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Myanmar junta rebuked by SE Asian leaders after ASEAN summit no-show

Myanmar junta rebuked by SE Asian leaders after ASEAN summit no-show

-- 2021-10-26 17:37:56

Southeast Asian leaders sharply criticised Myanmar's junta as a regional summit opened on Tuesday without a representative from the country, following its top general's exclusion for ignoring a peace...

Indians await WHO nod for homegrown shot to travel abroad

Indians await WHO nod for homegrown shot to travel abroad

-- 2021-10-26 15:46:06

Stuck in a village in southern India for nine months and unable to return to his job in Saudi Arabia, Sugathan PR is hoping the World Health Organisation will approve the Indian COVID-19 shot Covaxin,...

Saudi Arabia to invest $10b under Middle East Green Initiative

Saudi Arabia to invest $10b under Middle East Green Initiative

-- 2021-10-25 22:52:06

Saudi Arabia's crown prince launched a Middle East Green Initiative on Monday which he said aimed to invest 39 billion riyals ($10.4 billion) to reduce carbon emissions in the region and protect the e...

Thailand to allow vaccinated Bangladeshi tourists

Thailand to allow vaccinated Bangladeshi tourists

-- 2021-10-25 19:15:41

Thailand will allow vaccinated travellers from Bangladesh without quarantine in designated tourism areas starting on November 1 under a programme called ‘Sandbox Scheme’. On spending a...

Xi vows to uphold world peace, international rules

Xi vows to uphold world peace, international rules

-- 2021-10-25 14:20:12

President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday that China would always uphold world peace and international rules, amid concerns expressed by the United States and other countries over the nation's increasing a...

New Zealand reports second-highest daily virus cases in pandemic

New Zealand reports second-highest daily virus cases in pandemic

-- 2021-10-25 10:12:09

New Zealand reported 109 new locally acquired coronavirus cases on Monday, the bulk of them in its largest city, Auckland, as the country saw its second-worst day of daily infections since the pandemi...

Over 76pc people in China receive complete COVID-19 vaccine doses

Over 76pc people in China receive complete COVID-19 vaccine doses

-- 2021-10-24 17:03:03

China has given complete doses of COVID-19 vaccines to about 75.6 per cent of its population as of Oct 23, a government official said on Sunday. Some 1.068 billion people have now been inoculated wit...

China strengthens land border protection with new law

China strengthens land border protection with new law

-- 2021-10-24 15:32:37

China passed a law on Saturday to strengthen border protection amid a protracted standoff with India, worries about spillover effects from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and the spread of COVID-19 fro...

US envoy urges North Korea to end 'provocations', engage in talks

US envoy urges North Korea to end 'provocations', engage in talks

-- 2021-10-24 10:40:37

North Korea's recent ballistic missile tests were "concerning and counterproductive" for efforts to reduce tensions, and Pyongyang should instead engage in talks, the US envoy for North Korea said on...

Turkey to expel US envoy and nine others, Erdogan says

Turkey to expel US envoy and nine others, Erdogan says

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-24 10:34:43

Turkey to expel US envoy and nine others, Erdogan says Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine o...

Afghanistan heading towards collapse faster than expected, warns Swedish minister

Afghanistan heading towards collapse faster than expected, warns Swedish minister

-- 2021-10-23 21:44:52

Afghanistan is heading towards economic collapse that risks spiralling the country into a new political crisis, Sweden's minister for international development cooperation warned on Saturday, reports...

India’s COVID vaccine exports resume

India’s COVID vaccine exports resume

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-23 14:32:02

The Indian embassy in Iran recently celebrated the arrival of 1.0 million doses of Covaxin, a COVID vaccine developed in India by the pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech. Bangladesh, Myanmar and Ira...

Aid agencies not enough to tackle Afghan humanitarian crisis, Red Cross warns

Aid agencies not enough to tackle Afghan humanitarian crisis, Red Cross warns

-- 2021-10-23 11:53:58

The Red Cross on Friday urged the international community to engage with Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers, saying that aid groups on their own would be unable to stave off a humanitarian crisis. Afgh...

India among 11 'countries of concern' on climate change

India among 11 'countries of concern' on climate change

-- 2021-10-21 21:40:00

Afghanistan, India and Pakistan were among 11 countries singled out by US intelligence agencies on Thursday as being "highly vulnerable" in terms of their ability to prepare for and respond to environ...

Late monsoon floods kill more than 150 in India, Nepal

Late monsoon floods kill more than 150 in India, Nepal

-- 2021-10-21 18:11:05

More than 150 people have died in flooding across India and Nepal in recent days, as heavy late monsoon rains triggered flash floods, destroyed homes, crops and infrastructure and left thousands stran...

