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-- 2021-12-05 16:52:42
Thirteen civilians and a soldier were killed in the northeastern state of Nagaland after Indian security forces ambushed a truck carrying locals, in a botched counter-insurgency operation. The tragic...
-- 2021-12-05 16:19:30
Five people were killed and at least 15 arrested after Myanmar security forces in a car rammed into an anti-coup protest on Sunday morning in Yangon, local news portal Myanmar Now reported. Witnesses...
-- 2021-12-05 13:37:12
Ten people trapped after Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupted have been evacuated to safety, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday, as the death toll from the disaster climbed to at least...
-- 2021-12-05 13:18:32
At least 14 tribal civilians and one security personnel were mistakenly killed when Indian forces opened indiscriminate fire in the remote northeastern state of Nagaland, government and military offic...
-- 2021-12-04 21:44:39
The Taliban has banned marriages without the consent of women in Afghanistan, a move apparently meant to address criteria the international community considers a precondition to recognizing their gove...
-- 2021-12-04 20:21:46
Pakistan's foreign minister called on Saturday for a fresh effort to stop neighbouring Afghanistan sliding further into crisis as he announced an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic C...
-- 2021-12-04 19:59:50
A train carrying 33 refrigerated containers left Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, for Laos Saturday. It is the first train involved in cold-chain logistics on the 1,035-km China...
Mashfiq Mizan 2021-12-04 19:21:49
A volcanic eruption in Indonesia has sent smoke and ash flying 40,000ft in the air and has triggered panic on the island of Java. Videos shared on social media portray apocalyptic scenes as locals fl...
-- 2021-12-04 18:53:12
Thai authorities intercepted nearly 900 kg (2,000 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine hidden in a cargo shipment at Bangkok's Port Custom Office and bound for Taiwan where it could be sold for up to $8...
-- 2021-12-04 16:32:43
India reported its third case of the omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday, government officials said, as total COVID-19 cases inched closer to the 35 million mark, reports Reuters. Officials...
-- 2021-12-04 14:06:55
The Omicron coronavirus variant spread in Australia on Saturday, testing plans to reopen the economy as a cluster in Sydney grew to 13 cases and an infection was suspected in the state of Queensland....
-- 2021-12-03 19:15:54
The Indian federal health ministry asked states to ramp up the tracking and testing of COVID-19 cases in the wake of the Omicron variant despite a decline in the daily caseload. The daily COVID-19 ca...
-- 2021-12-03 18:11:39
A Muslim mob attacked a sports equipment factory in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Friday, killing a Sri Lankan man and burning his body publicly over allegations of blasphemy, police said. Ar...
-- 2021-12-03 17:17:41
Gita Gopinath will take over as the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund from January next year replacing Geoffrey Okamoto. Gita Gopinath has served as the IMF's chief eco...
-- 2021-12-03 16:23:40
An attack by Islamic State militants on a village in northern Iraq on Friday killed at least 13 people including three villagers and 10 Kurdish soldiers, officials in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region...
-- 2021-12-03 12:19:00
Asia-Pacific countries should boost their healthcare capacity and fully vaccinate their people to prepare for a surge in Covid-19 cases fuelled by the Omicron variant, officials at the World Healt...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-03 11:41:21
India's capital New Delhi has ordered the closure of schools and colleges until further notice from Friday after the Supreme Court criticised the city government for reopening educational institutions...
-- 2021-12-02 18:44:47
Singapore has detected two imported cases of the Covid-19 omicron variant, both of whom have been isolated, its health ministry said on Thursday. Contact tracing was ongoing for passengers on the sam...
-- 2021-12-02 17:57:57
UN human rights experts on Thursday called on Myanmar's military chief to immediately halt ongoing forced evictions and home demolitions of informal settlements in Hlaing Thar Yar Township in the Yang...
-- 2021-12-02 17:42:59
India has detected two cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in the southern state of Karnataka, a health ministry official said on Thursday. "All primary contacts and secondary contacts of bo...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-02 10:34:55
The World Bank's board has backed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to help Afghanistan cope with a brewing humanitarian crisis after the US withdrawal, two source...
-- 2021-12-01 20:06:17
Serum Institute of India has sent doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Indonesia, in its first export of the Novavax shot through the COVAX network, the Indian government said on Wednesday. The world's bigge...
-- 2021-12-01 18:31:53
China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as their own during a months-long standoff in the South China Sea earlier this year, four...
-- 2021-12-01 16:06:30
Saudi Arabia confirmed its first case of the omicron COVID-19 variant coming from a north African country, state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday, according to Reuters. SPA, quoting a stat...
-- 2021-12-01 14:54:36
India's capital Delhi recorded its worst November air in at least six years, according to official data. The city recorded 11 days of "severe" pollution, up from 10 days in November 2016. Data also...
-- 2021-12-01 14:03:24
A United Nations committee meeting on Wednesday is unlikely to allow Afghanistan's Taliban or Myanmar's junta to represent their countries at the 193-member world body, say diplomats. Rival claims ha...
-- 2021-12-01 10:25:26
South Korea reported a new daily record of 5,123 new coronavirus cases, as it battles to contain a sharp rise in patients with severe symptoms and stave off the Omicron variant, the Korea Disease Cont...
-- 2021-11-30 20:34:57
Amid a global scare over the new Omicron variant of Covid, India on Tuesday issued new rules for international travellers to limit the possible spread of the virus. In a statement, the Indian governm...
-- 2021-11-30 19:48:12
Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte's preferred successor, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, announced on Tuesday he was dropping out of the presidential race, leaving the administration without a candida...
-- 2021-11-30 17:23:00
The World Bank is finalising a proposal to deliver up to $500 million from a frozen Afghanistan aid fund to humanitarian agencies, people familiar with the plans told Reuters, but it leaves out tens o...
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