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Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest since 2015

Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest since 2015

-- 2022-06-22 16:33:32

Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake since 2015 killed at least 280 people near the southeastern city of Khost on Wednesday, news agency Reuters reported citing officials.  The country has a long...

Monkeypox: First Singapore case recorded in British flight attendant

Monkeypox: First Singapore case recorded in British flight attendant

-- 2022-06-22 15:00:19

Singapore has recorded its first recent case of monkeypox in a British flight attendant who entered the country last week. Authorities on Tuesday disclosed the case, saying the 42-year-ol...

Taiwan scrambles jets to warn away Chinese planes in its air defence zone

Taiwan scrambles jets to warn away Chinese planes in its air defence zone

-- 2022-06-22 11:37:10

Taiwan scrambled jets on Tuesday to warn away 29 Chinese aircraft in its air defence zone, including bombers that flew south of the island and into the Pacific, in the latest uptick in tensions and la...

Afghanistan quake toll rises to 950

Afghanistan quake toll rises to 950

-- 2022-06-22 11:35:41

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed 950 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles...

Nepal police fire teargas to break up fuel price protests

Nepal police fire teargas to break up fuel price protests

-- 2022-06-21 10:33:32

Police in Nepal's capital fired teargas and charged at protesters with sticks on Monday to break up a demonstration by students against fuel price hikes, officials and witnesses said, in a sign of gro...

South Korea prepares for second space rocket attempt

South Korea prepares for second space rocket attempt

-- 2022-06-21 10:11:35

South Korea is set for a second test launch of its domestically produced Nuri space rocket on Tuesday, eight months after the first test successfully blasted off but failed to place a dummy satellite...

Lapid to become new prime minister as Israel heads to election

Lapid to become new prime minister as Israel heads to election

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-06-21 09:54:59

Israeli lawmakers will vote next week to dissolve parliament, opening the way for the country's fifth election in three years, after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett could not contain the rising pressur...

India calls off hundreds of trains as more protests loom over recruitment

India calls off hundreds of trains as more protests loom over recruitment

-- 2022-06-20 18:46:59

Authorities in India cancelled more than 500 train services on Monday because of calls for protests by young men angry with a military recruitment plan that they say will rob them of the opportunity o...

Macau shuts most businesses amid COVID outbreak, casinos stay open

Macau shuts most businesses amid COVID outbreak, casinos stay open

-- 2022-06-20 10:59:35

The world's biggest gambling hub Macau began its second day of mass COVID-19 testing on Monday after dozens of locally transmitted cases were discovered over the weekend, with most businesses shut but...

Duterte's daughter sworn in as Philippines vice president

Duterte's daughter sworn in as Philippines vice president

-- 2022-06-19 22:07:30

Sara Duterte-Carpio, daughter of outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, was sworn in as the country's 15th vice president on Sunday, calling for national unity following a divisive election ca...

Aboriginal flag set to fly permanently on Sydney Harbour Bridge

Aboriginal flag set to fly permanently on Sydney Harbour Bridge

-- 2022-06-19 16:19:59

The Aboriginal flag will fly permanently on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of a "healing process" and reconciliation efforts with Australia's indigenous community, New South Wales Premier Dominic P...

Earthquake hits central Japan

Earthquake hits central Japan

-- 2022-06-19 14:44:37

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 hit central Japan on Sunday, the national broadcaster NHK said. The epicentre of the earthquake was Ishikawa Prefecture, Reuters reported citing NHK....

Islamic State claims attack on Sikh temple in Kabul that killed two

Islamic State claims attack on Sikh temple in Kabul that killed two

-- 2022-06-19 12:10:18

An attack claimed by Islamic State on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least two people and injured seven, officials said, another deadly incident in a spate of violen...

China announces new Hong Kong leader's cabinet

China announces new Hong Kong leader's cabinet

-- 2022-06-19 10:28:31

China unveiled on Sunday a list of Hong Kong government officials in the new administration of incoming leader John Lee, set to be sworn in on July 1, when the Chinese-ruled financial hub marks the 25...

North Korea deploys national medical teams to battle intestinal epidemic

North Korea deploys national medical teams to battle intestinal epidemic

-- 2022-06-19 10:21:03

North Korea has dispatched medical crews and epidemiological investigators to a province battling the outbreak of an intestinal disease, state media reported on Sunday. At least 800 families sufferin...

