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China sentences Canadian pop singer to 13 years in jail

-- 2022-11-25 14:44:07

A Chinese court in Beijing sentenced Canadian pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in jail after finding him guilty of crimes include rape, according to state media on Friday. The local court in Chaoyang Dis...

Apartment fire in China's Xinjiang region kills 10

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-25 14:10:21

An apartment fire on Thursday in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang killed 10 people and injured nine, state broadcaster CCTV reported, saying an electric socket extension was the cause. The fire...

Malaysia's new PM Anwar says first priority is cost of living

REUTERS 2022-11-25 11:34:20

Malaysia's newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday his primary focus would be on the cost of living as he takes office with a slowing economy and a country deeply split after a clo...

Virtual reality tools offer escape to blockaded Gaza youth

-- 2022-11-24 18:25:56

The owner of Gaza's first virtual reality gaming cafe is offering a fantasy world of action, music, and sports to young people who have grown up under the blockade. "Often many of the youth who come...

China resumes streaming South Korean content after six-year suspension

-- 2022-11-24 16:45:35

A Chinese streaming platform has resumed distributing South Korean content after suspending it for nearly six years, South Korean officials said on Tuesday, in what Seoul called a sign of Beijing's re...

Taliban court lashes 14 in Afghanistan

-- 2022-11-24 16:42:21

Fourteen people were lashed in a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban-led Supreme Court said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of the ruling group applying its strict interpretation of...

Pakistan names Asim Munir as new chief of army

-- 2022-11-24 15:02:00

Pakistan on Thursday named Lieutenant-General Asim Munir as chief of the army, an organisation that plays an extraordinarily influential role in the governance of the nuclear-armed nation. Munir, who...

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar appointed prime minister

-- 2022-11-24 13:02:27

Malaysia's king appointed long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister on Thursday and he will be sworn in at 5 p.m. (0900 GMT), ending five days of unprecedented post-election crisis a...

TikTok on 'high alert' in Malaysia as tensions rise over election wrangle

-- 2022-11-23 16:06:06

Short video platform TikTok said on Wednesday it was on high alert for content that violates its guidelines in Malaysia after authorities warned of a rise in ethnic tension on social media following a...

'That was my daughter': parents grapple with loss from deadly Java quake

-- 2022-11-23 15:27:19

In the aftermath of Monday's deadly quake in the Indonesian province of West Java, Rian Solihat had run straight to her daughter's school only to find it had become a tumble of brick, torn books and l...

Malaysian king calls council of sultans to resolve election crisis

-- 2022-11-23 15:17:34

Malaysia's king on Wednesday called a special meeting of his fellow hereditary sultans to discuss who should be prime minister as an unprecedented post-election crisis entered its fourth day. The kin...

Twin blasts shake Jerusalem, killing 1 and wounding 14

AP 2022-11-23 13:11:54

Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring at least 14, in what police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians. The first explosion occurred nea...

Six killed in violence on Assam-Meghalaya border in India

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-23 12:49:50

Six people, including a forest official, have been killed in violence near the borders of the two Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya, reports NDTV. The violence occurred in Mukroh in the West Jaint...

Around 300 militants active in Indian Kashmir, Indian military official says

REUTERS 2022-11-23 09:22:32

An estimated 300 militants are operating in Indian Kashmir, an Indian military commander in the disputed region said on Tuesday, as New Delhi seeks to stabilise the restive Himalayan territory t...

Around 300 militants active in Indian Kashmir, says Indian military official

-- 2022-11-22 20:31:18

An estimated 300 militants are operating in Indian Kashmir, an Indian military commander in the disputed region said on Tuesday, as New Delhi seeks to stabilise the restive Himalayan territory that it...

7.0-magnitude earthquake hits Solomon Islands

-- 2022-11-22 19:41:09

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted 18 km SW of Malango, the Solomon Islands at 02:03:07 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.  The epicentre, with a depth of 15.0 km, was init...

Malaysia king to choose prime minister

-- 2022-11-22 19:35:53

Malaysia's king said on Tuesday he will pick the next prime minister, after the leading two contenders failed to win a majority in last weekend's election and his proposal for the two to work together...

In male-dominated North Korea, leadership prospects of Kim Jong Un's daughter are uncertain

-- 2022-11-22 17:20:08

Although the unexpected appearance of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter raised speculation that she could be a successor in the making, analysts say it would be an unprecedented uphill...

India reports 294 new COVID-19 cases

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-22 15:26:00

India reported 294 new COVID-19 cases, official data showed on Tuesday. The daily caseload was down from 406 cases the previous day, according to the federal health ministry data. The active caseloa...

Death toll from Indonesia's earthquake rises to 252

-- 2022-11-22 15:15:21

The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's Cianjur town in western Java has risen to 252, the local government said in an Instagram post on Tuesday. It also said 31 people are still missi...

Beijing shuts parks, museums as China's COVID cases rise

REUTERS 2022-11-22 11:59:59

Beijing shut parks, shopping malls and museums on Tuesday while more Chinese cities resumed mass testing for COVID-19, as China fights a fresh nationwide spike in cases that has deepened concerns abou...

Indonesian rescue workers race to find victims trapped by deadly quake

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-22 11:44:04

Indonesian rescue workers were racing on Tuesday to reach people still trapped in rubble a day after an earthquake devastated a West Java town, killing at least 162 people and injuring hundreds, as of...

Arabs shun Israeli media at Qatar World Cup

-- 2022-11-22 11:21:10

Arab soccer fans at the first World Cup in the Middle East are shunning Israeli journalists in Qatar trying to interview them, illustrating challenges facing wider "warm peace" ambitions two years aft...

Factory fire kills 36 in Chinese city of Anyang

-- 2022-11-22 10:21:27

A fire at a factory in the Chinese city of Anyang in Henan province has killed 36 people, with two others injured, Reuters reported on Tuesday citing state media. The fire broke out at Kaixinda Tradi...

Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 162

-- 2022-11-21 21:39:53

The death toll from a 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia on Monday has risen to 162 with hundreds injured and over 13,000 displaced, local media Kompas.com and Detik.com reported, citing West Java...

New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory

-- 2022-11-21 20:38:41

New Zealand's highest court ruled on Monday that the country's current voting age of 18 was discriminatory, forcing parliament to discuss whether it should be lowered. The case, which has been going...

Hong Kong leader tests positive for COVID after APEC summit

-- 2022-11-21 18:25:57

Hong Kong's chief executive, John Lee, has tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping a...

Death toll from earthquake in Indonesia reaches 46

-- 2022-11-21 17:05:09

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's West Java province on Monday killing 46 people, the national disaster agency said, as rescue workers and authorities worked to determine the full extent o...

More than a dozen killed in Indonesia's 5.6 magnitude quake

-- 2022-11-21 14:50:24

Up to twenty people have been killed after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, a local official said. Herman Suherman, a government official from Cianjur, the...

12 die as truck ploughs into religious procession in India’s Bihar

-- 2022-11-21 12:15:27

At least 12 people, including women and children, were killed and several others injured when a speeding truck ploughed into a religious procession in Bihar's Vaishali district on Sunday evening.&nbsp...