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Indian officials visit Kabul for first meet with ruling Taliban

Indian officials visit Kabul for first meet with ruling Taliban

-- 2022-06-02 13:04:34

India has sent a team of foreign ministry officials to Afghanistan's capital of Kabul for talks with senior members of the ruling Taliban, the ministry said on Thursday, the first such meeting since t...

India's new VPN rules spark fresh fears over online privacy

India's new VPN rules spark fresh fears over online privacy

-- 2022-06-02 12:30:36

Virtual private networks (VPNs) that encrypt data and provide users with anonymity online have seen a surge in use in India in recent years as the government tightened its grip on the internet to curb...

Hindu families flee Kashmir after targeted killings

Hindu families flee Kashmir after targeted killings

-- 2022-06-01 19:23:14

More than 100 Hindu families have fled Kashmir as panic spread after the killing of a Hindu school teacher in India's only Muslim-majority region, a community leader said on Wednesday. Militants on T...

Vietnam says it develops African swine fever vaccine for commercial use

Vietnam says it develops African swine fever vaccine for commercial use

-- 2022-06-01 18:35:36

Vietnam said on Wednesday it had successfully developed a vaccine to administer to pigs to fight African swine fever, with the aim of becoming the first country to commercially produce and export it....

Israel says its new laser missile shield to cost just $2.0 per interception

Israel says its new laser missile shield to cost just $2.0 per interception

-- 2022-06-01 18:07:17

A laser-based air defence system that Israel hopes to deploy next year to neutralise enemy rockets and drones will cost just $2.0 per interception, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Wedne...

Australia PM Albanese appoints record number of women to diverse cabinet

Australia PM Albanese appoints record number of women to diverse cabinet

-- 2022-06-01 17:24:57

Australia's new federal ministry was sworn into office on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointing a record number of women to a diverse cabinet team that includes religious minoriti...

Israeli army says troops kill 'knife-wielding' Palestinian woman

Israeli army says troops kill 'knife-wielding' Palestinian woman

-- 2022-06-01 14:43:11

A knife-wielding Palestinian woman threatened an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank and was shot dead on Wednesday, the army said, an account that was disputed by Palestinian officials. Violen...

Shanghai lifts lockdown, but residents wary Covid curbs can return

Shanghai lifts lockdown, but residents wary Covid curbs can return

-- 2022-06-01 10:57:49

Shanghai sprung back to life on Wednesday after two months of bitter isolation under a ruthless COVID-19 lockdown, with people driving cars again or cramming into trains and buses to go back to work,...

Indonesia cancels plan to send workers to Malaysia's palm plantations

Indonesia cancels plan to send workers to Malaysia's palm plantations

-- 2022-05-31 22:44:35

Indonesia cancelled a plan to send its citizens to work in palm oil plantations in neighbouring Malaysia, which has faced a labour shortage, its envoy to Kuala Lumpur said on Tuesday, reports Reuters....

Nepal recovers bodies of all 22 victims of plane crash, voice recorder found

Nepal recovers bodies of all 22 victims of plane crash, voice recorder found

-- 2022-05-31 18:45:22

Nepali search and rescue teams on Tuesday recovered the body of the last of 22 people aboard a small plane that crashed in the Himalayas two days earlier and also found the flight's voice recorder, ne...

Taiwan reports largest ‘Chinese air force incursion’ since January

Taiwan reports largest ‘Chinese air force incursion’ since January

-- 2022-05-31 18:12:32

Taiwan on Monday reported the ‘largest incursion’ since January by China's air force in its air defence zone, with the island's defence ministry saying Taiwanese fighters scrambled to warn...

India records 2,338 new Covid-19 cases, 19 more deaths

India records 2,338 new Covid-19 cases, 19 more deaths

-- 2022-05-31 16:35:10

India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,158,087 on Tuesday, as 2,338 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, showed the federal health ministry's latest data. Besides, 19 deaths from the pandem...

Shanghai to end two-month Covid curbs Wednesday

Shanghai to end two-month Covid curbs Wednesday

-- 2022-05-31 11:30:17

Shanghai authorities on Tuesday began dismantling fences around housing compounds and ripping police tape off public squares and buildings, to the relief of the city's 25 million residents, before a p...

Bodies of all 22 victims of Nepal plane crash recovered

Bodies of all 22 victims of Nepal plane crash recovered

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-31 11:21:01

The bodies of all 22 people, including 19 passengers and three crew members, who were on board a plane that crashed into a Himalayan mountainside in Nepal two days ago have been recovered, an official...

