FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-19 10:46:41
Sri Lanka's president acknowledged Monday that he made mistakes that led to the country's worst economic crisis in decades and pledged to correct them. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made the admission...
-- 2022-04-19 10:31:29
A court sentenced six men to death on Monday in a mass trial for the mob lynching of a clothes factory's Sri Lankan manager in eastern Pakistan last year, the case's public prosecutor said, Reuters re...
-- 2022-04-19 10:25:58
For many leaders, mounting public anger and a rapidly worsening economic outlook would be cause for worry and a policy rethink. But Chinese President Xi Jinping, who doubtless would prefer smoother s...
-- 2022-04-19 09:11:09
Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for unity among her people, according to a source familiar with her legal proceedings, in rare remarks since her overthrow in a military coup last y...
-- 2022-04-18 21:34:41
Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for unity among her people, according to a source familiar with her legal proceedings, in rare remarks since her overthrow in a military coup last y...
-- 2022-04-18 19:37:30
China has reported the deaths of three people from Covid in Shanghai for the first time since the financial hub entered lockdown in late March. A release from the city health commission said the vict...
-- 2022-04-18 19:01:52
Almost all residents of Indonesia's most populous island of Java have antibodies against Covid-19, owing to a combination of prior infection and vaccination against the virus, a government-commissione...
-- 2022-04-18 16:47:53
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa expanded his cabinet with 17 new ministers on Monday, but they did not include members of his family who were dropped as protests erupted over the government's...
-- 2022-04-18 14:35:04
Iran's armed forces will target Israel's heart if it makes "the slightest move" against the Islamic Republic, President Ebrahim Raisi told a military parade on Monday, amid stalled talks between Tehra...
-- 2022-04-18 12:57:29
India's tally of daily Covid-19 cases nearly doubled on Monday from the previous day to more than 2,000 for the first time in a month, government data showed, and the southern state of Kerala reported...
-- 2022-04-18 12:41:01
The tensions of lockdown have exposed divisions among Shanghai residents, pitting young against old, locals against outsiders, and above all, Covid-negative against Covid-positive people. Shanghai's...
-- 2022-04-18 10:35:59
Clashes in Jerusalem that have stoked tensions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan spread into Sunday, triggering 18 arrests and putting further strain on Israel's coalition government. Israeli r...
-- 2022-04-17 21:44:31
China Eastern Airlines has started putting its Boeing 737-800 jetliners back in use for commercial flights less than a month since a crash killed 132 people and led the company to ground 223 of the ai...
-- 2022-04-17 21:02:23
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the country's nuclear capabilities. The report comes amid signs North Korea could so...
-- 2022-04-17 18:58:29
Ramadan bombings in Thailand's Muslim-majority deep south will not derail peace talks with separatist rebels, the government said on Sunday after a sidelined insurgent group claimed responsibility for...
-- 2022-04-17 17:31:21
Indian police arrested 14 people in connection with violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims during a Hindu religious procession in the country's capital, New Delhi, police said in a tweet on Sunday...
-- 2022-04-17 16:42:33
Pakistan said on Sunday said incidents of its security forces being targeted in cross-border attacks from Afghanistan had risen significantly, and called on Taliban authorities to act against militant...
-- 2022-04-17 13:20:45
Relatives of hundreds of prisoners gathered outside Myanmar's Insein Prison on Sunday after the military government announced the release of 1,600 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the Southeast Asian n...
-- 2022-04-16 22:42:52
PML-N's Hamza Shehbaz has been elected the new chief minister of Punjab following a chaotic session at the provincial assembly that saw Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari attacked and PML-Q le...
-- 2022-04-16 19:03:21
Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic Covid-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country kept up its "dynamic clearance" approach that aims to stamp o...
-- 2022-04-16 17:48:07
Pakistan's new ruling alliance took control of the lower house of parliament on Saturday with the election of a new speaker, cementing control of the assembly after former premier Imran Khan was ouste...
-- 2022-04-16 16:59:10
As Tesla chief Elon Musk has launched a hostile takeover effort for Twitter with a $43 billion cash takeover offer, CEO of Indian e-commerce company Snapdeal Kunal Bahl has cracked a joke on Twitter o...
-- 2022-04-16 16:24:40
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed that his predecessor, Imran Khan, sold expensive gifts received from foreign states, including a wristwatch by Saudi Arabia, in Dubai. &ld...
-- 2022-04-16 15:43:51
North Korea celebrated the 110th anniversary of the birth of late founder Kim Il Sung on Friday with fireworks, a procession, and an evening gala in Pyongyang's main square, with thousands of people i...
-- 2022-04-16 13:44:53
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday that Finance Minister Lawrence Wong would succeed him as the city-state's leader, Reuters reports. Wong was chosen as leader of the ruling...
-- 2022-04-16 13:32:08
China's military threats against Taiwan will only increase support for the island from the United States and other democracies, the foreign ministry said after China conducted drills nearby as US lawm...
-- 2022-04-16 13:11:31
Thai rebels sidelined from peace talks claimed responsibility on Saturday for deadly bombings in the country's Muslim-majority deep south that broke a Ramadan holiday agreed between the main rebel gro...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-16 11:39:32
The death toll from the landslides and flooding spawned by tropical storm Megi has risen to 167, with 110 still missing in Philippines, the government said on Saturday. The National Disaster Risk Red...
-- 2022-04-16 11:25:06
China's financial centre Shanghai reported a new record number of symptomatic Covid-19 cases on Saturday as the country imposed new lockdowns, underscoring its "dynamic clearance" approach to Covid co...
-- 2022-04-16 11:06:18
At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence that has raised fea...
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