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Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj freed from Nepal prison

Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj freed from Nepal prison

-- 2022-12-23 16:02:25

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was released from a Nepal prison on Friday after nearly two decades behind bars. Sobh...

Notorious French serial killer freed from Nepal prison

Notorious French serial killer freed from Nepal prison

-- 2022-12-23 15:56:45

Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj was freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after serving most of his sentence for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers. Sobhraj was driven out...

China sanctions two Americans

China sanctions two Americans

-- 2022-12-23 12:45:57

China has sanctioned two Americans in retaliation for US sanctions against two Chinese officials over human rights in Tibet earlier this month, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday, reports Reu...

Sri Lanka's cancer patients struggle amid economic chaos

Sri Lanka's cancer patients struggle amid economic chaos

REUTERS 2022-12-23 12:34:40

Priyantha Kumarasinghe starts his day in the small Sri Lankan town of Maharagama with a breakfast of two biscuits and a small glass of tea, followed by a round of cancer medi...

Thailand hosts Myanmar junta figures in talks, key ASEAN nations skip

Thailand hosts Myanmar junta figures in talks, key ASEAN nations skip

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-23 12:32:30

Thailand hosted regional talks on Thursday to discuss the crisis in army-run Myanmar including rare international appearances by junta ministers, but several&n...

India randomly testing international visitors for COVID-19

India randomly testing international visitors for COVID-19

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-23 10:24:40

India has begun randomly testing international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19, the country’s health minister said Thursday, citing an increase in cases in neighboring China. M...

Thailand hosts informal meeting on Myanmar political crisis

Thailand hosts informal meeting on Myanmar political crisis

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-23 10:19:08

Three Cabinet ministers from Myanmar attended an informal regional meeting in Thailand's capital on Thursday to discuss efforts to restore peace in the military-run country, Thai officials said....

North Korea denies media report it supplied munitions to Russia

North Korea denies media report it supplied munitions to Russia

-- 2022-12-23 10:17:45

North Korea's foreign ministry denied a media report it supplied munitions to Russia, calling it "groundless," and denounced the United States for providing lethal weapons to Ukraine, the North's offi...

Dozens protest in Afghan capital after Taliban close universities to women

Dozens protest in Afghan capital after Taliban close universities to women

-- 2022-12-22 19:51:53

Dozens of women gathered outside Kabul University on Thursday to protest in the first major public demonstration in the capital since the Taliban's decision to close universities to female students....

China's military sends 39 warplanes, 3 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours

China's military sends 39 warplanes, 3 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours

-- 2022-12-22 17:50:09

China’s military sent 39 planes and three ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan’s defence ministry said Thursday. China’s military harassm...

'Asia's El Chapo' extradited to Australia to face drug trafficking charge

'Asia's El Chapo' extradited to Australia to face drug trafficking charge

-- 2022-12-22 17:25:07

Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Thursday it had taken the head of a global drug trafficking syndicate, dubbed 'Asia's El Chapo', into custody after he was extradited from the Netherlands. The...

Fiji military called in to 'help maintain order' after disputed election

Fiji military called in to 'help maintain order' after disputed election

-- 2022-12-22 17:18:19

Fiji's military will help police maintain law and order, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said on Thursday, citing growing concerns of ethnic tension after an election last week resulted in a hung par...

Philippines orders strengthened military presence after 'Chinese activities' near islands

Philippines orders strengthened military presence after 'Chinese activities' near islands

-- 2022-12-22 16:39:56

The Philippines' defence ministry on Thursday ordered the military to strengthen its presence in the South China Sea after monitoring "Chinese activities" in disputed waters close to a strategic Phili...

US slaps sanctions on Iran officials over protest crackdown

US slaps sanctions on Iran officials over protest crackdown

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-22 12:47:29

The United States imposed sanctions on Iranian officials on Wednesday, including the prosecutor general and key military officials, stepping up pressure on Tehran over its crackdown on protests,...

Shanghai hospital readies for 'tragic battle' with COVID

Shanghai hospital readies for 'tragic battle' with COVID

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-22 12:17:45

A Shanghai hospital has told its staff to prepare for a "tragic battle" with COVID-19 as it expects half of the city's 25 million people to get infected by the end of the year while the virus sw...

