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Myanmar executed four democracy activists, sparking condemnation and anger

Myanmar executed four democracy activists, sparking condemnation and anger

REUTERS 2022-07-25 10:51:15

Myanmar’s military junta said on Monday it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out “terrorist acts” in the Southeast Asian country’s first executions...

China's population expected to start to shrink before 2025

China's population expected to start to shrink before 2025

REUTERS 2022-07-25 10:24:27

China's population has slowed significantly and is expected to start to shrink ahead of 2025, the state backed Global Times reported, citing a senior health official. Birth data released late on Sund...

Sri Lanka's new president says they uphold rights of peaceful gatherings

Sri Lanka's new president says they uphold rights of peaceful gatherings

-- 2022-07-24 20:46:51

Sri Lanka's new President Ranil Wickremesinghe told diplomats this week that non-violent protests against his government will be allowed to continue, including in the commercial capital Colombo, his o...

Three dead in graduation shooting at top Philippines university

Three dead in graduation shooting at top Philippines university

-- 2022-07-24 17:13:10

Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in the Philippines' capital region on Sunday, including a former mayor from the volatile south of the country, police said, news age...

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank clash

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank clash

REUTERS 2022-07-24 13:33:02

Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in a pre-dawn gun battle in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the dea...

10 coal company employees die after mountain slope collapses in China

10 coal company employees die after mountain slope collapses in China

-- 2022-07-23 23:06:15

Ten employees of a coal company died in northwestern China on Saturday when a mountainside slope collapsed on them, state media reported. Rescuers spent all day to retrieve the workers who were burie...

West Bengal minister arrested over school recruitment scam

West Bengal minister arrested over school recruitment scam

-- 2022-07-23 17:08:36

India’s Enforcement Directorate has arrested West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged teacher recruitment scam, says a bdnews24.com...

Shinzo Abe's suspected assassin to undergo psychiatric evaluation

Shinzo Abe's suspected assassin to undergo psychiatric evaluation

-- 2022-07-23 15:42:11

The suspected assassin of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will undergo psychiatric evaluation until later this year, reports Reuters on Saturday citing Japanese media reports. Tetsu...

Floods kill at least 18 in southern Iran

Floods kill at least 18 in southern Iran

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-23 14:47:38

At least 18 people were killed in flash floods caused by heavy rains in Iran's southern province of Fars, state media said on Saturday. Khalil Abdollahi, head of the province's crisis management depa...

Thai PM survives 4th no-confidence vote, last big test before polls

Thai PM survives 4th no-confidence vote, last big test before polls

-- 2022-07-23 13:34:20

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and 10 cabinet ministers survived no-confidence votes in parliament on Saturday, with the government emerging on top in Prayuth's last major test ahead of a g...

ICJ says it has jurisdiction in Rohingya genocide case

ICJ says it has jurisdiction in Rohingya genocide case

-- 2022-07-22 21:28:51

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday rejected Myanmar's objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, paving the way for the case to be heard in full....

Sri Lanka's new cabinet of ministers sworn in

Sri Lanka's new cabinet of ministers sworn in

-- 2022-07-22 20:31:39

Eighteen ministers including Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena were sworn into Sri Lanka's new cabinet before President Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Friday. The President's Office said that among tho...

Sri Lanka president expected to keep finance portfolio

Sri Lanka president expected to keep finance portfolio

-- 2022-07-22 17:46:53

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to keep the finance portfolio and could also appoint a junior minister to help him out with the department's work, a source with knowledge of the...

Covid-19 patients dying at record rates in New Zealand

Covid-19 patients dying at record rates in New Zealand

-- 2022-07-22 17:35:20

New Zealanders are dying from Covid-19 at record rates as the country battles a new wave of the omicron strain that is particularly affecting the older population. Deaths from the virus reached 151 i...

Lebanese president urges IMF to end aid deal with them

Lebanese president urges IMF to end aid deal with them

-- 2022-07-22 17:15:41

Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Thursday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to conclude the aid agreement with the crisis-ridden country, saying Lebanon has been adopting the needed structu...

Seven killed in Russian air attack on Syria

Seven killed in Russian air attack on Syria

-- 2022-07-22 17:04:34

Russian air strikes on a rural swath of northwest Syria on Friday killed at least seven people including four children, a war monitoring group and rescuers said, following months of relative calm in t...

