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China loosens anti-COVID restrictions in policy shift

-- 2022-12-07 14:44:03

China said on Wednesday it would allow COVID patients with mild symptoms to isolate at home as part of a set of new measures that marked a major shift in a tough anti-virus policy that has battered it...

Indonesia police station blast kills one, injures several

-- 2022-12-07 10:27:55

One person was killed and several were wounded in an explosion at a police station in Indonesia's West Java province on Wednesday shortly after a man with a knife entered the building, police said. B...

Khamenei calls for overhaul of Iran's cultural system

-- 2022-12-07 10:21:40

Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday called for "revolutionary reconstruction of the country's cultural system", state media reported, as nationwide protests kept up pressur...

Al Jazeera files lawsuit at International Criminal Court over journalist’s killing

-- 2022-12-06 21:14:13

Al Jazeera on Tuesday said it has filed a lawsuit at the International Criminal Court against Israeli forces over the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot during...

Malaysia's Anwar says his govt to review plans for 5G network

-- 2022-12-06 13:37:45

Malaysia's newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday his administration will review a plan for a state-owned 5G network introduced by a previous government, as it was not formulated...

Beijing drops Covid testing burden

-- 2022-12-06 13:23:13

People in China's capital Beijing on Tuesday were allowed to enter supermarkets, offices and airports without having to show negative Covid tests, the latest in a mix of easing steps nationwide after...

Indian billionaire Adani becomes NDTV's biggest shareholder

-- 2022-12-05 21:43:03

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate on Monday raised its stake in New Delhi Television Ltd to more than 37 per cent through an open offer, making it the biggest shareholder of one of the co...

Taliban blame foreign Islamic State fighter for Pakistan embassy attack

-- 2022-12-05 18:03:02

Afghanistan's Taliban said on Monday an Islamic State militant attack on Pakistan's embassy in Kabul was carried out with the involvement of unidentified foreign groups with the intention of sowing di...

Thousands on alert in Indonesia's Java after Mt. Semeru eruption

-- 2022-12-05 15:06:20

Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometre no-go zone and force...

China's patchy COVID easing sows confusion but comforts investors

REUTERS 2022-12-05 13:19:37

A partial easing of the world's toughest COVID-19 curbs sowed confusion across China on Monday, even as global investors cheered the prospects of a broader policy shift in the wake of last month's his...

Migrant workers aim to stay in Qatar far beyond World Cup final

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-05 10:38:53

Senegal's loss to England on Sunday saw Africa's hopes of lifting the trophy in Qatar recede even further but the migrant workers watching the game at a specially-built fan zone were still hopin...

Iran's top legal cleric says morality police shut down

-- 2022-12-04 21:03:51

Protesters in Iran called on Sunday for a three-day strike this week, stepping up pressure on authorities after the public prosecutor said the morality police whose detention of a young woman triggere...

Indonesia evacuates villagers as volcano erupts on Java island

-- 2022-12-04 16:54:20

 A volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday spewing a cloud of ash 15 km into the sky and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said, as they issued their highest warning for t...

India plans federal oversight of all real-money online games

-- 2022-12-04 16:27:06

India's planned regulation of online gaming will apply to all real-money games after the prime minister's office overruled a proposal to only regulate games of skill and leave out games of chance, acc...

Indonesia raises volcano warning to highest after Semeru erupts

REUTERS 2022-12-04 13:44:59

Indonesian authorities raised the warning on Semeru volcano to the highest level on Sunday after an eruption spewed a column of ash high into the air, the country's vulcanology agency said. The evacu...

IS claims responsibility for attack on Pakistani embassy in Kabul

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-04 12:48:16

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan's embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, a statement carried by one of the militant group's affiliated channels on Telegram said...

Iran state body reports 200 dead in protests, Raisi hails 'freedoms'

REUTERS 2022-12-04 10:12:55

President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday hailed Iran's Islamic Republic as a guarantor of rights and freedoms, defending the ruling system amid a crackdown on anti-government protests that the United Natio...

Magnitude 6.4 quake hits Indonesia's West Java

-- 2022-12-03 17:39:51

A magnitude 6.4 quake hit Indonesia's West Java area on Saturday at a depth of 118 km (73 miles), sending people running out of buildings, the country's geophysics agency BMKG said. The quake has no...

Bomb blast at Trinamool leader's house leaves three dead

-- 2022-12-03 16:33:29

A bomb blast at the residence of a leader of India’s Trinamool Congress has left three people, including the leader, dead in West Bengal’s East Medinipur , according to Indian broadcaster...

Beijing, Shenzhen loosen more COVID curbs as China fine-tunes policy

-- 2022-12-03 16:28:53

Beijing residents on Saturday cheered the removal of COVID-19 testing booths while Shenzhen said it would no longer require commuters to present test results to travel, as an easing of China's virus c...

Afghan capital hit by attacks near ex-PM Hekmatyar's office, Pakistan Embassy

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-03 13:44:57

One person was killed on Friday in a suicide bomb attack near the Kabul office of the Hezb-e-Islami party, former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, said, the same day as an apparent fai...

Malaysia PM Anwar to helm finance ministry

FE ONLINE REPORT  2022-12-03 11:51:19

Malaysia's newly-appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday that he would also serve as the country's finance minister, retaking a cabinet role he first held 30 years ago as he looks...

Top Iran Sunni cleric says protesters should not face death sentences

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-03 10:20:09

A prominent Sunni cleric said on Friday it was wrong to charge protesters with capital offences as renewed demonstrations shook Iran's restive southeast in the third month of prote...

Families sue Indonesian govt after children die of kidney disease

-- 2022-12-02 16:07:22

Over a dozen parents are suing Indonesia's drug regulator and health ministry for allowing into the country medications linked to acute kidney injury that killed their children or damaged their organs...

Chinese cities ease COVID curbs as virus keeps spreading

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-02 14:27:29

Some communities in Chinese cities where COVID-19 is still spreading are easing off on testing requirements and quarantine rules ahead of an expected shift in virus policies nationwide after widesprea...

Indonesia set to penalise sex outside marriage

-- 2022-12-02 14:26:58

Indonesia's parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that will penalise sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, officials have confirmed. The legislativ...

Islamic State names new leader after Quraishi blew himself up

-- 2022-12-01 21:11:57

The Islamic State (IS) militant group has appointed a previously unknown figure as its head after its leader blew himself up in October while being besieged by former anti-government rebels in souther...

China set to loosen COVID curbs after week of protests

-- 2022-12-01 18:56:52

China is set to announce an easing of its COVID-19 quarantine protocols in the coming days and a reduction in mass testing, sources told Reuters, a marked shift in policy after anger over the world's...

UN tell Taliban to investigate reports of extrajudicial killings

-- 2022-12-01 17:39:59

The United Nations' mission to Afghanistan said on Thursday they had asked the Taliban to hold a 'credible investigation' into reports of extrajudicial killings, including of children, in northern Dai...

2,000 dead fighting junta, says Myanmar democracy leader

-- 2022-12-01 17:30:08

At least 2,000 pro-democracy fighters have been killed in Myanmar battling a military junta that seized power last year, the head of a parallel civilian government said in an interview aired on Thursd...