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Lebanese president leaves office triggering power vacuum amid crisis

-- 2022-10-30 20:15:51

Michel Aoun, the 89-year-old Christian president who presided over Lebanon's cataclysmic financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port blast, left the presidential palace on Sunday with his term endin...

How Halloween parties turned deadly in popular Seoul district

-- 2022-10-30 16:36:18

Young people flocking to Seoul's popular Itaewon district on Saturday for the first virtually unrestricted Halloween festivities in three years instead found themselves caught up in a deadly crush tha...

China passes new women's protection law, revamped for first time in decades

-- 2022-10-30 15:20:25

China passed legislation on Sunday aimed at giving women more protection against gender discrimination and sexual harassment, days after the bill was submitted to the country's top legislature after a...

Halloween stampede in South Korea leaves at least 149 dead

-- 2022-10-30 09:52:43

At least 149 people, mostly teenagers and young adults in their 20s, were killed in a crush when a huge crowd celebrating Halloween surged into an alley in a nightlife area of the South Korean capital...

Pakistani citizen returns home from Guantanamo prison camp after 18 years

-- 2022-10-29 20:28:46

A Pakistani national held by the United States for 18 years in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp without trial on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda returned home to Pakistan on Saturday, Pakistan and the Un...

In Babylon, ancient building techniques heal climate wounds

-- 2022-10-29 15:47:25

At the temple of Ninmakh, the Sumerian mother goddess, Iraqi archaeologists are using 7,000-year-old techniques to protect the monument, and the rest of the ancient city of Babylon, from salt seeping...

Australia repatriates Australian women and children from Syrian refugee camp

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-29 11:31:43

The Australian government has repatriated four Australian women and their 13 children from a Syrian refugee camp to New South Wales state, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said on Saturday, Re...

Philippines' death toll from Tropical Storm Nalgae climbs to 72

-- 2022-10-29 11:00:15

The Philippines has recorded 72 deaths from Tropical Storm Nalgae that caused floods and landslides in southern provinces, the country's disaster agency said on Saturday. Maguindanao province was the...

Thousands of foreign workers evicted in Qatar's capital ahead of World Cup

-- 2022-10-29 09:31:48

Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the centre of the capital Doha where visiting soccer fans will stay during the World Cup, workers who were evicted from...

Japan says it will spend $200 billion to tame inflation

-- 2022-10-28 17:27:36

Japan said on Friday it would spend $200 billion on an economic stimulus package meant to tame inflation and cushion the economic blow from rising raw material costs. The government's announcement ca...

Flooding, landslides kill at least 31 in Philippines

-- 2022-10-28 15:28:49

Flooding and multiple landslides in a southern Philippines province killed at least 31 people, a senior government official said on Friday, as rescuers searched for missing residents. A heavy downpou...

Iran's Khamenei vows revenge after deadly attack on Shi'ite pilgrims

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-28 09:54:44

Iran's Supreme Leader vowed on Thursday to retaliate against those threatening the country's security after the massacre of Shi'ite pilgrims, an assault claimed by Islamic State which threat...

Biden: Putin's talk of possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine is 'dangerous'

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-28 09:51:57

US President Joe Biden expressed skepticism on Thursday about Russian President Vladimir Putin's comment that he had no intention of using a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, Reuters reports. Putin, i...

Nedd Brockmann ran across Australia in 47 days

-- 2022-10-27 21:56:54

Nedd Brockmann is a 23-year-old electrician who has just run 3,953 km (2,456 miles) from Perth's Cottesloe Beach in Western Australia to Sydney's Bondi Beach in the east in a staggering 46 days and 12...

Imran Khan asked military for illegal favours, Pak spy chief says

-- 2022-10-27 21:11:08

Pakistan's intelligence chief accused former Prime Minister Imran Khan of asking the country's powerful military for "illegal and unconstitutional" support for his government, in a scathing and unprec...

SE ASEAN foreign ministers hold emergency talks on Myanmar

-- 2022-10-27 17:03:20

Southeast Asian foreign ministers began meeting in Jakarta on Thursday to discuss how to kick-start a stalled peace process in military-ruled Myanmar, where dozens have been killed in recent weeks as...

Iran will retaliate after attack on shrine, says Revolutionary Guard commander

-- 2022-10-27 16:39:44

Iran will retaliate after an attack claimed by Islamic State on a shrine that killed 15 people, the commander of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday The assault will add pressu...

Need for speed: China Xi's new generals offer cohesion over possible Taiwan plans

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-27 13:07:21

Chinese President Xi Jinping's new generals may have been selected for their political loyalty to him, but those ties could serve at least one vital military purpose in any Taiwan invasion plan: e...

Islamic State claims Iran shrine attack, Iran vows response

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-27 10:41:58

The militant group Islamic State said it carried out an attack on a Shia Muslim shrine in Iran on Wednesday which killed 15 people, escalating tensions in a country reeling from a wave of protes...

ASEAN expresses concern over rising Myanmar violence

-- 2022-10-26 16:00:03

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is gravely concerned about escalating violence in Myanmar, the bloc's chair Cambodia said, in remarks ahead of a special meeting of its foreign minis...

Mallikarjun Kharge takes charge as India's Congress president

-- 2022-10-26 15:42:01

Veteran politician Mallikarjun Kharge has become the first non-Gandhi in 24 years to take over the reins of India's main opposition Congress party. The 80-year-old was officially handed over the bato...

Malaysia's deportation of Myanmar refugees violates international law: UN

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-26 11:17:07

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) urged Malaysia on Tuesday to stop deporting refugees back to Myanmar, saying it had received reports of hundreds of such cases over the past two months, Reuters rep...

Saudi Arabia 'maturer guys' in spat with US, energy minister says

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-26 09:57:43

Saudi Arabia decided to be the "maturer guys" in a spat with the United States over oil supplies, the kingdom's energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The...

Japan PM appoints ex-health min Goto as next economy minister

-- 2022-10-25 19:25:22

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday appointed former health minister Shigeyuki Goto as the next economy minister after the incumbent abruptly resigned amid criticism over his links to a co...

Malaysia's deportation of Myanmar refugees violates international law, UN says

-- 2022-10-25 19:13:33

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) urged Malaysia on Tuesday to stop deporting refugees back to Myanmar, saying it had received reports of hundreds of such cases over the past two months. The deportations...

Research finds emissions from China-invested overseas coal plants equal to whole of Spain

-- 2022-10-25 17:44:24

Carbon dioxide emissions from China-invested power plants overseas now stand at an estimated 245 million tonnes per year, about the same as the annual energy-related CO2 emissions from Spain or Thaila...

Myanmar military defends deadly air strike after accusations of war crime

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-25 13:49:25

Myanmar's military has defended air strikes on a concert organised by an ethnic minority force as a justified response to attacks in the area, after opponents accused the junta of targeting civi...

Peace cannot be achieved without power, says Modi

-- 2022-10-24 20:47:29

Describing the war as the last option, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said peace cannot be attained without power. "We have always seen war as the final resort. We are in favour of gl...

Indonesia may seek prosecution of pharma firms as child AKI deaths rise

-- 2022-10-24 20:45:04

Indonesia's food and drugs agency on Monday said it may pursue criminal action against two pharmaceutical firms that made products linked to acute kidney injury (AKI), amid a spike in cases and deaths...

Air strike during ethnic minority group’s concert kills 30 in Myanmar

-- 2022-10-24 18:37:50

At least 30 people were killed in an air strike during a concert held by an ethnic minority group in conflict with the ruling military, opposition groups, residents and media said on Monday. The air...