Death toll from Nepal floods, landslides rises to 43

Death toll from Nepal floods, landslides rises to 43

-- 2021-10-20 16:16:38

At least 43 people have died and another 30 are missing after three days of heavy rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods in Nepal, police said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Basanta Kunwar sa...

Taliban praise suicide bombers, offer their families cash and land

Taliban praise suicide bombers, offer their families cash and land

-- 2021-10-20 14:57:15

The Taliban praised suicide bombers who died during the war against the former government and its Western allies and offered their families sums of cash and promises of land, the movement's interior m...

Floods, landslides leave at least 43 dead in Nepal

Floods, landslides leave at least 43 dead in Nepal

-- 2021-10-20 14:15:42

At least 43 people have died and another 30 are missing after three days of heavy rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods in Nepal, police said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Basanta Kunwar sa...

13 Syrian military personnel killed in roadside bomb attack

13 Syrian military personnel killed in roadside bomb attack

-- 2021-10-20 13:30:19

At least 13 Syrian military personnel were killed in a roadside bomb attack, as their bus crossed a bridge in central Damascus during early morning rush hour on Wednesday, state television reported....

At least 34 dead after days of heavy rains in north India

At least 34 dead after days of heavy rains in north India

-- 2021-10-20 12:46:18

At least 34 people have died following days of heavy rains in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, the state's chief minister said, as rescuers continued work to free those stranded on Wednesday. A...

N Korea confirms launch of new ballistic missile from submarine

N Korea confirms launch of new ballistic missile from submarine

-- 2021-10-20 12:01:09

North Korea test-fired a new, smaller ballistic missile from a submarine, state media confirmed on Wednesday, a move that analysts said could be aimed at more quickly fielding an operational missile s...

Tokyo aims to ease Covid restrictions on restaurants as cases decline

Tokyo aims to ease Covid restrictions on restaurants as cases decline

-- 2021-10-20 11:11:34

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is aiming to ease COVID-19 restrictions on bars and restaurants next week as infections continue to decline, the Jiji news service said on Wednesday. The easing will...

Developed countries should commit to climate funding goals, Indonesia says

Developed countries should commit to climate funding goals, Indonesia says

-- 2021-10-19 20:46:09

Indonesia is urging developed countries to commit to their pledge to provide financing for poorer countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at this month's UN climate conference, President Joko Wid...

Surge in onion prices adds another layer of pain for India’s consumers

Surge in onion prices adds another layer of pain for India’s consumers

-- 2021-10-19 20:41:52

Buying vegetables at a small market on the outskirts of Mumbai, Shubhangi Patil laments the recent rapid rise in the cost of everyday essentials, from cooking oil to sugar and now onions, a basic ingr...

Education of 800m children across Asia disrupted by pandemic: UNICEF, UNESCO

Education of 800m children across Asia disrupted by pandemic: UNICEF, UNESCO

-- 2021-10-19 19:04:40

The education of more than 800 million children across Asia has been disrupted due to school closures since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, says a new report. More than 27 million c...

India delays COVID-19 vaccine supplies to COVAX, sources say

India delays COVID-19 vaccine supplies to COVAX, sources say

-- 2021-10-19 17:18:21

India has delayed committing supplies of vaccine to the COVAX global sharing platform, two sources told Reuters on Tuesday, a day after one of its key backers, the WHO, said the agency could not "cut...

Myanmar frees hundreds of political prisoners

Myanmar frees hundreds of political prisoners

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-19 10:43:43

Myanmar's military government has freed hundreds of political prisoners from the notorious Insein prison, including Aung San Suu Kyi's party spokesman and a famous comedian Zarganar, local media repor...

Fire erupts at Kuwait oil refinery, several workers injured, output unaffected

Fire erupts at Kuwait oil refinery, several workers injured, output unaffected

-- 2021-10-18 18:41:44

A fire at Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery on Monday injured several workers but operations were unaffected, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) said. The atmospheric residue desulphurisatio...

Thailand to stop Sinovac vaccine use when stock finishes this month

Thailand to stop Sinovac vaccine use when stock finishes this month

-- 2021-10-18 15:19:00

Thailand will stop using the COVID-19 vaccine of China's Sinovac when its current stock finishes, a senior official said on Monday, having used the shot extensively in combination with Western-de...

25 die after rainfall triggers landslides in Kerala

25 die after rainfall triggers landslides in Kerala

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-18 10:40:44

At least 25 people died in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in south-western India as rescuers scoured muddy debris for survivors and the military flew in emergency supplies. Residents...