-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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....
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
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...
-- 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 (...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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”....
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
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-...
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