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Malaysia for extraditing Zakir Naik

Malaysia for extraditing Zakir Naik

FE Online Desk 2017-11-08 12:00:00

Malaysia has said it will send back controversial televangelist Zakir Naik upon the request from Indian government. Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said this on Wednesday amid reports that...

Myanmar seems in early repatriation stage: US

Myanmar seems in early repatriation stage: US

-- 2017-11-08 12:00:00

The Myanmar government appears committed to starting a repatriation programme but it is still in its early stages, the US State Department said. The department’s Population, Refugees and Migrat...

China rolls out lavish Trump reception

China rolls out lavish Trump reception

-- 2017-11-08 12:00:00

With lavish pageantry and an uncharacteristic personal flourish, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday rolled out a red carpet welcome for US President Donald Trump at the Forbidden City, the anci...

Four die as copter crashes in Japan

Four die as copter crashes in Japan

-- 2017-11-08 02:34:45

Four people were killed when a helicopter crashed in Gunma Prefecture in the northwest corner of Japan's Kanto region, Xinhua reported on Wednesday citing local media reports. According to local poli...

IndiGo issues apology for passenger altercation

IndiGo issues apology for passenger altercation

-- 2017-11-08 01:04:43

India's biggest airline IndiGo apologised to a passenger after video emerged of him being tackled by staff. The video released on Monday allegedly shows IndiGo staff manhandling the passenger on the...

Stop excessive military force: UNSC to Myanmar

Stop excessive military force: UNSC to Myanmar

-- 2017-11-07 12:00:00

The United Nations Security Council urged the Myanmar government on Monday to “ensure no further excessive use of military force in Rakhine state,” where violence has forced more than 0.60...

'Casualties' as gunmen storm Kabul TV station

'Casualties' as gunmen storm Kabul TV station

-- 2017-11-07 12:00:00

A private television station in the Afghan capital came under attack on Tuesday by a number of gunmen who broke into the building after an explosion, officials said. A tweet from the station’s...

Car crashes into Sydney classroom, killing two

Car crashes into Sydney classroom, killing two

-- 2017-11-07 10:55:36

Two eight-year-old boys were killed and another three children badly hurt after a car crashed into a classroom in Sydney on Tuesday, Australian police said. A sports utility vehicle smashed through t...

Iran’s action ‘act of war’: Saudi  

Iran’s action ‘act of war’: Saudi  

-- 2017-11-07 07:33:15

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has accused Iran of an act of "direct military aggression" by supplying missiles to rebels in Yemen. This "may be considered an act of war", state medi...

Vietnam typhoon death toll nears 50

Vietnam typhoon death toll nears 50

-- 2017-11-06 12:49:21

The death toll from the typhoon that struck Vietnam at the weekend has risen to at least 49, the government said on Monday. After Typhoon Damrey’s winds tore off roofs, felled trees and ripped...

Saudi prince dies in chopper crash

Saudi prince dies in chopper crash

BBC 2017-11-06 12:00:00

A Saudi prince has been killed when the helicopter he was travelling in crashed near the border with Yemen, state television reported. Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, the deputy governor of Asir province,...

Saudi princes held in anti-graft sweep

Saudi princes held in anti-graft sweep

BBC 2017-11-05 12:00:00

A new Saudi anti-corruption body has detained 11 princes, four sitting ministers and dozens of former ministers, media reports say. The detentions came hours after the new committee, headed by Crown...

Saudi forces intercept missile targeting airport

Saudi forces intercept missile targeting airport

-- 2017-11-05 11:29:27

Saudi Arabia said its forces intercepted a ballistic missile fired Saturday by rebels in from Yemen toward one of the kingdom’s major international airports on the outskirts of the capital, Riya...

Typhoon Damrey strikes Vietnam, killing 20

Typhoon Damrey strikes Vietnam, killing 20

Xinhua 2017-11-05 10:42:39

Typhoon Damrey has claimed 20 human lives and left 17 people missing after hitting Vietnam's central region on Saturday morning, the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Cont...

Trump in Japan as Asia tour begins

Trump in Japan as Asia tour begins

-- 2017-11-05 10:09:27

US President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Sunday at the start of a 12-day trip to Asia with South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines also on his itinerary. It will be the longest tour of A...

