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Boeing jet with 132 aboard crashes in China

Boeing jet with 132 aboard crashes in China

-- 2022-03-21 15:13:59

A China Eastern Airlines aircraft with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in south China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China's Civil Aviation...

Shanghai closes Disney resort amid record daily local Covid infections

Shanghai closes Disney resort amid record daily local Covid infections

-- 2022-03-21 10:25:05

China's financial hub of Shanghai reported on Monday a record daily surge in local COVID-19 infections as authorities scrambled to test residents and rein in the Omicron variant, while closing its Dis...

US rules Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya

US rules Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya

-- 2022-03-21 09:44:38

The Biden administration has formally determined that violence committed against the Rohingya minority by Myanmar's military amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, US officials told Reuters...

Pakistan PM Imran Khan faces toughest test as no-confidence move looms

Pakistan PM Imran Khan faces toughest test as no-confidence move looms

-- 2022-03-20 20:51:08

Pakistan's parliament will convene on Friday to take up a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the lower house speaker's office said on Sunday, in what is shaping up to be his tough...

17 killed after consuming spurious liquor in India 

17 killed after consuming spurious liquor in India 

-- 2022-03-20 19:10:17

At least 17 people were killed in the eastern Indian state of Bihar after consuming suspected spurious liquor, a local television news channel News18 said Sunday.  According to the channel, the...

India’s import of Russian oil to complicate Biden’s efforts to isolate Russia

India’s import of Russian oil to complicate Biden’s efforts to isolate Russia

-- 2022-03-19 20:01:31

US President Joe Biden’s campaign to unite the globe against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is being challenged not only by adversaries such as China but also by the world’s most populous...

Japanese prime minister to encourage unified approach on Ukraine in meeting with Modi

Japanese prime minister to encourage unified approach on Ukraine in meeting with Modi

-- 2022-03-19 17:34:31

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will encourage a unified approach on Ukraine when he meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday, while aiming to strengthen security ties...

Improper handling of Taiwan issues to affect China-US ties, Xi tells Biden

Improper handling of Taiwan issues to affect China-US ties, Xi tells Biden

-- 2022-03-19 17:00:53

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his US counterpart Joe Biden on Friday that the Taiwan issue needs to be handled properly to avoid a negative impact on Sino-US relations, according to Chinese media....

Imran Khan to seek court ruling over defections ahead of no-confidence vote

Imran Khan to seek court ruling over defections ahead of no-confidence vote

-- 2022-03-19 16:11:50

The Pakistani government will petition the Supreme Court to seek a ruling on whether defectors from Prime Minister Imran Khan's party could lose their seats ahead of a no-confidence vote against him,...

China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year

China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-19 14:54:13

China's national health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first recorded rise in the death toll since January 2021, as the country battles an omicron-driven surge. The deaths,...

Commander of Yemen's al-Qaida killed  

Commander of Yemen's al-Qaida killed  

-- 2022-03-18 19:20:43

A senior commander of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch was killed in armed confrontations on Friday with the Houthi militia for seizing key areas in the country's oil-rich province of Marib, a military...

Chinese military aid to Russia would be major role reversal, analysts say

Chinese military aid to Russia would be major role reversal, analysts say

-- 2022-03-17 19:08:23

For decades Russia has, more than any other country, aided China's dramatic military modernisation with weapons and technology - and now Beijing has plenty that Moscow needs as its Ukraine invasion co...

India restores e-tourist visa for 156 countries

India restores e-tourist visa for 156 countries

-- 2022-03-17 16:19:43

The Indian government has restored all valid five-year e-tourist visas granted to people from over 150 countries and regions as well as regular paper visas to nationals of all countries with immediate...

Thousands of northeast Japan homes remain without power after quake kills four

Thousands of northeast Japan homes remain without power after quake kills four

-- 2022-03-17 10:56:01

Tens of thousands of Japanese households remained without power on Thursday morning, more than 10 hours after a powerful earthquake that left at least four dead and more than 100 injured, and severed...

Suspected N Korea missile fails after launch, South Korea says

Suspected N Korea missile fails after launch, South Korea says

-- 2022-03-16 12:41:28

North Korea fired an "unknown projectile" on Wednesday which appeared to fail immediately after launch, South Korea's military said, amid reports that the nuclear-armed North is seeking to test-fire i...

