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Nepal president gives parties a week to form new government

-- 2022-12-19 21:53:33

Nepal's president on Sunday called on the country's political parties to try to form a new government within a week after last month's inconclusive national election. The ruling alliance, led by the...

Thailand’s military hunts for 33 missing marines after warship sinks

-- 2022-12-19 19:43:20

Thailand's military deployed warships and helicopters on Monday to try to locate 33 marines missing after a corvette sank overnight in choppy waters in the Gulf of Thailand, the navy said. Three navy...

India to roll out hydrogen-powered train by end of 2023

-- 2022-12-19 19:23:29

India will roll out its first domestically designed and built hydrogen-powered train by December 2023, the country's railway minister said, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Monday. "We are de...

Malaysia PM Anwar wins motion of confidence in parliament

-- 2022-12-19 17:29:34

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's motion of confidence was passed in parliament on Monday, winning vital backing for his premiership after an election last month returned an unprecedented hung...

China reports two COVID-related deaths, first since December 3

-- 2022-12-19 16:16:38

China reported its first COVID-related deaths in weeks on Monday amid rising doubts over whether the official count was capturing the full toll of a disease that is ripping through cities after the go...

Russian-annexed Crimea showers Syria with wheat, Ukraine cries foul

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-19 13:28:52

Using a low-profile fleet of ships under US sanctions, Syria has this year sharply increased wheat imports from the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea that Russia annexed from Ukraine, a sign of tigh...

Eight police officers killed in bomb blast in Iraq

-- 2022-12-18 18:22:02

At least eight Iraqi federal policemen were killed on Sunday after a bomb struck their convoy southwest of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, two security sources said. According to Reuters, the blast took...

In the holy land, a Christmas spirit is reborn

REUTERS 2022-12-18 15:30:25

In a small distillery just outside Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a clear liquid drips out of a copper pot still into a stainless steel barrel, ringing like church bells. Every ye...

Search continues for 9 campers caught in Malaysia landslide

REUTERS 2022-12-18 11:53:39

The search for missing campers caught in a deadly landslide at an unlicensed campsite in Malaysia continued for a third day on Sunday, with the fire...

Iran authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-18 10:31:55

Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said. The repo...

India's e-bus ambition hits financing speed bump

-- 2022-12-17 18:11:31

Indian banks are reluctant to lend to electric-bus makers for supply to ailing state transport operators over concerns on recovery of dues, hurting the country's goal of curbing vehicle emissions, sai...

Philippine artist creates paintings using his own blood

-- 2022-12-17 17:25:49

Philippine artist Elito Circa has blood on his hands, literally - but only to create art with. Using blood taken from his own veins, the 52-year old produces canvas paintings that have drawn both pra...

Pacifist Japan unveils biggest military build-up since World War Two

REUTERS 2022-12-17 16:47:34

Japan on Friday unveiled its biggest military build up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and ready it for sustained conflict, as regional te...

Death toll at Malaysia campsite landslide rises to 23, 10 still missing

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 15:08:50

Rescue teams searching for missing campers caught in Friday's landslide at an unlicensed campsite in Malaysia recovered the bodies of a woman and a boy, raising the death toll to 23, Reuters rep...

Shanghai asks schools to hold classes online from Dec 19

REUTERS 2022-12-17 13:28:25

Shanghai's education bureau has asked most grades in primary, middle and high school to hold classes online from Monday as worsening COVID-19 infections hit major cities across China. The bureau on S...

New Covid model predicts over 1 million deaths in China through 2023

-- 2022-12-17 10:15:53

China's abrupt lifting of stringent COVID-19 restrictions could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023, according to new projections from the US-based Institute of Heal...

Malaysia campsite search continues as 12 still missing after deadly landslide

REUTERS 2022-12-17 10:00:20

The search for the remaining 12 campers caught in Friday's deadly landslide at an unlicensed campsite in Malaysia continued for a second day after an overnight halt due to bad weather, officials said....

Malaysia landslide kills 12 at campsite, more than 20 missing

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-16 10:39:07

A landslide killed at least 12 people while they slept at a campsite in Malaysia early on Friday, officials said, as search teams scoured thick mud...

Indonesia parliament approves extradition treaty with Singapore

-- 2022-12-15 17:49:17

Indonesia's parliament passed into law a bilateral extradition agreement with Singapore on Thursday, in a move Jakarta expects to help authorities bring to justice people accused of stashing offshore...

Pakistan signs $475m flood loan deal with ADB

-- 2022-12-15 17:33:00

Pakistan has signed a $475 million loan agreement for flood relief with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the country's economic affairs minister said on Thursday. "This concessionary loan, at 1.0 pe...

Afghan Taliban admin, Myanmar junta not allowed into United Nations for now

-- 2022-12-15 10:15:40

A decision on whether the Afghan Taliban administration and the Myanmar junta can send a United Nations ambassador to New York has been postponed for a second time, but could be reconsidered in the ne...

Air pollution blights India’s capital

-- 2022-12-14 16:23:59

A smoky haze hangs over India's northern plains and its capital, New Delhi, every year as winter sets in, raising fears for the health of many millions of people as authorities order fixes that do lit...

Convicted Bali bomb maker apologises to victims’ families

-- 2022-12-14 16:07:31

An Indonesian bomb maker convicted for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has apologised to the victims' families, after his release from prison was met with outrage in Australia. Uma...

Indian, Chinese troops clash at border in fresh faceoff

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-14 14:44:18

Soldiers from India and China clashed last week along their disputed border, India’s defense minister said Tuesday, in the latest violence along the contested frontier since June 2020, when troo...

Iran likely to be ousted from UN women's body

REUTERS 2022-12-14 11:57:58

Iran appears set to be ousted from a UN women's body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, but several countries are expected to abstain from the vote requested by the U...

Netanyahu promises to govern for all Israelis amid rise of religious nationalists

-- 2022-12-13 19:32:40

Israel’s Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Tuesday to govern in the interests of all Israelis, as religious-nationalist parties slated to join his new coalition pressed ahea...

China casts long shadow over US-Africa Leaders Summit

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 11:29:30

With dozens of African leaders descending on Washington this week, the Biden administration is offering a not-so-subtle pitch in its economic competition with China on the continent: The US offers a b...

China axes travel tracking app in latest easing of COVID curbs

REUTERS 2022-12-13 09:39:46

People in China celebrated the withdrawal on Tuesday of a state-mandated app used to track whether they had travelled to COVID-stricken areas, in the latest loosening of some of the world's toughest a...

Kabul hotel attack ends as three gunmen killed; two foreigners injured

-- 2022-12-12 22:49:59

Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when at least three gunmen were killed by security forces, the Taliban-run admini...

Indonesia summons UN official after criticism of new laws

-- 2022-12-12 19:39:37

Indonesia summoned a United Nations official on Monday after the organisation expressed concerns over threats to civil liberties posed by the newly-ratified revisions to its criminal code, its foreign...