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Europeans doubt Iran's intentions in nuclear talks sparking Tehran's ire

Europeans doubt Iran's intentions in nuclear talks sparking Tehran's ire

-- 2022-09-11 12:10:25

France, Britain and Germany on Saturday said they had "serious doubts" about Iran's intentions to revive a nuclear deal, comments that were rejected by Tehran and called "very untimely" by Mos...

Five Hong Kong speech therapists jailed for conspiracy to 'brainwash' children with cartoons

Five Hong Kong speech therapists jailed for conspiracy to 'brainwash' children with cartoons

-- 2022-09-10 21:37:32

Five Hong Kong speech therapists were sentenced on Saturday to 19 months in jail for conspiracy to publish seditious children's books, featuring cartoons of sheep and wolves that prosecutors had deeme...

Five die in New Zealand as passenger boat reportedly overturned by whale

Five die in New Zealand as passenger boat reportedly overturned by whale

-- 2022-09-10 19:48:13

Five people died in New Zealand on Saturday when a boat carrying 11 capsized off Kaikoura, a coastal town on South Island, according to police. According to a Reuters report that cited Radio New Zeal...

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Papua, Indonesia, no tsunami warning

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Papua, Indonesia, no tsunami warning

REUTERS 2022-09-10 13:53:06

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the region of Papua in Indonesia on Saturday and has no potential to trigger a tsunami, the country's geophysics agency (BMKG) said. The quake struck about...

Canada agrees to resettle Afghans held in UAE facility, sources say

Canada agrees to resettle Afghans held in UAE facility, sources say

-- 2022-09-10 11:51:57

Canada will accept some 1,000 Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover of their homeland and have been held for months in a makeshift refugee centre in the United Arab Emirates awaiting resettlemen...

UN chief appeals to world for massive help for flood-ravaged Pakistan

UN chief appeals to world for massive help for flood-ravaged Pakistan

-- 2022-09-09 18:32:51

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the world for huge help for flood-ravaged Pakistan on Friday as he visited to boost the response to a disaster that the government estimates has cause...

Kim Jong Un's 'decapitation' fears shine through in new North Korea nuclear law

Kim Jong Un's 'decapitation' fears shine through in new North Korea nuclear law

REUTERS 2022-09-09 15:08:21

A new North Korean law calls for "automatic" nuclear launches if the country's leadership or command and control systems are threatened, underscoring leader Kim Jong Un's fears of a so-called "decapit...

Indian and Chinese troops disengaging from western Himalayan area

Indian and Chinese troops disengaging from western Himalayan area

REUTERS 2022-09-09 10:10:35

Indian and Chinese troops have begun disengaging from the Gogra-Hotsprings border area in the western Himalayas, both sides said, two years after clashes at the frontier strained diplomatic ties. The...

Pakistanis throw up barriers against rising floodwaters; 12 more die

Pakistanis throw up barriers against rising floodwaters; 12 more die

-- 2022-09-08 14:21:04

People were building barriers in some parts of Pakistan on Thursday to hold back rising waters that have engulfed nearly a third of the country after weeks of rain, while officials said 12 more...

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka swears in 37 junior ministers

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka swears in 37 junior ministers

-- 2022-09-08 14:08:34

Sri Lanka swore in 37 junior ministers, including two for the critical finance ministry, the president's office said on Thursday, in a major expansion of the crisis-hit country's government. The isla...

Myanmar conflict under control, junta chief says

Myanmar conflict under control, junta chief says

-- 2022-09-08 10:40:00

The crisis in Myanmar is under control and the ruling military will do all in its power to hold elections next year as planned, providing the vote can be free from foreign interference, its lead...

Myanmar junta chief makes another visit to Russia in less than two months

Myanmar junta chief makes another visit to Russia in less than two months

-- 2022-09-07 21:43:16

Myanmar's junta leader was on a visit to Russia on Monday, his second trip there in less than two months, as Myanmar's ruling military tries to shore up one of its few diplomatic alliances as it comes...

Gulf nations demand Netflix remove content that 'violates Islamic values'

Gulf nations demand Netflix remove content that 'violates Islamic values'

-- 2022-09-07 20:13:14

Gulf Arab countries have demanded that the streaming service Netflix remove “offensive content”, citing unspecified material that “violates Islamic and societal values and principals...

China earthquake death toll rises to 74

China earthquake death toll rises to 74

-- 2022-09-07 11:17:44

China has reopened roads leading to the epicentre of Monday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the southwestern province of Sichuan and traffic has resumed, state media reported on Wednesday, while t...