Biden says he will not hold tête-à-tête with Saudi crown prince

Biden says he will not hold tête-à-tête with Saudi crown prince

-- 2022-06-18 21:50:01

US President Joe Biden said on Friday he was not travelling to Saudi Arabia's explicitly to meet de facto leader Mohammed bin Salman during a trip next month and said he was seeing the Saudi crown pri...

India's Russian coal buying spikes as traders offer steep discounts

India's Russian coal buying spikes as traders offer steep discounts

-- 2022-06-18 19:12:05

India's purchases of Russian coal have spiked in recent weeks despite global sanctions on Moscow, as traders offer discounts of up to 30 per cent, according to two trade sources and data reviewed by R...

Protests intensify over India military recruitment plan

Protests intensify over India military recruitment plan

-- 2022-06-18 19:00:37

Protesters in India's eastern state of Bihar damaged public property and ransacked offices in a railway station on Saturday, expressing outrage at a new military recruitment plan and demanding the gov...

Pleas for help as Myanmar awaits high-profile executions

Pleas for help as Myanmar awaits high-profile executions

REUTERS 2022-06-18 15:11:02

The wife of pro-democracy figure Kyaw Min Yu, sentenced to be executed on the orders of Myanmar's ruling generals, says that if her husband dies he will take with him the beliefs he has carried throug...

Pakistan 'one step away' from exiting dirty money 'grey list': Minister

Pakistan 'one step away' from exiting dirty money 'grey list': Minister

-- 2022-06-18 14:39:19

Pakistan is "one step away" from exiting a dirty money "grey list" after the global watchdog said an on-site visit could lead to the South Asian nation's removal, the state minister for foreign affa...

31 dead in Assam, Meghalaya floods

31 dead in Assam, Meghalaya floods

-- 2022-06-18 13:25:04

At least 31 people have died as the flood situation in India's Assam and Meghalaya states deteriorated with major rivers continuing to swell amid incessant rains. At least 1.9 million people in 28 di...

Blast hits Sikh temple in Kabul

Blast hits Sikh temple in Kabul

-- 2022-06-18 12:03:07

A blast occurred in a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday morning, a temple official said, but it was unclear if there were casualties. "There were around 30 people inside the temple....

One dead in India unrest over new military recruitment process

One dead in India unrest over new military recruitment process

-- 2022-06-17 20:27:41

Authorities in India imposed restrictions on Friday on gatherings in a satellite city of India's capital that is home to offices of several multinational firms, and one person was killed as protests a...

Tripura to introduce more buses on Agartala-Dhaka-Kolkata route

Tripura to introduce more buses on Agartala-Dhaka-Kolkata route

-- 2022-06-17 20:00:51

Indian state Tripura plans to introduce more buses to transport passengers to Kolkata through Bangladesh, in addition to the currently-active bus service on the Agartala-Dhaka-Kolkata route. Speaking...

Thailand rushes to rein in cannabis use a week after decriminalisation

Thailand rushes to rein in cannabis use a week after decriminalisation

-- 2022-06-17 17:22:38

Thailand hastily issued a raft of new regulations for cannabis use this week after a long-planned decriminalisation raised alarm at the potential for unchecked use of the substance anywhere and by any...

China to ban new heavy industrial projects in key zones

China to ban new heavy industrial projects in key zones

-- 2022-06-17 17:21:42

China will ban new steel, coking, oil refining, cement and glass projects in key zones, the government said on Friday in a wide-ranging policy document aimed at tackling pollution and meeting the coun...

North Korea sends aid to 800 families suffering from intestinal epidemic

North Korea sends aid to 800 families suffering from intestinal epidemic

-- 2022-06-17 10:49:15

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other senior officials prepared aid to send to 800 families suffering from an unidentified intestinal epidemic, state media reported on Friday, as the country also...

Sri Lanka left with fuel stocks for around five days

Sri Lanka left with fuel stocks for around five days

-- 2022-06-16 19:37:02

Sri Lanka's fuel stocks will last for about five more days, its power and energy minister said on Thursday, as the island nation awaits official confirmation from the Indian government for a new $500...

India reports 12,213 daily Covid cases, highest in nearly four months

India reports 12,213 daily Covid cases, highest in nearly four months

-- 2022-06-16 14:15:56

India recorded 12,213 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday, its highest such tally in nearly four months. The country's richest state of Maharashtra h...

North Korea faces infectious disease outbreak amid Covid battle

North Korea faces infectious disease outbreak amid Covid battle

-- 2022-06-16 14:07:11

North Korea reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic in a farming region on Thursday, putting further strain on the isolated country as it battles chronic food shortages and a wave...