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Malaysia's Muhyiddin, Anwar race to form govt

-- 2022-11-21 11:04:23

Muhyiddin Yassin, a former prime minister, and rival opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim were vying for support from potential coalition partners on Monday, to meet a deadline set by the king after an ele...

Third Japanese cabinet minister resigns in a month in blow to PM

-- 2022-11-21 10:17:13

Japan's internal affairs minister resigned on Sunday in connection with a funding scandal, becoming the third cabinet member to leave in less than a month in a severe blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kish...

Japan’s three cabinet ministers resign in a month

-- 2022-11-20 20:26:27

Japan's internal affairs minister resigned on Sunday in connection with a funding scandal, becoming the third cabinet member to leave in less than a month in a severe blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kish...

First Israel-Qatar flight heads to World Cup

-- 2022-11-20 19:09:56

Balloons in the national colours of Israel and Qatar festooned the departure gate for the first commercial flight between the countries on Sunday, permitted by Doha for fans of the World Cup despite t...

Mahathir Mohamad suffers first election defeat in 53 years

-- 2022-11-20 16:50:22

Malaysia's veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad suffered his first election defeat in 53 years on Saturday in a blow that could mark the end of a seven-decade political career. Mahathir, 97, who served as...

Malaysia faces hung parliament in tight election race

-- 2022-11-20 15:50:40

Malaysia was facing a hung parliament for the first time in its history as support for a conservative Islamic alliance prevented major coalitions from winning a simple majority in a general election....

Voting begins in Nepal amid looming economic, political stability concerns

REUTERS 2022-11-20 12:07:17

Nepali women clad in saris and men in jeans and baseball caps were standing in long queues on Sunday as voting started in a general election that few expect to bring drastic change - or a government a...

Turkey launches airstrikes over northern Syria

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-20 12:05:38

Turkey launched airstrikes over several towns in northern Syria on Saturday, US-backed Kurdish-led forces reported. The airstrikes occurred a week after a bomb rocked a bustling avenue in the heart o...

Xi Jinping criticises Trudeau in awkward exchange at G20 summit

-- 2022-11-19 20:23:47

China's Xi Jinping has been filmed accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of leaking meeting details, days after they held talks at the G20 summit in Bali. Xi told the Canadian PM, via a tra...

Asia-Pacific leaders renew calls for open trade, condemn war

-- 2022-11-19 17:39:35

Leaders from around the Asia-Pacific called for an end to Russia's war on Ukraine and pledged to steer the region's economies toward sustainable growth as they wrapped up summit meetings Saturday. Ho...

North Korea's Kim reveals daughter at ballistic missile test

-- 2022-11-19 15:10:21

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un revealed his daughter to the world for the first time on Saturday in striking photos showing the pair hand-in-hand before the launch of the nuclear-armed country's larg...

India power binges on coal, outpaces Asia

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-19 15:05:28

India's coal-fired power output has increased much faster than any other country in the Asia Pacific since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, underscoring the challenges the world's third-largest greenhous...

Four Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli 'air aggression': State media

REUTERS 2022-11-19 12:49:51

Four Syrian soldiers were killed and one wounded in Israeli "air aggression" on some military posts in the coastal and central region of Syria on Saturday morning, Syrian state news agency SANA...

Malaysians vote in general election

-- 2022-11-19 12:20:43

Malaysians were voting on Saturday in a general election that may fail to end the recent phase of political instability in the Southeast Asian nation as polls have predicted no clear winner. The alli...

Anwar tries to lock in lead in close Malaysia's election race

-- 2022-11-18 20:37:25

Anwar Ibrahim has ramped up campaigning this week to be Malaysia's prime minister, buoyed by polls putting the veteran opposition leader ahead in a closely fought contest, reports Reuters. Saturday's...

Social media videos show flames at home of late Iran leader Khomeini

-- 2022-11-18 19:09:36

Video clips showing the ancestral home in Iran of the late founder of the Islamic republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on fire have been widely shared on social media, with activists saying it was tor...

