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Japan bans chemical weapons-related goods to Russia, concerned by nuke threats

REUTERS 2022-09-26 10:41:18

Japan has decided to ban exports of chemical weapons-related goods to Russia in an additional sanction against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, and is "deeply concerned" about the possible use of...

WB pledges $2.0b for flood-ravaged Pakistan

-- 2022-09-25 17:14:34

The World Bank said it will provide about $2.0 billion in aid to Pakistan, ravaged by floods that have killed more than 1,600 people this year, the largest pledge of assistance so far. Unprecedented...

Philippines evacuates coastal communities as Typhoon Noru nears

-- 2022-09-25 16:22:02

A typhoon gained strength as it approached the Philippines on Sunday, forcing thousands of people from their homes in coastal communities on the main island of Luzon and the cancellation of dozens of...

Tokyo tightens security for slain Shinzo Abe’s funeral

-- 2022-09-25 16:06:55

Japan's state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday is under the spotlight as authorities seek to avoid the kind of security blunders exposed in his assassination in July. Abe was s...

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of US VP Harris visit

-- 2022-09-25 13:09:53

North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast on Sunday, ahead of planned military drills by South Korean and US forces involving an aircraft carrier and a visit to the regi...

Iran will act decisively after biggest protests in years, president says

REUTERS 2022-09-25 12:06:13

Iran must deal decisively with protests which have swept the country after the death in custody of a woman detained by the Islamic Republic's morality police, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday....

Iran's leaders are safe but protests raise the stakes over imposing veil

-- 2022-09-24 16:09:01

The popular revolt in Iran triggered by the death of a woman held by police is unlikely to pose an immediate threat to clerical rulers whose elite security forces have crushed one protest after anothe...

Why Japan is divided over Shinzo Abe's state funeral

REUTERS 2022-09-24 16:02:13

A lavish, taxpayer-funded funeral for Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has triggered a public backlash against the ruling party he led for years. Some opposition lawmakers are boycotting Tue...

US sending 'dangerous signals' on Taiwan, China tells Blinken

-- 2022-09-24 13:59:07

China has accused the United States of sending "very wrong, dangerous signals" on Taiwan after the US secretary of state told his Chinese counterpart on Friday that the maintenance of peace and stab...

Cambodia still searching for at least 10 Chinese missing from sunken boat

REUTERS 2022-09-24 12:56:08

Cambodian rescuers were still searching on Saturday for at least 10 missing Chinese nationals after a boat with more than 40 people on board sank near islands off the coastal town of Sihanoukville, th...

Typhoon lashes central Japan killing one

REUTERS 2022-09-24 10:25:24

A typhoon lashed central Japan on Saturday with torrential rain and fierce winds, triggering a landslide that killed one man, the Kyodo news agency reported. Some parts of the region southwest of the...

Palestinian President Abbas calls on Israel to resume negotiations immediately

-- 2022-09-23 22:45:46

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's call for a two-state solution was a "positive development" but said the proof would be an immediate return to negotiations....

State-organised marchers in Iran call for execution of rioters

-- 2022-09-23 19:34:34

State-organised demonstrations took place in several Iranian cities on Friday to counter anti-government protests triggered by the death of a woman in police custody, with some marchers calling for th...

Death toll from Lebanon migrant boat rises to 71

-- 2022-09-23 19:27:05

At least 71 people died when the migrant boat they were aboard sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week, the Lebanese transport minister said, as search operations contin...

At least 26 dead from protests in Iran

-- 2022-09-23 18:52:25

Protesters across Iran continued to clash violently with security forces early Friday following the death of a young woman in police custody, as Iranian state TV suggested the death toll from the unre...

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as warning to North

-- 2022-09-23 17:51:56

A US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in about four years, set to join other military vessels in a show of force intended to send a message to North Korea. USS Ron...

Iranian army says it will 'confront the enemies' as protests rage

-- 2022-09-23 17:27:11

Iran's army warned on Friday that it would "confront the enemies" to ensure security and peace in the country, according to a statement, as protests rage over the death of a woman in the morality poli...

Kazakhstan reports higher influx of Russians amid conscription

-- 2022-09-23 16:39:01

Kazakhstan has seen an increased number of arrivals from neighbouring Russia, Kazakh authorities said on Friday, after Moscow announced a conscription drive this week the war in Ukraine. Russian Pres...

Death toll from Lebanon migrant boat rises to 61

-- 2022-09-23 16:35:08

Syrian authorities have recovered the bodies of at least 61 people who were aboard a migrant boat that sank off its coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week, a Lebanese minister said on Frid...

Bhutan welcomes back tourists after COVID-19 with honey, turmeric

-- 2022-09-23 16:31:19

Wedged between China and India, the country known for its natural beauty and ancient Buddhist culture, first opened to wealthy tourists in 1974. In March 2020 it shut its borders to visitors - a major...

Myanmar has gone from ‘bad to worse to horrific’, says UN

-- 2022-09-23 16:21:48

Tom Andrews, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, has said that conditions for Myanmar’s 54 million people have gone from “bad to worse to horrific” sinc...

More than 30 migrants dead in Syrian waters

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-23 12:16:22

Authorities rescue more than a dozen migrants off the coast of the northern port city of Tartus Syrian authorities have found 34 bodies and rescued more than a dozen migrants off the coast of the nor...

Western nations concerned by presence of extremist groups in Afghanistan

REUTERS 2022-09-23 10:58:09

Some western countries expressed grave concern about the presence and operations of extremist groups in Afghanistan and said the Taliban were not meeting their counter-terrorism commitments. Special...

Magnitude 4.5 earthquake briefly shakes Tokyo buildings

-- 2022-09-23 10:20:04

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 briefly struck the southern part of Japan's Ibaraki prefecture on Friday, authorities said, shaking buildings in Tokyo. Ibaraki is in the Kanto regio...

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as warning to North Korea

REUTERS 2022-09-23 09:51:51

A US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in about four years, due to join South Korean ships in a military show of force aimed at sending North Korea a message, offici...

Israeli PM Lapid backs two-state solution with Palestinians

-- 2022-09-23 09:47:59

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid called on Thursday for a two-state solution to decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict and reasserted that Israel would do "whatever it takes" to stop Iran from...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards issue warning as protests over woman's death spread

-- 2022-09-22 19:13:55

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards called on the Islamic Republic's judiciary on Thursday to prosecute "those who spread false news and rumours" about a young woman whose death in police custody has...

Pakistan former prime minister Khan apologises in contempt of court case

-- 2022-09-22 19:11:34

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday tendered an apology in a contempt of court case, his defence lawyer said, a step back that could help him avoid disqualification from politics....

UN rights envoy warns that Myanmar's election will be a 'fraud'

-- 2022-09-22 19:06:22

The United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar said on Thursday that an election planned by the country's junta will be a "fraud" and warned other countries against offering assistance that would h...

S Korea, Japan hold first bilateral talks since 2019, seek stronger ties

-- 2022-09-22 12:49:40

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held their first one-on-one talks on Wednesday and agreed on the need to improve relations dogged by historical disputes....