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At least six Asian expats die in recent UAE floods

At least six Asian expats die in recent UAE floods

-- 2022-07-29 21:42:05

The United Arab Emirates' Interior Ministry said on Friday that six Asian expatriates had been found dead as a result of recent floods across the country, reports Reuters. Field units are continuing...

Philippines detects first case of monkeypox

Philippines detects first case of monkeypox

REUTERS 2022-07-29 13:18:15

The Philippines has reported its first case of the monkeypox virus, detected in a citizen who returned from abroad earlier this month, a health ministry official said on Friday. The patient was now i...

Don't 'play with fire' over Taiwan, China's Xi warns in call with Biden

Don't 'play with fire' over Taiwan, China's Xi warns in call with Biden

REUTERS 2022-07-29 10:13:00

Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against playing with fire over Taiwan in a call with US President Joe Biden on Thursday, highlighting Beijing's concerns about a possible visit to the Chinese-claimed...

Pak rupee slides to 239.9 vs dollar

Pak rupee slides to 239.9 vs dollar

-- 2022-07-29 08:57:52

The Pakistani rupee's losses continued on Thursday as the currency closed at a record low of Rs239.94 against the dollar in the interbank market, reports DAWN. According to the Forex Association of...

Australia makes monkeypox a disease of national significance

Australia makes monkeypox a disease of national significance

-- 2022-07-28 20:26:11

Australia said on Thursday the spread of monkeypox was now a "communicable disease incident of national significance" to allow for a more coordinated response, following the World Health Organization'...

India says monitoring reports of Chinese research vessel's planned visit to Sri Lanka

India says monitoring reports of Chinese research vessel's planned visit to Sri Lanka

-- 2022-07-28 19:07:44

India said on Thursday it was aware of reports about a Chinese vessel's planned visit to Sri Lanka's Hambantota port, built with money from Beijing, even as New Delhi tries to expand its influence in...

Myanmar's military must refrain from further ‘arbitrary executions’: G7

Myanmar's military must refrain from further ‘arbitrary executions’: G7

-- 2022-07-28 17:07:58

The Group of Seven on Thursday condemned the execution of four pro-democracy activists in Myanmar and called on the ruling military to "refrain from further arbitrary executions" and to free all polit...

Sri Lanka parliament extends emergency amid continued crisis

Sri Lanka parliament extends emergency amid continued crisis

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-28 10:54:46

It approved the extension of a state of emergency for a month, a lawmaker said, in a bid to get a grip on a political and economic crisis Sri Lanka's parliament approved the extension of a state of e...

Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes Philippines; at least four dead

Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes Philippines; at least four dead

-- 2022-07-27 17:04:21

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday killing four people, damaging buildings and sending strong tremors through the capital, Manila. Two peo...

South Korean PM to recommend presidential pardon for Samsung's Jay Y Lee

South Korean PM to recommend presidential pardon for Samsung's Jay Y Lee

REUTERS 2022-07-27 15:18:52

South Korea's prime minister said on Wednesday he would recommend to the president a pardon for Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman of the world's biggest memory chip maker, Samsung Electronics. Lee, heir to t...

Powerful 7.1 quake strikes Philippines

Powerful 7.1 quake strikes Philippines

-- 2022-07-27 10:28:00

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, badly damaging a hospital and buildings in a northern province and sending strong...

India’s Haryana chief minister says Bangladesh, Pakistan, India can reunite

India’s Haryana chief minister says Bangladesh, Pakistan, India can reunite

-- 2022-07-26 23:17:06

Manohar Lal Khattar, the chief minister of India’s Haryana state, on Monday said that Bangladesh, Pakistan and India can reunite just like the unification of East Germany and West Germany. "Whe...

Israel says Russians fired at its jets over Syria in May in "one-off"

Israel says Russians fired at its jets over Syria in May in "one-off"

-- 2022-07-26 21:06:31

Israel said on Tuesday that its military jets came under Russian anti-aircraft fire over Syria in May but they missed their target, describing the confrontation as a "one-off incident". The disclosur...

‘Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka soon’

‘Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka soon’

-- 2022-07-26 20:11:44

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka from Singapore soon. Sri Lanka’s cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunewardena gave the information on Tuesday, reports Daily Mir...

Pakistan increases power prices amid energy crisis

Pakistan increases power prices amid energy crisis

-- 2022-07-26 19:48:33

Pakistan has raised electricity prices to match rising generation costs amid a global energy crisis and a heatwave, even as the country grapples with its highest inflation in over a decade, the power...