India plans to reduce power output from 81 coal-fired utilities

India plans to reduce power output from 81 coal-fired utilities

-- 2022-05-30 19:14:42

India plans to reduce power generation from at least 81 coal-fired utilities over the next four years, the federal power ministry said in a letter, in an effort to replace expensive thermal generation...

20 bodies recovered after Nepal plane crash, hopes fade for two missing

20 bodies recovered after Nepal plane crash, hopes fade for two missing

-- 2022-05-30 17:58:31

Hopes were fading in Nepal on Monday of finding any survivors among the 22 people aboard a small plane that crashed into a Himalayan mountainside a day earlier, officials said, with just two people st...

Nepal finds wreckage of a plane that crashed with 22 on board

Nepal finds wreckage of a plane that crashed with 22 on board

-- 2022-05-30 10:16:11

Nepal's army said on Monday it had located the crash site of a plane that went missing with 22 people on board during cloudy weather on Sunday, Reuters reports. "Search and rescue troops have physica...

Skirmishes erupt in Al-Aqsa mosque

Skirmishes erupt in Al-Aqsa mosque

-- 2022-05-30 09:33:13

Tens of thousands of flag-waving Israeli nationalists, some chanting "Death to Arabs", marched through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, defying threats of retaliation from Palesti...

Nepal suspends search operation for missing plane as night falls

Nepal suspends search operation for missing plane as night falls

-- 2022-05-29 21:57:54

A small passenger plane with 22 people on board went missing in cloudy weather in Nepal on Sunday and authorities suspended a search in difficult terrain as night fell. "The search operation has been...

Nepal sends search teams as villagers spot 'aircraft on fire'

Nepal sends search teams as villagers spot 'aircraft on fire'

-- 2022-05-29 18:40:38

A small passenger plane operated by a private airline went missing in mountainous Nepal on Sunday with 22 people on board during cloudy weather, and officials said search teams had been sent to the si...

China signs deal with Samoa as Australia vows Pacific Islands plan

China signs deal with Samoa as Australia vows Pacific Islands plan

-- 2022-05-29 17:10:38

China's foreign minister signed a deal with Samoa on Saturday to strengthen diplomatic relations, while Australia's new leader said he had a "comprehensive plan" for the Pacific, as Beijing and Canber...

Covid-19 situation improving in North Korea

Covid-19 situation improving in North Korea

-- 2022-05-29 16:38:16

North Korea plans to revise anti-epidemic restrictions as the country's first acknowledged Covid-19 outbreak is improving, according to state media of the country. A politburo meeting guided by leade...

Jerusalem on edge ahead of contentious Israeli flag march

Jerusalem on edge ahead of contentious Israeli flag march

-- 2022-05-29 14:56:38

Flag-waving Jewish nationalists are set to march through the heart of the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday in a parade that could re-ignite violence between Israelis and Palestinians,...

Nepal plane missing with 22 people on board

Nepal plane missing with 22 people on board

-- 2022-05-29 13:28:33

A plane operated by a private airline in Nepal went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board, airline and government officials told Reuters, Reuters reports. The small plane was flying from the tour...

Japan opening its borders to visitors after two years

Japan opening its borders to visitors after two years

-- 2022-05-28 21:00:45

After being closed to tourists for two years, Japan is opening its borders to visitors from 98 countries and regions. It marks the most significant moment so far in the country's slow relaxation of i...

Iran seizes two Greek tankers amid row over US oil grab

Iran seizes two Greek tankers amid row over US oil grab

-- 2022-05-28 20:49:46

Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf on Friday, shortly after Tehran warned it would take "punitive action" against Athens over the confiscation of Iranian oil by the United States from...

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in West Bank

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in West Bank

-- 2022-05-28 12:25:16

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement. The 15-year-old was shot in his neck and back in the town of...

Indian author wins Booker Prize

Indian author wins Booker Prize

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-27 12:41:44

Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian writer to win the International Booker Prize, BBC reports. Her novel Tomb of Sand, a family saga set in the shadow of the partition of India, follows an 8...

Security Council split spells end of an era for US-led sanctions on North Korea

Security Council split spells end of an era for US-led sanctions on North Korea

-- 2022-05-27 12:06:34

A decision by China and Russia to veto new United Nations sanctions on North Korea pushed by the United States shattered any veneer of global cooperation, straining efforts to pressure Pyongyang as it...

Iran expects 5.0m tonnes of grain from Russia

Iran expects 5.0m tonnes of grain from Russia

-- 2022-05-26 20:35:46

Iran expects Russia to supply it with 5.0 million tonnes of grain, including some wheat, Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji told the semi-official Iranian news agency the Young Journalists Club (YJC) on...