Saudi authorities detain billionaire prince for corruption

Saudi authorities detain billionaire prince for corruption

-- 2017-11-05 07:52:11

Saudi authorities detained a billionaire global investor and the head of the National Guard as part of an anti-corruption purge that consolidates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s hold on power...

Car bomb hits Yemen, killing five soldiers

Car bomb hits Yemen, killing five soldiers

-- 2017-11-05 01:24:43

A suicide car bomber killed at least five soldiers in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday, residents and a security official said. The attack took place at a checkpoint outside the main securi...

Syria declares victory over IS in Deir al-Zor city

Syria declares victory over IS in Deir al-Zor city

-- 2017-11-04 12:20:34

DEIR AL-ZOR, Nov 03 (Agencies): The Syrian government declared victory over Islamic State in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Friday, a big blow to the jihadists as their last stronghold in Syria cr...

Trump begins Asia tour

Trump begins Asia tour

Reuters 2017-11-04 10:11:21

President Donald Trump arrived in Hawaii on Friday as he set out on the longest trip to Asia by an American president in more than a quarter century, looking for help to pressure North Korea to stand...

Promote peace, China's Xi tells soldiers at first overseas base

Promote peace, China's Xi tells soldiers at first overseas base

Reuters 2017-11-04 10:05:23

Troops serving at China’s first overseas military base, in the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti, should help promote peace and stability, President Xi Jinping told them in a video chat, encour...

Lebanon PM resigns fearing Hezbollah assassination plot

Lebanon PM resigns fearing Hezbollah assassination plot

-- 2017-11-04 09:02:03

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has resigned, saying in a televised broadcast he feared for his life, while also fiercely criticising Iran. Hariri's father, former prime minister Rafik al-Hari...

Tillerson to visit Myanmar

Tillerson to visit Myanmar

Reuters 2017-11-03 11:13:54

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is visiting Myanmar on Nov 15 to discuss the situation in Rakhine State that has forced over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee and take refuge in Bangladesh. The St...

'Bad consequences' if US imposes sanctions: Myanmar

'Bad consequences' if US imposes sanctions: Myanmar

-- 2017-11-03 06:46:11

Proposed US sanctions targeting Myanmar’s military for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims would hinder the fledgling civilian government sharing power with the generals, a spokesman for de facto...

Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi visits Rakhine state

Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi visits Rakhine state

BBC 2017-11-02 12:00:00

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Rakhine on her first visit to the violence-torn state. Government officials say she is visiting the regional capital Sittwe and other towns d...

Suu Kyi urges 'coexistence' in Rakhine

Suu Kyi urges 'coexistence' in Rakhine

Reuters 2017-11-02 12:00:00

Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Thursday urged people "not to quarrel" as she visited areas riven by ethnic violence for the first time since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims...

Afghanistan tanker explosion leaves 15 dead

Afghanistan tanker explosion leaves 15 dead

Reuters 2017-11-02 10:04:29

At least 15 people were killed and 27 wounded when fuel tankers exploded in the town of Charikar, northwest of the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, destroying a nearby bus, residents and officials s...

At least 16 dead in India power plant explosion

At least 16 dead in India power plant explosion

-- 2017-11-01 12:00:00

At least 16 people were killed and dozens more injured in an explosion Wednesday at a thermal power plant in northern India, officials said. Sanjay Khatri, the area's top administrative officer, said...

Yemen war: 26 killed in Saudi coalition airstrike

Yemen war: 26 killed in Saudi coalition airstrike

-- 2017-11-01 12:00:00

A suspected airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen killed at least 29 people, including children, in the country's north, a Yemeni health official said Wednesday. Abdell...

Pakistani wife kills 15 in-laws bid to poison husband

Pakistani wife kills 15 in-laws bid to poison husband

BBC 2017-11-01 01:10:28

A newlywed woman in Pakistan has been arrested on suspicion of killing her husband and at least 14 of his relatives with poisoned milk. Police claim Asiya Bibi had intended the deadly substance for h...

Indonesia shootout leaves two militants dead

Indonesia shootout leaves two militants dead

Reuters 2017-10-31 12:49:20

Indonesian counter-terrorism police killed two militants suspected of having links with a pro-Islamic State network in a shootout on the eastern island of Sumbawa, officials said on Tuesday. Authori...