-- 2018-02-24 20:57:52
Syrian government forces have killed more than 500 civilians during a week of intense bombardment of a rebel enclave near Damascus, activists say. The victims in the Eastern Ghouta include 121 childr...
-- 2018-02-24 19:39:34
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on Saturday said that he “cannot stand” US President Donald Trump and said the way he treats people is very “negative”. “I can never stand...
-- 2018-02-24 17:04:54
Three bombs rocked the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine State, Sittwe, early on Saturday. Local police said a policeman was slightly injured and the authorities were still working to determine who was be...
FE Online Desk Report 2018-02-24 13:25:52
Ministers and senior government representatives from Asia and the Pacific on Friday committed to ensuring greater empowerment of rural women and girls to improve their standard of living, food securit...
-- 2018-02-24 13:24:44
Two separate suicide car bombings in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, have killed at least five people including two assailants on Saturday morning, said provincial officials. A police off...
-- 2018-02-24 11:24:59
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has sparked storm of criticism after saying he had stopped eating rice in favour of more expensive quinoa. Najib, who is facing a general election within months u...
-- 2018-02-24 11:21:38
Myanmar's parliament has approved a budget of about $15 million for the construction of a fence and related projects along the border with Bangladesh in Rakhine state, from which about 700,000 members...
-- 2018-02-23 22:18:46
Beijing has cracked down on insurance and financial giant Anbang, taking control of the conglomerate and prosecuting the firm's head. Wu Xiaohui, who was already detained by authorities last June, is...
-- 2018-02-23 19:56:28
A global money-laundering watchdog has decided to place Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watchlist, a government official and a diplomat said on Friday, in a likely blow to Pakistan’s ec...
-- 2018-02-23 19:29:39
The Human Rights Watch has said Myanmar may have destroyed evidence of atrocities by troops through demolishing at least 55 villages in the northern part of Rakhine State. The group made the claim on...
-- 2018-02-23 17:03:38
Barnaby Joyce says he will resign as Australia's deputy prime minister following a politically damaging saga that began with his affair with a former staffer. Mr Joyce said he would step down on Mond...
-- 2018-02-23 14:22:43
South Korea said it had approved the Winter Olympic visit by a sanctioned North Korean official, blamed for the 2010 sinking of a South Korean ship that killed 46 sailors, in the pursuit of peace and...
-- 2018-02-23 09:55:15
Barnaby Joyce says he will resign as Australia's deputy prime minister following a politically damaging saga that began with his affair with a former staffer. Mr Joyce said he would step down on Mond...
-- 2018-02-22 13:26:04
A bomb blast killed two bank employees and injured 22 other people in Myanmar’s northeastern city of Lashio on Wednesday, the government and the military said. Police said an investigation was...
-- 2018-02-22 00:14:59
More than 100 British parliamentarians have said it is time for the UK to state that Myanmar's military should be referred to ICC for their appalling 'security operations' against the Rohingya, descri...
-- 2018-02-21 21:36:17
The US has urged the Maldives to end a state of emergency that has been in place in the country since the beginning of February. "The US is disappointed with President Yameen Abdul Gayoom's decision...
-- 2018-02-21 21:03:25
Pakistan's apex court has disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as head of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. "An individual disqualified under Articles 62 and 63 cannot serve as part...
-- 2018-02-21 19:13:43
Japan plans to buy at least 20 additional F-35A stealth fighters over the next six years, some or all of which it may purchase directly from Lockheed Martin Corp in the United States rather than assem...
-- 2018-02-21 14:50:23
There were no survivors among the 65 passengers and crew on an Iranian plane that ploughed into a mountain top, where most of the bodies lie buried under snow, the first rescue team to reach the wreck...
-- 2018-02-21 13:00:07
The united State has recently signed an agreement granting Jordan $1.275 billion a year through 2022, an additional financial support for the kingdom. The chairman of a US Senate panel dealing with f...
-- 2018-02-21 11:08:42
A better deal for South Korea’s cryptocurrency industry is likely to be in the offing as the market regulator changes tack from its tough stance on the virtual coin trade, promising instead to h...
-- 2018-02-20 21:56:36
Japan has picked the western city of Osaka to host next year’s G20 summit, the first such gathering to be held in Japan, reports Reuters citing a government source. The choice of Osaka, Japan&r...
-- 2018-02-20 21:42:09
A number of districts in New Zealand’s South Island have declared a state of emergency as the remains of Cyclone Gita pummel the country. Heavy rains ahead of the storm's arrival brought floods...
-- 2018-02-20 16:48:15
A Bangkok court has awarded paternity rights to a Japanese man over 13 babies he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers. The ruling allows Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, to pursue custody of the children....
-- 2018-02-20 15:21:31
Indonesia suspended the construction of elevated infrastructure projects, including rail and roads, after a series of accidents raised questions about the safety of a government drive to upgrade trans...
-- 2018-02-20 14:44:55
A bomb blast has rocked Jalalabad city, the capital of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday killing at least one civilian, a local official said. The explosion has left three people in...
-- 2018-02-20 11:54:53
Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island has declared a state of emergency as former cyclone Gita approaches the country. Dozens of schools have been shut and roads closed as the South Island brace...
-- 2018-02-20 11:04:45
Clashes erupted between Iranian police and members of a Sufi Muslim religious community in Tehran, leaving three officers dead, said the law enforcers. A protest by dervishes at a police station in n...
Agencies 2018-02-20 10:34:33
Bombardments by Syrian government forces have killed dozens of civilians in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area outside Damascus, activists say. At least 77 civilians, including 20 children, were kill...
-- 2018-02-19 21:36:28
Myanmar government is bulldozing over the site of a Rohingya mass grave in an effort to destroy evidence of a massacre committed last year by the military, according to a rights monitoring group, acco...
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