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At least 17 die in southern Pakistan bus fire

At least 17 die in southern Pakistan bus fire

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-13 12:13:07

At least 17 flood affected people died of burns in southern Pakistan on Wednesday night when the bus they were traveling caught fire as they returning home, officials said, Reuters reports. The incid...

Male guardians no longer required to accompany female pilgrims during Hajj, Umrah

Male guardians no longer required to accompany female pilgrims during Hajj, Umrah

-- 2022-10-12 22:01:25

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah announced that women coming to Saudi Arabia can now perform their pilgrimages without a mahram, or male guardian. This anno...

Protests continue in Iran, Khamenei sees ‘enemies behind scattered riots’

Protests continue in Iran, Khamenei sees ‘enemies behind scattered riots’

-- 2022-10-12 21:02:30

Iranians kept up anti-government protests on Wednesday despite an increasingly deadly state crackdown, social media reports showed, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the demonstration...

‘BJP trying to humiliate Sourav Ganguly after failure to induct him into it’

‘BJP trying to humiliate Sourav Ganguly after failure to induct him into it’

-- 2022-10-12 18:34:58

Trinamool Congress, the ruling party in India’s West Bengal state, has accused that India’s central ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to humiliate former Indian skipper S...

Thailand promises stricter gun, drugs control after nursery massacre

Thailand promises stricter gun, drugs control after nursery massacre

-- 2022-10-12 17:43:42

Thailand will require psychological evaluations for anyone trying to buy a gun and will launch a sweep for drug addicts, the prime minister said on Wednesday, under tighter rules in response to a mass...

Prayers, wreaths mark 20th anniversary of Bali bombing

Prayers, wreaths mark 20th anniversary of Bali bombing

-- 2022-10-12 17:36:49

Survivors of the Bali bombing, alongside families and friends of the victims, prayed and laid wreaths on Wednesday to mark the 20-year anniversary of the attacks, joining gatherings held near the site...

Indonesia to investigate cases of fatal kidney injury among children

Indonesia to investigate cases of fatal kidney injury among children

-- 2022-10-12 17:26:47

Indonesia will investigate cases of acute kidney injury which has caused the deaths of more than 20 children in its capital Jakarta this year, health authorities said on Wednesday. The probe comes as...

India halts production of cough syrup that linked to deaths in Gambia

India halts production of cough syrup that linked to deaths in Gambia

-- 2022-10-12 17:10:29

Indian authorities have halted production of cough syrup at a factory of Maiden Pharmaceuticals, a state minister said on Wednesday, after a WHO report that the medicine may be linked to the deaths of...

Floods, landslides kill at least 33 in Nepal

Floods, landslides kill at least 33 in Nepal

-- 2022-10-12 16:28:47

At least 33 people have died and 22 are missing due to floods and landslides across western Nepal last week. Scores of others sustained injuries and thousands were evacuated in the Karnali province,...

Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to three years in jail for graft

Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to three years in jail for graft

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

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison on charges of accepting a bribe, a source with knowledge of the matter said. The 77-y...

Fearing war in Xi's next term, Taiwan bolsters defences

Fearing war in Xi's next term, Taiwan bolsters defences

REUTERS 2022-10-12 10:05:50

Taiwan is bolstering its defences and steeling itself for the possibility of war with China as leader Xi Jinping readies to assume a third term in power and tries to achieve what no predecessor has do...

New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps to decrease emission

New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps to decrease emission

-- 2022-10-11 18:10:26

New Zealand has proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals produce from burping and urinating in a bid to tackle climate change, reports BBC. The world-first scheme will see farmers payi...

Philippines' Nobel laureate Ressa to fight conviction at Supreme Court

Philippines' Nobel laureate Ressa to fight conviction at Supreme Court

-- 2022-10-11 16:44:53

Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa plans to appeal her cyber libel conviction at the country's Supreme Court, her lawyer said on Tuesday, after losing her legal battle and having months added to he...

Fear driving China's tech manipulation poses threat to all, says UK spy chief

Fear driving China's tech manipulation poses threat to all, says UK spy chief

-- 2022-10-11 16:29:15

China is using its financial and scientific muscle to manipulate technologies in a manner that risks global security, Britain's top cyber spy will say on Tuesday, warning that Beijing's actions could...

Mahathir fears Najib would walk free if graft-tainted party wins polls

Mahathir fears Najib would walk free if graft-tainted party wins polls

-- 2022-10-11 16:17:17

Malaysia's veteran politician and opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad predicted on Tuesday that disgraced former prime minister Najib Razak would be released from jail if his graft-tainted ruling party...

Hate speeches sully entire atmosphere: Indian SC

Hate speeches sully entire atmosphere: Indian SC

-- 2022-10-11 15:13:36

The Supreme Court (SC) of India has observed that a plea on hate speeches against minorities in the country perhaps may be right in saying the entire atmosphere is getting sullied due to this type of...