Myanmar junta says was no bargaining with other countries before freeing four foreigners 

-- 2022-11-18 18:31:08

Myanmar's ruling military on Friday said it did not engage in political bargaining with other countries before releasing four foreign prisoners among nearly 6,000 in an amnesty this week, reports Reut...

Road crash kills 20 in southern Pakistan

-- 2022-11-18 18:03:03

Twenty people were killed and 13 others injured when a passenger van fell into a water ditch in Pakistan's south Sindh province on Thursday night, local reports said on Friday.  The accident hap...

15 killed in gas cylinder explosion in Iraq 

-- 2022-11-18 17:45:06

At least fifteen people were killed in a gas cylinder explosion in a residential area in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya, the civil defence said on Friday.  A rescue operation lasting 17...

No alcohol sales permitted at Qatar's World Cup stadium sites

-- 2022-11-18 17:00:22

In a reversal, World Cup organisers will announce on Friday that no alcoholic beer will be sold to fans at Qatar's stadiums, a source with knowledge of the decision told Reuters. The expected announc...

India successfully launches first privately made rocket

-- 2022-11-18 14:44:51

India successfully launched its first privately developed rocket, the Vikram-S, on Friday, a milestone in the country's effort to create a commercial space industry and to compete on cost....

Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, says USA

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-18 12:58:48

The Biden administration ruled on Thursday that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, drawing immediate condemnation from the s...

অস্ট্রেলীয় অর্থনীতিবিদসহ ৬০০০ বন্দিকে মুক্তি দিয়েছে মিয়ানমার

এফই অনলাইন ডেস্ক 2022-11-17 14:57:58

মিয়ানমারের সামরিক নেতারা সাধারণ ক্ষমতার আওতায় প্রায় ছয় হাজার বন্দিকে কারাগার থেকে মুক্তি দিয়েছেন বলে জানিয়েছে দেশটির রাষ্ট্রায়ত্ত গণমাধ্যম। যারা মুক্তি পেয়েছেন তাদের মধ্যে দেশটির গণতন্ত্রপন্থি নেত্রী...

China is making a plan to speed up COVID vaccinations: Chinese health expert

REUTERS 2022-11-17 14:32:28

A Chinese health expert on Thursday said relevant government departments are making a plan to speed up COVID vaccinations and will release information to the public in due course. Shen Hongbing, Acad...

Myanmar frees Suu Kyi's Australian adviser in prisoner amnesty

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-17 13:55:49

Myanmar's military leaders have granted amnesty to Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former adviser to democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, and almost 6,000 other prisoners to mark a national holi...

China's freeze on Taiwan contact fuels worry as tensions build

REUTERS 2022-11-17 11:49:15

When Chinese authorities detained a Taiwanese citizen in China in August for an alleged violation of security laws, officials in Taipei sent messages of concern to Beijing seeking details. The missiv...

Gunmen attack bazaar in Iran, killing 5

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-17 11:17:25

Gunmen opened fire in a bazaar in the southwestern Iranian city of Izeh on Wednesday, killing at least five people, including a young girl, and wounding civilians and security forces, state TV reporte...

Two Israelis killed by Palestinian in West Bank stabbing

-- 2022-11-15 18:15:38

A Palestinian killed two Israelis and wounded four others in an attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramed...

Modi calls for diplomacy to end Russia-Ukraine conflict

-- 2022-11-15 15:10:52

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged a return to diplomacy to end the Russia-Ukraine war, reiterating the South Asian nation's call for peace in the ongoing conflict, reports Reuters....

Eight dead, four missing after stone quarry collapses in India's Mizoram

-- 2022-11-15 12:41:03

Eight migrant labourers have died after a stone quarry collapsed in India's Mizoram on Monday. The bodies were recovered on Tuesday and the search is still on for four other labourers feared trapped...