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Kashmir sees upsurge in violence after separatist convicted

Kashmir sees upsurge in violence after separatist convicted

-- 2022-05-26 16:29:09

Indian security forces have killed six militants in Kashmir in the past 24 hours while militants shot dead a female TV performer and a police officer, officials said on Thursday, following the convict...

Ousted Pakistani PM Khan gives ultimatum for fresh election

Ousted Pakistani PM Khan gives ultimatum for fresh election

-- 2022-05-26 14:07:51

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan disbanded a protest march by supporters on Thursday after clashes with police outside parliament the previous evening, but he warned that they would return...

Taliban to sign pact with UAE on running Afghan airports

Taliban to sign pact with UAE on running Afghan airports

-- 2022-05-25 19:43:35

The Taliban will sign an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on operating airports in Afghanistan, the group's acting deputy prime minister said on Tuesday, after months of talks with the UA...

Sri Lanka's prime minister says he will slash expenditure in new budget

Sri Lanka's prime minister says he will slash expenditure in new budget

-- 2022-05-25 19:41:13

Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday he will present an interim budget within six weeks, slashing infrastructure projects to re-route funds into a two-year relief progra...

India may not lift ban on wheat exports immediately, its minister says

India may not lift ban on wheat exports immediately, its minister says

-- 2022-05-25 19:39:17

India has no immediate plans to lift a ban on wheat exports but will continue with deals which are done directly with other governments, India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has said. The wor...

Philippines Congress proclaims Marcos as next president

Philippines Congress proclaims Marcos as next president

-- 2022-05-25 19:39:01

A joint session of Philippines Congress on Wednesday declared Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the notorious late dictator, the winner of this month's election and confirmed he would becom...

India says Modi-Biden talks yield ‘substantive outcomes’

India says Modi-Biden talks yield ‘substantive outcomes’

-- 2022-05-25 19:30:46

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden reached "substantive outcomes" on Tuesday in talks to strengthen their trade and defence ties, India said, though Modi refrained from con...

China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse sweeping agreement 

China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse sweeping agreement 

-- 2022-05-25 18:56:40

China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering everything from security to fisheries in what one leader warns is a “game-changing” bid by Beijing to wrest co...

Pakistan may detain Imran Khan, top leaders of his party

Pakistan may detain Imran Khan, top leaders of his party

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-25 18:45:50

The government of Pakistan has reportedly decided to detain former prime minister of the country Imran Khan and top leaders of his party from a political programme. Leaders of Imran Khan’s Paki...

UAE detects first case of monkeypox

UAE detects first case of monkeypox

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-25 12:56:16

Health authorities in the United Arab Emirates detected on Tuesday the country’s first case of the monkeypox virus in a young woman who traveled from West Africa. The government said little abo...

Hours after Biden leaves Asia, North Korea fires salvo of missiles

Hours after Biden leaves Asia, North Korea fires salvo of missiles

-- 2022-05-25 11:49:11

North Korea fired three missiles, including one thought to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, after US President Joe Biden left Asia following a trip in which he agreed to n...

India's retirees tap savings, eat less as living costs soar

India's retirees tap savings, eat less as living costs soar

Reuters 2022-05-25 11:44:16

TL Wali, a 66-year-old lawyer in Delhi's high court, had been looking forward to retirement. But with India's living costs soaring, he is now forced to dip into his savings and will need to keep wo...

Pakistan bans Imran Khan's protest march after policeman killed

Pakistan bans Imran Khan's protest march after policeman killed

-- 2022-05-24 18:41:01

Pakistan's government on Tuesday banned a planned protest march by ousted prime minister Imran Khan, who is demanding fresh elections as a political and economic crisis deepens in the South Asian nati...

Taliban to sign agreement with UAE on running airports in Afghanistan

Taliban to sign agreement with UAE on running airports in Afghanistan

-- 2022-05-24 15:21:03

The Taliban will sign an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on operating airports in Afghanistan, the group's acting deputy prime minister said on Tuesday, after months of talks with the UA...

Rohingya refugee boat sinks off Myanmar, dozens dead or missing

Rohingya refugee boat sinks off Myanmar, dozens dead or missing

Reuters 2022-05-24 12:20:46

Dozens of ethnic Rohingya refugees were dead or missing after a boat with about 90 people aboard, including children, capsized and sank in bad weather off the coast of Myanmar over the weekend, accord...

