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Afghan airstrikes leave 20 militants dead

Afghan airstrikes leave 20 militants dead

-- 2018-01-07 12:28:32

At least 20 militants including their three local commanders were killed and eight others wounded during airstrikes launched by Afghan air forces in Farah province, west of Afghanistan on Saturday, de...

Strong quake jolts Iran, 21 injured

Strong quake jolts Iran, 21 injured

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit western Iran on Saturday, injuring 21 people, state television reported. Two of those injured had to be hospitalised, and the rest were released after receiving treatme...

Two Bangladeshis among 32 go missing in China

Two Bangladeshis among 32 go missing in China

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

Thirty-two crew members, including two Bangladeshis and 30 Iranians, have gone missing after two vessels collided off China's east coast on Saturday evening, China's Ministry of Transport said Sunday....

Rohingya insurgents say they have no option but to fight Myanmar

Rohingya insurgents say they have no option but to fight Myanmar

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Sunday they have no option to fight what they called Myanmar state-sponsored terrorism to defend the Rohingya community, and demanded that the Rohingya be consulted...

Sydney sees hottest weather since 1939

Sydney sees hottest weather since 1939

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

The Australian city of Sydney has experienced its hottest weather in 79 years with temperatures in the region hitting as high as 47.3C (117F). In Penrith, west of Sydney, residents sweltered as the t...

Cold wave takes nine lives in Nepal

Cold wave takes nine lives in Nepal

-- 2018-01-07 10:43:01

The spell of cold wave has claimed at least nine lives in southern Nepal's Terai region bordering India in the past two days, media reports said. Six people died of freezing cold in Saptari district...

Arab League to lobby UN to recognise Palestinian state

Arab League to lobby UN to recognise Palestinian state

Reuters 2018-01-07 10:31:52

Arab states will soon embark on a diplomatic drive to persuade the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on territory captured by Israel in the 1967 war, J...

Ahmadinejad arrested in Iran!

Ahmadinejad arrested in Iran!

-- 2018-01-07 09:32:38

Iranian government has reportedly arrested the country's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for 'inciting unrest against the government' The former president was detained during a visit to the west...

Malaysia's opposition names  Mahathir as PM candidate

Malaysia's opposition names Mahathir as PM candidate

-- 2018-01-07 07:22:55

Malaysia’s opposition alliance named former premier Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday as its prime ministerial candidate for a general election this year. The 'authoritarian' ran the country for two d...

Philippines sees second mall blaze in two weeks

Philippines sees second mall blaze in two weeks

Reuters 2018-01-07 04:02:09

Firefighters have brought under control a blaze that raged for two days at a shopping mall in the central Philippines, with no casualties reported, a regional fire official said on Sunday. The fire a...

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says unrest is defeated

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says unrest is defeated

Reuters 2018-01-07 03:45:12

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday the country’s people and security forces had defeated unrest fomented by foreign enemies, as parliament and key security officials met to discuss...

PNG volcano eruption forces evacuations

PNG volcano eruption forces evacuations

-- 2018-01-07 02:12:46

A remote island volcano in Papua New Guinea has begun spewing ash into the air, forcing the evacuation of more than 500 residents, media and non-profit groups have said. Kadovar Island, a 365-metre (...

Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes India

Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes India

-- 2018-01-07 01:41:37

A earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck east of Imphal, capital of India’s northeastern state of Manipur, on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or d...

Saudi king orders new cost-offsetting allowances for citizens

Saudi king orders new cost-offsetting allowances for citizens

-- 2018-01-06 12:44:25

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered a monthly payment of 1,000 riyals ($267) to state employees over the next year in compensation for rising cost of living after the government hiked domesti...

Pakistan PM calls US aid ‘insignificant’

Pakistan PM calls US aid ‘insignificant’

-- 2018-01-06 12:00:00

Pakistan’s prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, has declared himself mystified by US threats to cut off funding, saying that US financial assistance was “very, very insignificant”....

