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Netanyahu likely to be charged with corruption

Netanyahu likely to be charged with corruption

-- 2018-02-14 10:51:42

Israeli police have recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for bribery, opening the way for what could be the biggest challenge yet to the right-wing leader’s political survival...

Myanmar sees stability, peace in Rakhine ‘absolutely critical’

Myanmar sees stability, peace in Rakhine ‘absolutely critical’

-- 2018-02-13 21:42:23

A Myanmar government report has observed that stability, peace and development of Rakhine State are absolutely critical for entire Myanmar to become stable, peaceful and developed. It said, "The curr...

India shipyard blast claims five lives

India shipyard blast claims five lives

-- 2018-02-13 15:05:17

Five people have been killed and around 11 others wounded after a blast occurred, caused by a fire on a ship undergoing maintenance at India’s Cochin Shipyard Limited, a company spokeswoman said...

Australia deputy PM denies breaking code of conduct

Australia deputy PM denies breaking code of conduct

-- 2018-02-13 13:54:04

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said on Tuesday that he did not break any parliamentary rules while having an extramarital affair with a former staffer as he faced down calls for...

Afghan airstrikes kill 43 insurgents

Afghan airstrikes kill 43 insurgents

-- 2018-02-13 12:26:36

Afghan air force launched airstrikes in southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday night, killing at least 43 militants and wounding more than 20 others, provincial police chief said Tuesday. Afg...

‘Gita’ batters Tonga’s capital, causes flooding

‘Gita’ batters Tonga’s capital, causes flooding

-- 2018-02-13 11:13:04

Powerful tropical cyclone Gita barrelled through the Pacific island nation on early Tuesday, tearing roofs off homes, flattening the parliament and causing widespread flooding. There were no confirme...

Cambodia deports seven foreigners over explicit production

Cambodia deports seven foreigners over explicit production

-- 2018-02-12 20:38:11

Cambodia has deported seven out of a group of 10 foreigners who were charged with producing pornography in connection with a party in the tourist town of Siem Reap, a court said on Monday. The 10 wer...

Myanmar Muslims feel ‘trapped' as violence fuels fear

Myanmar Muslims feel ‘trapped' as violence fuels fear

-- 2018-02-12 15:07:49

Rahim Muddinn watched, amazed, for four straight days last month, as Myanmar's state-run newspapers published special supplements showing Rohingya Muslims accused of being terrorists - nearly 250 phot...

UNSC to meet Wednesday on Rohingya crisis

UNSC to meet Wednesday on Rohingya crisis

FE Online Desk 2018-02-12 14:31:00

UN Security Council will meet on Wednesday (New York time Tuesday) to discuss Rohingya issue and situation in Rakhine Sate, according to a provisional programme of the Security Council, report agencie...

Riyadh Ritz-Carlton Saudi hotel reopens

Riyadh Ritz-Carlton Saudi hotel reopens

-- 2018-02-12 12:07:26

A luxury Saudi hotel that served as a detention centre for dozens of princes and top officials held in a corruption drive since November has reopened. Reception staff at the five-star Ritz-Carlton in...

Boris Johnson meets Suu Kyi, calls for Rohingyas' dignified return

Boris Johnson meets Suu Kyi, calls for Rohingyas' dignified return

-- 2018-02-11 17:15:15

Boris Johnson has met Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi for talks amid the Rohingya refugee crisis. The foreign secretary called for the safe return to the country of refugees who have fled...

Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir no more

Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir no more

-- 2018-02-11 17:02:27

Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir passed away at a hospital in Lahore on Sunday due to a cardiac arrest at the age of 66. Jahangir was the daughter of Pakistani politician and former West...

One killed, 12 injured in Beijing mall attack

One killed, 12 injured in Beijing mall attack

-- 2018-02-11 16:49:16

A woman was killed and 12 other injured after a man carried out a knife attack in a mall in the Chinese capital, Beijing, police said on Sunday. Beijing police said in a short statement they had deta...

Iraqi children in poverty after war on Islamic State

Iraqi children in poverty after war on Islamic State

-- 2018-02-11 15:08:43

One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country’s war with Islamic State militants, the United Nation’s children agency said...

SL local polls: Ex-leader’s party heading for victory

SL local polls: Ex-leader’s party heading for victory

-- 2018-02-11 14:17:33

A political party backed by Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa looks set for a landslide victory in local polls, early results showed on Sunday. The results are potentially undermin...

