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UNHCR, Japan sign deal on $3.50m Rohingya aid

UNHCR, Japan sign deal on $3.50m Rohingya aid

FE REPORT 2022-09-22 08:23:51

The government of Japan and the UN Refugee Agency signed a partnership agreement to provide $3.50 million protection and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on Wednesday. The c...

Protest intensifies in Iran over death of woman in police custody

Protest intensifies in Iran over death of woman in police custody

-- 2022-09-21 21:52:26

Iranian authorities said three people including a member of the security forces had been killed on Tuesday during unrest sweeping the country, as anger at the death of a woman in the custody of the mo...

England's FA calls for Qatar's migrant workers to be compensated

England's FA calls for Qatar's migrant workers to be compensated

-- 2022-09-21 19:52:12

England's Football Association (FA) said on Wednesday families of migrant workers in Qatar who were injured or killed while constructing the infrastructure for this year's World Cup should be compensa...

Appeal at UN for world leaders to protect Afghan girls’ education

Appeal at UN for world leaders to protect Afghan girls’ education

-- 2022-09-21 19:30:15

After pleading with world leaders at the United Nations to protect the education and rights of women in Afghanistan a year after the Taliban took over, Somaya Faruqi, the former captain of the Afghan...

Nepal in fresh turmoil as its president declines to sign citizenship law

Nepal in fresh turmoil as its president declines to sign citizenship law

-- 2022-09-21 17:35:11

A clash between Nepal's government and its head of state over controversial citizenship legislation threw the nascent republic into turmoil on Wednesday, after President Bidhya Devi Bhandari refused t...

Israeli PM meets Turkish president after 14 years

Israeli PM meets Turkish president after 14 years

-- 2022-09-21 17:30:09

Israel's prime minister has met with Turkey's president for the first time in 14 years, the latest sign of warming ties between the two regional powers after a long and bitter rift. The office of Isr...

Man sets himself on fire in apparent protest of Abe funeral

Man sets himself on fire in apparent protest of Abe funeral

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-21 13:44:41

A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office in Tokyo early Wednesday in apparent protest against the state funeral planned next week for former leader Shinzo Abe, officia...

China willing to make effort for peaceful 'reunification' with Taiwan

China willing to make effort for peaceful 'reunification' with Taiwan

REUTERS 2022-09-21 10:04:00

China is willing to make the utmost effort to strive for a peaceful "reunification" with Taiwan, a Chinese government spokesperson said on Wednesday, following weeks of military manoeuvres and war gam...

At least 11 children killed after Myanmar army helicopters fire at school

At least 11 children killed after Myanmar army helicopters fire at school

-- 2022-09-20 19:42:02

At least 11 children have been killed and 15 more are missing after army helicopters shot at a school in northern Myanmar, Unicef has said. Troops and helicopter gunships opened fire last Friday on t...

Taliban free US engineer in exchange for Afghan tribal leader

Taliban free US engineer in exchange for Afghan tribal leader

-- 2022-09-20 18:13:05

fghanistan's Taliban on Monday freed American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Taliban-linked Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai, after President Joe Biden granted clemency to the convicted dru...

Pakistan flood-borne diseases kill nine people

Pakistan flood-borne diseases kill nine people

-- 2022-09-20 17:03:55

At least nine people died on Monday of infectious and water-borne diseases that have attacked tens of thousands of people in flood-hit Pakistan, government data showed, taking the toll from such cause...

Myanmar military threatens jail for online 'likes' for opponents

Myanmar military threatens jail for online 'likes' for opponents

-- 2022-09-20 16:24:51

Myanmar's ruling junta on Tuesday warned the public against showing moral support for a 'terrorist' resistance movement, threatening jail terms of up to 10 years just for liking or sharing its content...

China plans easier border entry rules for some foreign tourists

China plans easier border entry rules for some foreign tourists

REUTERS 2022-09-20 10:31:23

China's government issued draft rules aimed at making it easier for some foreigners to enter China for visits to tourism sites along the Chinese border. Travel groups organised by tour agencies in bo...

Six children killed as army helicopters fire on school in Myanmar

Six children killed as army helicopters fire on school in Myanmar

-- 2022-09-19 20:32:26

At least six children were killed and 17 wounded when army helicopters shot at a school in Myanmar, media reports and residents said on Monday, as the military said it opened fire because rebels were...

Biden again says US would defend Taiwan if China attacks

Biden again says US would defend Taiwan if China attacks

-- 2022-09-19 17:53:12

US President Joe Biden has again said the US would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack by China. Asked in an interview if US troops would defend the island, Mr Biden said: "Yes, if in fact, there...