India's Congress fires five state chiefs after poll drubbing

India's Congress fires five state chiefs after poll drubbing

-- 2022-03-16 09:13:06

India's opposition Congress party on Tuesday fired the local chiefs of five states after humiliating losses in recent elections, as it tries to reinvent itself ahead of the next national election in 2...

UN report says Myanmar army engaged in torture, mass killings

UN report says Myanmar army engaged in torture, mass killings

-- 2022-03-15 20:49:13

Myanmar's military has engaged in systematic human rights violations, many amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the United Nations said on Tuesday, in its first comprehensive human rig...

Pakistan rejects Indian statement on accidental missile launch

Pakistan rejects Indian statement on accidental missile launch

-- 2022-03-15 16:34:27

Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said on Tuesday Islamabad rejected a statement by India's defence minister on the accidental missile launch. According to Reuters, Qureshi told jour...

Iran says US has to make decision on reviving nuclear deal

Iran says US has to make decision on reviving nuclear deal

-- 2022-03-15 12:28:24

The United States needs to make a decision to wrap up a deal to salvage Iran's 2015 nuclear accord with world powers, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday amid fears that talks in...

Indian court upholds ban on hijab in class in Karnataka

Indian court upholds ban on hijab in class in Karnataka

-- 2022-03-15 12:08:44

An Indian court on Tuesday upheld a ban on the hijab in class in the state of Karnataka, a ruling that could set a precedent for the rest of the country which has a big Muslim minority. The ban last...

Japan slaps new sanctions on Russian billionaire, 16 others

Japan slaps new sanctions on Russian billionaire, 16 others

-- 2022-03-15 10:32:15

Japan has decided to freeze assets of an additional 17 Russian individuals, bringing the total number targeted by sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine to 61, the Ministry of Finance said on Tue...

India considers buying discounted Russian oil amid Western sanctions

India considers buying discounted Russian oil amid Western sanctions

-- 2022-03-14 18:43:02

India is considering taking up a Russian offer to buy its crude oil and other commodities at discounted prices with payment via a rupee-rouble transaction, two Indian officials said, amid tough Wester...

China will face consequences if it helps Russia evade sanctions, US warns

China will face consequences if it helps Russia evade sanctions, US warns

-- 2022-03-14 11:05:08

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who is due to meet with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on Monday, warned Beijing it would "absolutely" face consequences if it helped Moscow evade...

India to temporarily shift its embassy in Ukraine to Poland

India to temporarily shift its embassy in Ukraine to Poland

-- 2022-03-14 09:32:43

India has decided to temporarily relocate its embassy in Ukraine to Poland, the government said on Sunday. The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that the decision to move the embassy f...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim responsibility for missile attack on Iraqi city

Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim responsibility for missile attack on Iraqi city

-- 2022-03-13 20:45:30

Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for a dozen ballistic missiles that struck Iraq's northern Kurdish regional capital of Erbil in the early hours of Sunday, Iran's state media reporte...

Iran suspends fifth round of talks with Saudi Arabia

Iran suspends fifth round of talks with Saudi Arabia

-- 2022-03-13 12:45:24

Iran has suspended a fifth round of talks with regional rival Saudi Arabia, Nour news, a website affiliated to Iran's top security body reported on Sunday. Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said o...

Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in 24 hours for terrorism, other charges

Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in 24 hours for terrorism, other charges

-- 2022-03-12 21:08:51

Saudi Arabia executed 81 men over the past 24 hours, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian national, on charges including terrorism and holding ‘deviant beliefs’. The number dwarfed the...

China reports 1,500 Covid-19 cases, most since initial outbreak

China reports 1,500 Covid-19 cases, most since initial outbreak

-- 2022-03-12 16:39:05

Mainland China reported more than 1,500 new local COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the most since the initial nationwide outbreak at the start of 2020, as the Omicron variant prompts cities across the...

India says technical malfunction caused accidental firing of missile into Pakistan

India says technical malfunction caused accidental firing of missile into Pakistan

-- 2022-03-11 20:47:39

India said on Friday it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan this week because of a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance, giving its version of events after longtime foe Pakistan w...

Asia's Covid deaths surpass 1.0m, shows Reuter’s tally

Asia's Covid deaths surpass 1.0m, shows Reuter’s tally

-- 2022-03-11 20:01:22

Asia passed the grim milestone of 1.0 million coronavirus-linked deaths on Friday, a Reuters tally showed, as a spike in omicron variant infections spreads across the region after starting in nations...