UN court to rule on Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar

UN court to rule on Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar

-- 2022-07-22 15:52:53

The United Nations' highest court is ruling Friday on whether to proceed with a landmark case that accuses Myanmar's rulers of genocide against the country's mainly Muslim Rohingya minority. The Inte...

Gunawardena sworn in as Sri Lanka's new prime minister

Gunawardena sworn in as Sri Lanka's new prime minister

-- 2022-07-22 13:14:15

Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the Indian Ocean nation grapple...

Sri Lankan forces raid anti-government protest camp as new president takes office

Sri Lankan forces raid anti-government protest camp as new president takes office

-- 2022-07-22 12:09:32

Sri Lankan security forces raided a protest camp occupying government grounds in the main city of Colombo early on Friday and cleared out a section of it, a sign that the country's new president was c...

World Court to rule on whether Myanmar genocide case can proceed

World Court to rule on whether Myanmar genocide case can proceed

REUTERS 2022-07-22 10:38:49

The World Court is expected to rule on Friday on Myanmar's objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, a decision that could pave the way for the case to be heard...

Sri Lanka's new president to appoint ally of ousted Rajapaksa as PM

Sri Lanka's new president to appoint ally of ousted Rajapaksa as PM

-- 2022-07-21 21:50:42

New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint an ally of the ousted Rajapaksa dynasty as prime minister, four sources said on Thursday, a day after urging unity to find a way out of the c...

Draupadi Murmu elected India's first tribal President

Draupadi Murmu elected India's first tribal President

-- 2022-07-21 20:53:26

A 64-year-old former school teacher in India scripted history on Thursday by being the youngest and first tribal politician to win the presidency. Draupadi Murmu, a former state governor who was fiel...

Syria breaks ties with Ukraine in response to similar move by Kyiv

Syria breaks ties with Ukraine in response to similar move by Kyiv

-- 2022-07-20 19:47:27

Syria has announced breaking diplomatic ties with Ukraine in support of its close ally Russia, saying the move was a response to a similar move by Kyiv. “The Syrian Arab Republic has decided to...

Thailand admits to using phone spyware

Thailand admits to using phone spyware

-- 2022-07-20 17:22:24

A Thai minister has admitted the country uses surveillance software to track individuals in cases involving national security or drugs, amid revelations that government critics' phones had bee...

Over 0.16m Indians gave up citizenship in 2021

Over 0.16m Indians gave up citizenship in 2021

-- 2022-07-20 16:19:03

Over 0.16 million Indians gave up their Indian citizenship last year and received citizenship of other counties, according to official data shared in Parliament on Tuesday. The data shared by State...

Sri Lankan MPs elect Ranil Wickremesinghe as new president

Sri Lankan MPs elect Ranil Wickremesinghe as new president

-- 2022-07-20 13:35:27

Sri Lankan MPs on Wednesday elected prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president, despite his unpopularity with the public, reports the BBC. Mr Wickremesinghe face...

Nupur Sharma cannot be arrested till August 10, says India’s Supreme Court

Nupur Sharma cannot be arrested till August 10, says India’s Supreme Court

-- 2022-07-19 19:27:12

India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday said Nupur Sharma, suspended spokesperson of India’s ruling party BJP, cannot be arrested till August 10 this year in the nine cases against her over her c...

Wickremesinghe to face low-key lawmaker in tight race for Sri Lanka’s president

Wickremesinghe to face low-key lawmaker in tight race for Sri Lanka’s president

-- 2022-07-19 17:27:41

Sri Lanka's main opposition leader withdrew from the presidential race on Tuesday and promised support to a low-profile politician from the ruling party who will take on acting president Ranil Wickrem...

Sri Lanka opposition leader Premadasa withdraws from presidential race

Sri Lanka opposition leader Premadasa withdraws from presidential race

-- 2022-07-19 11:55:31

Sri Lanka opposition leader Sajith Premadasa withdrew on Tuesday from the race to become president of the island nation, in order to support a rival candidate, reports Reuters. "For the greater good...

Sri Lankans plan to protest against Wickremesinghe's bid for president

Sri Lankans plan to protest against Wickremesinghe's bid for president

-- 2022-07-19 11:03:15

Sri Lankan students and other groups planned to protest on Tuesday against Ranil Wickremesinghe's expected bid for president, as lawmakers gathered in parliament to finalise candidates for the role....