Nepal to release serial killer Charles 'the serpent' Sobhraj

Nepal to release serial killer Charles 'the serpent' Sobhraj

-- 2022-12-22 10:44:24

Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release, due to his age, of Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as "the serpent" who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the...

UN council demands end to Myanmar violence in first resolution in decades

UN council demands end to Myanmar violence in first resolution in decades

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-22 10:26:04

The UN Security Council adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years on Wednesday to demand an end to violence and urge the military junta to release all political prisoners, including ou...

Reaction to Taliban ban on university education for women

Reaction to Taliban ban on university education for women

-- 2022-12-21 21:36:44

Afghanistan's Taliban-run government on Tuesday suspended university access for female students, drawing condemnation from foreign governments and complicating efforts by the Taliban administration to...

First foreign Covid-19 vaccines head to China from Germany

First foreign Covid-19 vaccines head to China from Germany

-- 2022-12-21 20:45:11

Berlin has sent its first batch of BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines to China to be administered initially to German expatriates, a German government spokesperson said on Wednesday, the first foreign coronav...

India's Kerala state culls hundreds of birds after avian flu outbreak

India's Kerala state culls hundreds of birds after avian flu outbreak

-- 2022-12-21 16:05:52

Hundreds of birds were culled in India's southern state of Kerala where a district has seen a surge in the number of bird flu or avian influenza cases, local health officials said. After an outbreak...

India to step up Covid surveillance as cases increase elsewhere

India to step up Covid surveillance as cases increase elsewhere

-- 2022-12-21 14:40:53

India's government has asked all states to step up surveillance for any new variants of the coronavirus, citing an increase in Covid-19 cases in China and elsewhere. India has reported the most Covid...

25 militants killed in Pakistan army raid on detention centre

25 militants killed in Pakistan army raid on detention centre

-- 2022-12-21 14:29:54

Pakistan's security forces killed 25 of 35 Islamist militants holed up in a counter-terrorism centre in the northwestern city of Bannu, while one hostage and two commandos died in the operation to ret...

At least 100 Rohingya stranded in boat off India's coast, many dead, activists say

At least 100 Rohingya stranded in boat off India's coast, many dead, activists say

REUTERS 2022-12-21 11:58:33

At least 100 ethnic Rohingya are stranded in a boat off India's Andaman Islands and as many as 16-20 may have have died of thirst, hunger or drowned, said two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups....

Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends women from universities

Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends women from universities

REUTERS 2022-12-21 10:47:32

Afghanistan's Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the United States, Britain and...

Pakistani forces retake anti-terrorism centre seized by militants

Pakistani forces retake anti-terrorism centre seized by militants

-- 2022-12-20 19:44:17

Pakistani security forces retook a counter-terrorism interrogation centre in Bannu, a city in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, on Tuesday two days after it was seized by militants, se...

Pakistani forces retake anti-terrorism centre from militants 

Pakistani forces retake anti-terrorism centre from militants 

-- 2022-12-20 19:39:57

Pakistani security forces retook a counter-terrorism interrogation centre on Tuesday two days after it was seized by Islamist militants, security sources said, adding that all hostages, some slightly...

India’s Rajasthan to halve cooking gas price for poor

India’s Rajasthan to halve cooking gas price for poor

-- 2022-12-20 16:08:19

India's Rajasthan state, ruled by the main opposition Congress party, will halve the price of cooking gas for poor households from April as it seeks to cushion them from the pain of high inflation ahe...

The world fears a new China Covid wave

The world fears a new China Covid wave

-- 2022-12-20 12:59:15

Officials and global health experts outside China are anxiously watching a Covid-19 surge there, worried a nation of 1.4 billion people is inadequately vaccinated and may not have the healthcare tools...

Australia seeks to resolve China trade woes as foreign minister heads to Beijing

Australia seeks to resolve China trade woes as foreign minister heads to Beijing

REUTERS 2022-12-20 11:38:49

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday she will push China to lift trade sanctions and for consular access to two detained Australians during a trip to Beijing that's aimed at mending...

China reports five new Covid deaths

China reports five new Covid deaths

-- 2022-12-20 10:30:17

China reported five new Covid-19 deaths for December 19, compared with two the previous day, increasing the nation's fatalities to 5,242 the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. The country re...