Kyrgyz leader urges calm after deadly conflict with Tajikistan

Kyrgyz leader urges calm after deadly conflict with Tajikistan

REUTERS 2022-09-19 14:30:46

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov urged his country on Monday to have trust in its army and strategic partners, and said there was no need for volunteer forces at the border with Tajikistan after last we...

Typhoon Nanmadol snarls air, land traffic in Japan, more rain expected

Typhoon Nanmadol snarls air, land traffic in Japan, more rain expected

REUTERS 2022-09-19 11:25:11

Typhoon Nanmadol pounded western Japan with heavy rain and strong winds on Monday, forcing airlines to cancel flights, snarling train operations and leaving more than 300,000 households without power....

27 people killed as bus rolls over on highway in China

27 people killed as bus rolls over on highway in China

-- 2022-09-18 19:11:59

A bus crash killed 27 people and injured a further 20 when the vehicle rolled over on a highway in southwest China's mountainous Guizhou province, local police said in a statement on Sunday. Accordin...

‘Unprecedented’ storm bears down on Japan; four million told to flee

‘Unprecedented’ storm bears down on Japan; four million told to flee

-- 2022-09-18 17:28:56

At least four million people in southern Japan have been ordered to evacuate as a powerful typhoon bears down on the region, bringing strong winds and heavy rain that caused electricity blackouts and...

Kyrgyzstan says death toll from border conflict rises to 71

Kyrgyzstan says death toll from border conflict rises to 71

-- 2022-09-18 17:08:44

Kyrgyzstan said on Sunday its death toll from the border conflict with Tajikistan has risen to 71 people, with 129 wounded in fighting between the two Central Asian nations. The former Soviet republi...

Powerful earthquake hits southeast Taiwan, collapsing building

Powerful earthquake hits southeast Taiwan, collapsing building

REUTERS 2022-09-18 14:26:27

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island's weather bureau said, derailing train carriages and causing a convenience store to collapse. T...

Lebanese banks held up by customers as financial crisis deepens

Lebanese banks held up by customers as financial crisis deepens

-- 2022-09-17 18:35:48

A series of Lebanese banks were stormed by customers since Friday as the spiralling number of hold-ups continues amid the country’s financial crisis. According to Reuters, five Lebanese banks w...

Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan ceasefire remains in effect after deadly fighting

Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan ceasefire remains in effect after deadly fighting

-- 2022-09-17 17:40:05

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan reported no major overnight incidents on Saturday, indicating that a ceasefire they agreed after intense fighting on Friday remained in effect despite accusations of sporadic...

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation calls for ‘balance’ in climate approach

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation calls for ‘balance’ in climate approach

-- 2022-09-17 17:14:22

Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation called for a "balance" between reducing carbon emissions and allowing poorer states to catch up with economically developed countries in a joint statem...

Nepal landslide kills 14

Nepal landslide kills 14

-- 2022-09-17 13:49:39

A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed at least 14 people and injured seven in western Nepal, officials said on Saturday, as rescue workers searched the disaster site to try to find a further 10...

India's Modi assails Putin over Ukraine war

India's Modi assails Putin over Ukraine war

-- 2022-09-17 13:13:41

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that now was not a time for war, directly assailing the Kremlin chief in public over the nearly seven-mont...

Japan warns powerful typhoon to hit southern region on Sunday

Japan warns powerful typhoon to hit southern region on Sunday

-- 2022-09-17 12:39:55

The Japan Meteorological Agency warned on Saturday of a large and powerful typhoon expected to reach landfall on the southern island of Kyushu on Sunday. The agency said it may issue a "special warni...

UN rights office calls for urgent halt to arms sales to Myanmar

UN rights office calls for urgent halt to arms sales to Myanmar

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-17 12:00:23

Countries should do more to prevent revenues and arms from reaching a military in Myanmar that is ruling by repressing and terrorising its people, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday...

Mainland China reports first imported monkeypox case

Mainland China reports first imported monkeypox case

REUTERS 2022-09-17 11:21:10

The Chinese city of Chongqing reported one case of the monkeypox virus infection on Friday in an individual who arrived from abroad, marking mainland China's first known monkeypox infection amid the r...

Kyrgyzstan reports heavy fighting with Tajikistan, 24 people killed

Kyrgyzstan reports heavy fighting with Tajikistan, 24 people killed

-- 2022-09-17 10:34:19

Kyrgyzstan reported "intense battles" with Central Asian neighbour Tajikistan on Friday and said 24 people had been killed in the latest outbreak of violence to hit the former Soviet Union. Both of t...