Myanmar defends executions as ‘justice for people’

Myanmar defends executions as ‘justice for people’

-- 2022-07-26 19:10:16

Myanmar's ruling military on Tuesday defended its execution of four democracy activists as "justice for the people", brushing off a deluge of international condemnation including from its closest neig...

Rahul Gandhi detained during protest in Delhi

Rahul Gandhi detained during protest in Delhi

-- 2022-07-26 18:00:57

Authorities have detained Indian Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a road protest in Delhi while his mother Sonia Gandhi was being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate. The opposition leader,...

India probes spurious liquor incident that killed 26

India probes spurious liquor incident that killed 26

-- 2022-07-26 14:09:52

Authorities in India's western state of Gujarat are investigating an incident in which at least 26 people died and more than 30 were admitted to hospital after drinking spurious liquor, an offic...

Australia's Covid hospitalisations, deaths rise as variant surges

Australia's Covid hospitalisations, deaths rise as variant surges

-- 2022-07-26 14:01:45

Hospital admissions for Covid-19 in Australia have reached a new high for a second straight day, data showed on Tuesday, while the daily death toll rose to its second-highest as an outbreak fuelled by...

China confirms warnings to US on Pelosi's possible Taiwan visit

China confirms warnings to US on Pelosi's possible Taiwan visit

-- 2022-07-26 12:43:48

China delivered sterner warnings to US officials about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's possible visit to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday, confirming a report by the Financial Times (F...

Myanmar's neighbours dismayed over 'highly reprehensible' executions

Myanmar's neighbours dismayed over 'highly reprehensible' executions

REUTERS 2022-07-26 12:15:46

Myanmar's Southeast Asian neighbours issued a stinging rebuke on Tuesday of the ruling military's execution of four political activists, calling it "highly reprehensible" and destructive to regional e...

World condemns Myanmar junta for 'cruel' execution of activists

World condemns Myanmar junta for 'cruel' execution of activists

-- 2022-07-26 11:15:47

Myanmar's ruling military announced on Monday it had executed four democracy activists accused of aiding "terror acts", sparking widespread condemnation of the country's first executions in decades, R...

Execution of Myanmar’s four democracy activists sparks condemnation

Execution of Myanmar’s four democracy activists sparks condemnation

-- 2022-07-25 23:15:26

Myanmar's ruling military announced on Monday it had executed four democracy activists accused of aiding ‘terror acts’, sparking widespread condemnation of the country's first executions i...

Japan detects its first case of monkeypox virus

Japan detects its first case of monkeypox virus

-- 2022-07-25 21:32:45

Japan has detected its first case of the monkeypox virus in Tokyo, the capital's governor said on Monday. The infected person is a man in his 30s who returned from Europe and is currently in a hospit...

Pakistan selling state assets to foreign countries for loan repayment

Pakistan selling state assets to foreign countries for loan repayment

-- 2022-07-25 20:40:41

The government of Pakistan has decided to sell assets, owned by the state, to foreign countries to prevent the country from defaulting on loans. According to Pakistan-based news agencies, the federal...

Sri Lanka to restrict fuel imports for next 12 months

Sri Lanka to restrict fuel imports for next 12 months

-- 2022-07-25 20:30:53

Sri Lanka will restrict fuel imports for the next 12 months because of a severe shortage of foreign exchange, its energy minister said on Monday, as the island nation's new government seeks to find a...

India’s first tribal president takes oath of office

India’s first tribal president takes oath of office

-- 2022-07-25 17:37:11

India's first president from a marginalised tribal community, Droupadi Murmu, has taken the oath of office. After being sworn in on Monday, Droupadi Murmu said her election was an "achievement of eve...

Taiwan holds air-raid exercise amid China tension

Taiwan holds air-raid exercise amid China tension

-- 2022-07-25 16:55:02

Roads emptied and people were ordered to stay indoors in parts of Taiwan, including its capital Taipei, on Monday for an air-raid exercise as the island steps up preparations in the event of a Chinese...

Doxxing: a new tool of repression against Arab women

Doxxing: a new tool of repression against Arab women

-- 2022-07-25 16:07:10

When dozens of Tunisian judges went on strike last month to protest the sacking of 57 of their colleagues, lurid posts containing damaging allegations about some of the female jurists began appearing...

Schools reopen in Sri Lanka after closure from fuel shortages

Schools reopen in Sri Lanka after closure from fuel shortages

-- 2022-07-25 15:36:23

Sri Lanka on Monday reopened government-owned public and state-approved private schools, which were closed for nearly a month due to fuel shortages. However, schools will be open only three days a we...