Pakistan tries to avert lake overflow amid floods; UN warns of more misery

Pakistan tries to avert lake overflow amid floods; UN warns of more misery

REUTERS 2022-09-07 10:35:30

Pakistan scrambled on Tuesday to widen a breach in its biggest lake to prevent it from overflowing amid unprecedented floods that have inundated a third of the South Asian nation, as the United Nation...

Japan, US, Philippines to step up maritime security ties

Japan, US, Philippines to step up maritime security ties

-- 2022-09-06 17:59:57

An American diplomat in Tokyo on Tuesday criticised China's "increasingly hostile maritime actions" as a threat to the safety of waterways in the resource-rich Indo-Pacific, as the United States seeks...

Protests flare across Indonesia over fuel price hike

Protests flare across Indonesia over fuel price hike

-- 2022-09-06 17:21:01

Thousands of people rallied in Indonesia's biggest cities on Tuesday, demanding the government reverse its first subsidised fuel price increase in eight years amid soaring inflation. Under pressure t...

Hong Kong discovers first case of monkeypox

Hong Kong discovers first case of monkeypox

-- 2022-09-06 15:27:58

Hong Kong has reported its first case of monkeypox, health authorities said on Tuesday, after symptoms were discovered in a 30-year old man who arrived from the Phillippines after travelling in the Un...

China drills improved Taiwan's combat abilities, President Tsai says

China drills improved Taiwan's combat abilities, President Tsai says

REUTERS 2022-09-06 13:05:55

The combat skills of Taiwan's military are now "more mature" and it is better able to fight thanks to having to repeatedly scramble to see off Chinese forces during their recent drills, President Tsai...

Power cuts, traffic snarls as India's tech hub endures second day of floods

Power cuts, traffic snarls as India's tech hub endures second day of floods

-- 2022-09-06 12:22:40

Many parts of India's tech hub of Bengaluru were under water for a second day on Tuesday as more rain fell in an unusually wet monsoon season, bringing traffic chaos, power cuts and flooded properties...

65 die as earthquake hits southwest China

65 die as earthquake hits southwest China

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-06 11:22:01

The powerful earthquake that set off landslides and shook buildings in southwestern China killed at least 65 people and injured hundreds, state media said Tuesday. At least 16 other people are missin...

Sri Lanka not to accept any international human rights investigation

Sri Lanka not to accept any international human rights investigation

-- 2022-09-05 21:26:15

Sri Lanka will not accept any international investigation imposed by the UN Human Rights Council into alleged rights abuses during the country's long civil war, an official said Monday. Foreign Minis...

China earthquake death toll climbs to 30

China earthquake death toll climbs to 30

-- 2022-09-05 20:50:23

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, the strongest to hit the region since 2017, killing more than 30 people and shaking the provincial capital of Chengdu and more dis...

Israel says Al Jazeera reporter was likely killed unintentionally by its forces

Israel says Al Jazeera reporter was likely killed unintentionally by its forces

-- 2022-09-05 20:17:51

Israeli investigations into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May concluded that she was likely to have been unintentionally shot by an Israeli soldier but was not deliberately...

Death toll in China from earthquake reaches 21

Death toll in China from earthquake reaches 21

-- 2022-09-05 18:40:09

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, the strongest to hit the region since 2017, killing at least 21 people and shaking the provincial capital of Chengdu and more dist...

Afghanistan earthquake kills eight, more casualties feared

Afghanistan earthquake kills eight, more casualties feared

-- 2022-09-05 17:38:41

An earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least eight people early on Monday, and the toll could rise, the state news agency quoted a regional official as saying. The quake of magnitude 5.3...

Earthquake in China kills seven

Earthquake in China kills seven

-- 2022-09-05 16:44:16

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, the strongest to hit the region since 2017, killing at least seven people and shaking the provincial capital of Chengdu and more d...

Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib seeks royal pardon

Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib seeks royal pardon

-- 2022-09-05 15:22:28

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has applied for a royal pardon, the speaker of parliament said on Monday, less than two weeks after he was sent to jail for 12 years for corruption, R...

India's Bengaluru hit by flooding, traffic snarls after heavy rain

India's Bengaluru hit by flooding, traffic snarls after heavy rain

REUTERS 2022-09-05 12:43:35

Large parts of India's tech capital Bengaluru were under water on Monday after torrential rains lashed the city, causing crippling traffic disruptions and prompting offices to issue work-from-home ord...

South Korea braces for 'very strong' typhoon, businesses curb operations

South Korea braces for 'very strong' typhoon, businesses curb operations

REUTERS 2022-09-05 10:43:57

Typhoon Hinnamnor neared South Korea on Monday, forcing flight cancellations, suspensions of some business operations and closures of schools, as the country raised its typhoon-alert level to its high...