Saudi women need not wear abayas, top cleric says

Saudi women need not wear abayas, top cleric says

-- 2018-02-11 13:15:18

Saudi women should not have to wear the abaya, a long loose-fitting robe used to cover their bodies in public, a top religious cleric has said. Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, a member of the Council of S...

Mild tremor shakes South Korea

Mild tremor shakes South Korea

-- 2018-02-11 12:06:03

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake shook the North Gyeongsang province in southeast South Korea, the weather service said Sunday. The tremor hit an area, 5 km northwest of the northern district in the countr...

Iran sneers at reports of Israel downing Iranian drone

Iran sneers at reports of Israel downing Iranian drone

-- 2018-02-11 11:58:20

Iran, Israel’s regional arch-enemy, rejected as “ridiculous” reports that Israel had intercepted an Iranian drone launched from Syria on Saturday, state TV reported. Separately, a R...

Israel responds in force to jet downing

Israel responds in force to jet downing

-- 2018-02-11 10:02:36

Israel says it has inflicted huge damage on Syrian air defences after one of its fighter jets was brought down during a raid over Syria. The response was the "most significant attack" of its kind aga...

Indonesia tourist bus plunges from hill, killing 27

Indonesia tourist bus plunges from hill, killing 27

-- 2018-02-11 09:37:26

A packed tourist bus returning from an outing collided with a motorbike and plunged from a hill on Indonesia's main island of Java after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, killing at least 27 people...

Kim Jong Un invites South Korean president for talks

Kim Jong Un invites South Korean president for talks

-- 2018-02-10 21:58:18

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in for talks in Pyongyang. South Korean officials made the announcement on Saturday, setting the stage for the first meeting of...

Hong Kong bus crash kills 19

Hong Kong bus crash kills 19

-- 2018-02-10 21:19:13

A double-decker bus has crashed in Hong Kong killing 19 people and injuring another 40 on Saturday, officials say. The bus was carrying spectators and workers from horse races before it overturned in...

Duterte warns of naval attack if sea wealth taken

Duterte warns of naval attack if sea wealth taken

-- 2018-02-10 20:42:30

The Philippine president has said he will order the navy to fire if other countries extract resources from waters within his country's exclusive economic zone. However, he added that he had no intent...

Palestine seeks India’s role for peace negotiations with Israel

Palestine seeks India’s role for peace negotiations with Israel

FE Online Desk 2018-02-10 20:33:26

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he is counting on India's support for a multi-country sponsorship of future Israeli-Palestinian negotiations....

Syria brings down Israeli fighter jet

Syria brings down Israeli fighter jet

-- 2018-02-10 19:15:58

An Israeli F-16 fighter jet has crashed on Saturday amid Syrian anti-aircraft fire after an offensive against Iranian targets in Syria, the Israeli military says. The two pilots parachuted to safety...

Taiwan earthquake death toll rises to 14

Taiwan earthquake death toll rises to 14

-- 2018-02-10 18:42:09

Search and rescue workers found the bodies of two people believed to be members of a Chinese family trapped in a partially collapsed hotel in Taiwan on Saturday, bringing the death toll from this week...

India garment factory fire kills one

India garment factory fire kills one

-- 2018-02-10 15:57:28

A 35-year-old man died after a major fire broke out at a garment factory in the Indian capital Delhi Saturday, officials said. "The fire erupted at a jeans factory on Tank Road in central Delhi this...

Israel retaliates after Iran drone attack

Israel retaliates after Iran drone attack

-- 2018-02-10 12:20:45

Israel shot down an Iranian drone launched from Syria and in response also struck Iranian targets there on Saturday, the Israeli military said. “A combat helicopter successfully intercepted an...

Militants attack India-controlled Kashmir army camp

Militants attack India-controlled Kashmir army camp

-- 2018-02-10 11:56:13

An army soldier and his daughter have been wounded after militants stormed a military camp in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday morning, said police. The gunmen, believed to be fidayeen (...

Reuters journalists held over ‘probe into Rohingya killings’

Reuters journalists held over ‘probe into Rohingya killings’

-- 2018-02-09 21:40:05

Reuters has revealed details of an investigation into a mass execution of Rohingyas by soldiers and villagers, which it says lies behind the arrest of two of its journalists in Myanmar. Wa Lone and K...