-- 2022-10-21 23:22:08

Pakistan has been removed from an international grey list that warrants increased surveillance for terrorism financing, the head of the international money laundering watchdog which makes the list sai...

Serum Institute of India destroys 100m doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Serum Institute of India destroys 100m doses of Covid-19 vaccine

-- 2022-10-21 21:52:39

Indian vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has said it had to dump 100 million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine after they expired. The firm stopped producing Covishield in December last year...

India orders probe into dengue patient's death 'due to lime juice drip'

India orders probe into dengue patient's death 'due to lime juice drip'

-- 2022-10-21 21:01:58

Authorities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have ordered a probe into allegations of medical negligence after the family of a dengue patient claimed that he was given sweet lime (locally...

Child deaths from acute kidney injury rise to 133 in Indonesia

Child deaths from acute kidney injury rise to 133 in Indonesia

-- 2022-10-21 18:12:40

Indonesia's health minister said on Friday that the number of children who had died from acute kidney injury (AKI) rose to 133 from the previously reported 99. The deaths were among a total of 241 ca...

India rice export curbs to end a decade of price stability

India rice export curbs to end a decade of price stability

-- 2022-10-21 17:24:46

India's recent curbs on rice exports could trigger a rally in global prices after more than a decade of stability, traders said, as New Delhi's protectionist move coincides with falling output in othe...

Iran advises citizens not to visit Ukraine

Iran advises citizens not to visit Ukraine

-- 2022-10-21 16:58:52

Iran advised its citizens on Friday not to travel to Ukraine and urged Iranians already there to leave, semi-official news agencies reported, a day after the United States accused Iran of helping Russ...

Indian Army chopper crashes near China border, three killed

Indian Army chopper crashes near China border, three killed

-- 2022-10-21 16:55:33

At least three armed forces personnel were killed after an Indian Army chopper crashed near the border with China in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday. The accident occurred in mo...

Pakistan's election commission disqualifies ex-PM Imran Khan

Pakistan's election commission disqualifies ex-PM Imran Khan

-- 2022-10-21 16:02:52

Pakistan's elections commission on Friday disqualified former Prime Minister Imran Khan from his seat in the National Assembly, citing charges of concealing assets in a move likely to deepen lingering...

In Indian village, residents take to YouTube to fulfil their Bollywood dreams

In Indian village, residents take to YouTube to fulfil their Bollywood dreams

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-21 10:27:12

A man sporting a black cap and pink T-shirt sits on a bullock cart, pile of grass behind him, and busts a rhyme to a camera while riding across the dusty streets of India's Tulsi village, Reut...

Floods, early snow risk killing off Kashmir's nomadic culture

Floods, early snow risk killing off Kashmir's nomadic culture

-- 2022-10-20 19:33:38

When nomad Mohammed Rabbani and his family left the soaring April heat of their hometown to start their annual trek into the hills of Kashmir to graze their livestock, they took 400 sheep and goats wi...

Exiled Iranian boxer says street protests not good strategy for opposing Iran's government

Exiled Iranian boxer says street protests not good strategy for opposing Iran's government

-- 2022-10-20 15:50:27

Street protests are not a good strategy for opposing Iran's government, an Iranian female boxer in exile said after climber Elnaz Rekabi - who caused controversy by competing in an international conte...

US considering joint weapons production with Taiwan

US considering joint weapons production with Taiwan

-- 2022-10-20 15:36:49

The US government is considering a plan to jointly produce weapons with Taiwan, a business lobby said on Wednesday, an initiative intended to speed up arms transfers to bolster Taipei's deterrence aga...

Xi would be a 'sinner' of all Chinese if he attacks island, Taiwan's top security official says

Xi would be a 'sinner' of all Chinese if he attacks island, Taiwan's top security official says

-- 2022-10-20 15:29:51

Chinese President Xi Jinping would become a 'sinner' of all Chinese people if he attacked Taiwan and would not win a war as he would face international sanctions and diplomatic isolation, Taiwan's top...

Malaysia to go to polls on Nov 19

Malaysia to go to polls on Nov 19

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-20 11:25:41

Malaysia will hold a general election on Nov 19, its election commission said on Thursday, in a contest that the ruling graft-tainted party hopes would strengthen its hold on power, Reuters repo...

Malaysia deports Myanmar asylum seekers despite dangers back home

Malaysia deports Myanmar asylum seekers despite dangers back home

-- 2022-10-19 17:08:33

Malaysia deported 150 Myanmar nationals this month, including former navy officers seeking asylum, and plans to send back more despite the risk of arrest they face at home, four sources familiar with...