Iran racing to expand enrichment at underground plant, IAEA report shows

Iran racing to expand enrichment at underground plant, IAEA report shows

-- 2022-10-11 12:46:41

Iran is rapidly expanding its ability to enrich uranium with advanced centrifuges at its underground plant at Natanz and now intends to go further than previously planned, a confidential UN nuclear wa...

COVID cases rise in Shanghai, other Chinese cities; preventive steps strengthened

COVID cases rise in Shanghai, other Chinese cities; preventive steps strengthened

REUTERS 2022-10-11 11:40:49

Chinese authorities have stepped up testing in Shanghai and other megacities as COVID infections rise again, as well as extending quarantine times and closing some public spaces where the virus could...

Thai PM orders tighter gun control, drugs crackdown after mass killing

Thai PM orders tighter gun control, drugs crackdown after mass killing

REUTERS 2022-10-11 08:45:58

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday ordered law enforcement agencies to tighten gun ownership rules and crack down on drug use following a mass killing by an ex-policeman at a daycare cent...

China urges 'patience' as Covid cases rebound ahead of key congress

China urges 'patience' as Covid cases rebound ahead of key congress

-- 2022-10-10 20:16:30

China called for "patience" with its tough Covid policies and warned against any "war-weariness" as local cases soared to their highest since August, days ahead of a pivotal Communist Party congress....

Britain sanctions Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ and senior security officials

Britain sanctions Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ and senior security officials

-- 2022-10-10 18:19:43

Britain said on Monday it had sanctioned senior Iranian security officials and its ‘Morality Police’, saying the force had used threats of detention and violence to control what Iranian wo...

Late monsoon brings more misery to north India; 18 dead

Late monsoon brings more misery to north India; 18 dead

REUTERS 2022-10-10 13:32:14

Incessant rain lashed parts of northern India on Monday forcing schools to close in several cities as an unusually late rainy season prolonged havoc across the country, and killed 18 people over the p...

Taiwan says war with China 'absolutely' not an option, but bolstering defences

Taiwan says war with China 'absolutely' not an option, but bolstering defences

REUTERS 2022-10-10 12:47:37

War between Taiwan and China is "absolutely not an option", Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Monday, as she reiterated her willingness to talk to Beijing and also pledged to boost the island's de...

Japan reopens to tourists with shuttered souvenir shops, hotel staff shortage

Japan reopens to tourists with shuttered souvenir shops, hotel staff shortage

REUTERS 2022-10-10 12:40:03

As Japan throws open its doors to visitors this week after more than two years of pandemic isolation, hopes for a tourism boom face tough headwinds amid shuttered shops and a shortage of hospitality w...

CNN crew fined, leaving Thailand in day care attack coverage

CNN crew fined, leaving Thailand in day care attack coverage

-- 2022-10-09 22:29:55

Thai authorities on Sunday fined two CNN journalists for working in the country on tourist visas but cleared them of wrongdoing for entering the day care centre where more than 20 children were massac...

185 people, including 19 minors, killed in Iran unrest: Rights group

185 people, including 19 minors, killed in Iran unrest: Rights group

-- 2022-10-09 18:16:05

Protests ignited by the death of a young woman in police custody continued across Iran on Sunday despite a fierce crackdown by the authorities, as a human rights group said at least 185 people, includ...

Iran’s state-run live TV hacked by protesters

Iran’s state-run live TV hacked by protesters

-- 2022-10-09 15:18:28

Iran's state-run broadcaster was apparently hacked on air Saturday, with a news bulletin interrupted by a protest against the country's leader, according to BBC A mask appeared on the screen, followe...

Heavy rains ease in Australia's New South Wales, flood warnings remain

Heavy rains ease in Australia's New South Wales, flood warnings remain

REUTERS 2022-10-09 13:01:07

Rains eased in Australia's New South Wales on Sunday but authorities continued to warn people to be aware of rising flood waters, as days of rain in much of the most populous state has swollen rivers...

Iranian president visits Tehran university, female students chant ‘Raisi, get lost

Iranian president visits Tehran university, female students chant ‘Raisi, get lost

-- 2022-10-08 20:42:50

Female students in Tehran chanted "get lost", according to activists, as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited their university campus on Saturday and condemned protesters enraged by the death of a...

India arrests six Pakistani nationals with heroin in the Arabian Sea

India arrests six Pakistani nationals with heroin in the Arabian Sea

-- 2022-10-08 18:45:19

Indian authorities arrested six Pakistani nationals and seized heroin worth tens of millions of dollars from a Pakistani fishing boat in the Arabian Sea near the western state of Gujarat, officials sa...