Biden says he will use force if China attacks Taiwan

Biden says he will use force if China attacks Taiwan

-- 2022-05-23 21:47:54

US President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression in a comment that seemed to stretch the limits of the ambiguous US policy towards the...

Nepal hikes retail prices for fuels by up to 12.5 per cent

Nepal hikes retail prices for fuels by up to 12.5 per cent

-- 2022-05-23 20:55:48

Nepal's state-owned oil company has hiked the retail prices for fuels, including petrol and cooking gas, by up to 12.5 per cent because of rising global oil prices, an official said on Monday, stoking...

Iran’s colonel shot dead in Tehran, President Raisi vows retaliation

Iran’s colonel shot dead in Tehran, President Raisi vows retaliation

-- 2022-05-23 16:31:43

Iran will avenge the death of Revolutionary Guards Colonel Sayad Khodai, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday, a day after the elite corps officer was shot dead by two people on a motorcycle in a ra...

More than 100m people forcibly displaced in the world, UNHCR says

More than 100m people forcibly displaced in the world, UNHCR says

-- 2022-05-23 13:04:03

More than 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, citing new data about those escaping violence, conflict, persecution and...

Millions at risk as India's severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps

Millions at risk as India's severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps

-- 2022-05-23 11:14:59

As the scorching sun beat down on his fruit cart, Mohammad Ikrar dreaded another day of tossing out dozens of rotting mangoes and melons - a regular practice now as India grapples with an unpreceden...

At least seven dead after blaze on Philippine passenger ferry

At least seven dead after blaze on Philippine passenger ferry

-- 2022-05-23 10:22:50

Seven people have died after a high-speed Philippine ferry carrying 134 people caught fire on Monday, with seven passengers still missing, the coast guard said. The ship caught fire just before reach...

Imran Khan to begin long march for ‘battle for real freedom’ on May 25

Imran Khan to begin long march for ‘battle for real freedom’ on May 25

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-22 22:00:53

Pakistan’s former prime minister has said his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), will begin a long march towards Islamabad for a ‘battle for real freedom’ on May 25. PTI Chairma...

Saudi Arabia announces fresh travel ban on travellers from 16 countries

Saudi Arabia announces fresh travel ban on travellers from 16 countries

-- 2022-05-22 18:50:59

Saudi Arabia has announced a fresh travel ban on citizens for 16 countries due to Covid-19 cases in those countries, The General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) of the kingdom said on Saturday. Th...

Anthony Albanese set to become Australia's next prime minister

Anthony Albanese set to become Australia's next prime minister

-- 2022-05-21 20:05:00

Anthony Albanese, one of the longest-serving politicians in Australia, is set to become the next prime minister of the country after leading the Labor Party to its first election victory in almost a d...

Australian PM Morrison concedes defeat, steps down as party leader

Australian PM Morrison concedes defeat, steps down as party leader

-- 2022-05-21 19:35:36

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat after an election on Saturday and the opposition Labor Party was set to end almost a decade of conservative rule, possibly with the support of...

New Pakistani FM seeks better ties with US

New Pakistani FM seeks better ties with US

-- 2022-05-21 18:32:13

Pakistan's new foreign minister says the United States and his country must move beyond past tensions over Afghanistan and are entering a new engagement after years of strained relations under former...

Australia heads towards a hung parliament, TV stations report

Australia heads towards a hung parliament, TV stations report

-- 2022-05-21 18:30:54

Australia's ruling conservative coalition cannot win enough seats to form a government, two television stations projected on Saturday after the government lost ground to climate-focused independents a...

US, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia walk out of APEC talks

US, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia walk out of APEC talks

-- 2022-05-21 18:07:51

Representatives of the United States and several other nations walked out of an Asia-Pacific trade ministers meeting in Bangkok on Saturday to protest Russia's military action in Ukraine, officials sa...

Shanghai inches towards Covid lockdown exit, Beijing plays defence

Shanghai inches towards Covid lockdown exit, Beijing plays defence

-- 2022-05-21 13:19:43

Shanghai cautiously pushed ahead on Saturday with plans to restore part of its transport network in a major step towards exiting a weeks-long COVID-19 lockdown, while Beijing kept up its defences in...

Thousands queue for petrol, cooking gas in Sri Lanka

Thousands queue for petrol, cooking gas in Sri Lanka

-- 2022-05-21 11:51:30

Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka's commercial capital on Friday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devas...