Malaysia okays fresh search for MH370

Malaysia okays fresh search for MH370

-- 2018-01-06 12:00:00

Malaysia's government said Saturday that it has approved a new attempt to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, nearly four years after the plane's disappearance sparked one of aviation's...

Yemen mine blast wounds army chief of staff

Yemen mine blast wounds army chief of staff

-- 2018-01-06 03:36:33

The chief of staff of the Yemeni army has been injured by a land mine that went off while he was visiting the northern al-Jouf province, where heavy fighting between government forces and Houthi fight...

Massive explosion kills four policemen in Kashmir

Massive explosion kills four policemen in Kashmir

-- 2018-01-06 01:31:32

Four police officials have been killed after the rebels fighting against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir detonated a bomb in the northwestern town of Sopore, police say. Police say the massive blast...

Afghan airstrikes kill 20 IS rebels

Afghan airstrikes kill 20 IS rebels

-- 2018-01-06 01:00:29

At least 20 Islamic state militants including two commanders were killed as the government forces planes targeted the hardliner group's hideouts in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province on Frid...

US suspends security aid to Pakistan

US suspends security aid to Pakistan

Reuters 2018-01-05 12:00:00

The United States said on Thursday it was suspending an undisclosed amount of security assistance to Pakistan, which two officials said was worth more than $255 million, until Islamabad takes action a...

Kabul suicide bombing attack death toll rises to 20

Kabul suicide bombing attack death toll rises to 20

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

The death toll from the previous night's suicide attack in Kabul has jumped to 20, with another 27 policemen wounded, said Afghan police. The attack took place on Thursday night in the eastern part o...

India calls off $500m defence deal with Israel

India calls off $500m defence deal with Israel

FE Online Desk 2018-01-05 12:00:00

India has cancelled an order to buy Spike anti-tank guided missiles from Israel’s state-owned defence contractor Rafael, the company said on Wednesday. The deal was worth about $500 million and...

Scientists first-ever to map quake-prone Asian region

Scientists first-ever to map quake-prone Asian region

FE Online Desk 2018-01-05 09:09:52

An international team of scientists is set to begin a four-year project to map and to monitor earthquake-prone area in Asia. The project will encompasses some of the most remote and densely populated...

Case against Mamata over NRC remarks

Case against Mamata over NRC remarks

FE Online Desk 2018-01-05 03:22:27

A police case has been filed against Mamata Banerjee in Assam after multiple complaints alleged the West Bengal Chief Minister made an inflammatory speech over the National Register of Citizens in Ass...

Will move to solve N Korea issues: Japan PM

Will move to solve N Korea issues: Japan PM

Reuters 2018-01-04 12:00:00

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday North Korea was engaging in continued provocations that were “absolutely unacceptable” and said he would work with the international com...

Mumbai building fire kills four

Mumbai building fire kills four

-- 2018-01-04 10:31:45

At least four people including two children have been killed after a fierce fire broke out at a residential building in the Indian city of Mumbai. Fire officer S Pawar says the third and fourth floor...

Court paves way for takeover of India tycoon's businesses

Court paves way for takeover of India tycoon's businesses

-- 2018-01-04 08:32:04

A court has declared India's flamboyant tycoon Vijay Mallya a ‘proclaimed offender’ for failing to appear to answer allegations of money laundering by flouting foreign currency laws. The...

India cancels registration of 4,867 NGOs

India cancels registration of 4,867 NGOs

FE Online Desk 2018-01-04 06:28:08

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in India has served notices to 5,922 NGOs for failing to file annual returns. The ministry also cancelled registration of 4,867 NGOs across the country, says...

China woman loses leg in tragic lift accident

China woman loses leg in tragic lift accident

-- 2018-01-04 06:12:44

A woman who was busy on her phone while entering a lift in China ended up having her leg severed after the elevator malfunctioned. A CCTV footage released by authorities shows the woman proceeding to...

Ebadi urges Iranians to keep up protests

Ebadi urges Iranians to keep up protests

Reuters 2018-01-04 02:07:38

Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi urged the people of Iran to engage in civil disobedience and press on with nationwide protests that are posing the boldest challenge to its leaders since pro-...