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'Ukraine will prevail' protests held in Sydney, Tokyo

'Ukraine will prevail' protests held in Sydney, Tokyo

-- 2022-02-26 14:58:01

Several hundred people marched in heavy rain in Sydney on Saturday chanting "Ukraine will prevail" and demanding more action against Moscow, while protesters in Tokyo called for Russia to be expelled...

Russian troops advance on Kyiv

Russian troops advance on Kyiv

-- 2022-02-25 16:59:12

Missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with the international community to do more, saying sanctio...

Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra

Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra

-- 2022-02-25 12:02:02

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck inland near the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, killing at least two people and causing tremors that were felt in neighbouring Singapore and Ma...

Pakistan's Imran Khan meets Putin in Moscow as Russia invades Ukraine

Pakistan's Imran Khan meets Putin in Moscow as Russia invades Ukraine

-- 2022-02-25 09:43:27

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow as Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine, bdnews24.com reports with details from Reuters. The meeting to discuss...

Indonesia stay on alert after magnitude 6.2 quake hits Sumatra

Indonesia stay on alert after magnitude 6.2 quake hits Sumatra

-- 2022-02-25 09:40:38

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the near the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, the country's geophysics agency BMKG said, though there was no risk of a tsunami or immediate repo...

Rights advocates call for jet fuel sanctions against Myanmar

Rights advocates call for jet fuel sanctions against Myanmar

-- 2022-02-24 17:15:51

Some human rights advocates are urging governments to impose sanctions against supplying aviation fuel to Myanmar as its security forces carry out air strikes against opponents of the army-led adminis...

Gambia urges World Court to reject Myanmar challenge to Rohingya genocide case

Gambia urges World Court to reject Myanmar challenge to Rohingya genocide case

-- 2022-02-23 21:40:59

Gambia on Wednesday urged judges at the World Court to reject a challenge by Myanmar to a case brought to halt alleged acts of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, saying the West African st...

China says Taiwan is 'not Ukraine' as island nation raises military vigilance

China says Taiwan is 'not Ukraine' as island nation raises military vigilance

-- 2022-02-23 18:15:54

Taiwan is ‘not Ukraine’ and has always been an inalienable part of China, China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called for the island to beef up vigi...

Myanmar junta using new Russian, Chinese arms against civilians: UN expert

Myanmar junta using new Russian, Chinese arms against civilians: UN expert

-- 2022-02-23 10:47:12

The United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar on Tuesday said Russia and China were providing the junta with fighter jets being used against civilians, and urged the UN Security Council to halt th...

Japan imposes sanctions on Russia

Japan imposes sanctions on Russia

-- 2022-02-23 10:38:13

Japan is imposing sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday, terming Moscow's moves an unacceptable violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and interna...

Hong Kong orders mandatory Covid tests for all residents

Hong Kong orders mandatory Covid tests for all residents

-- 2022-02-22 17:28:12

Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.5 million people for COVID-19 in March, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as it grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant. The...

China, Russia arming Myanmar junta, UN expert says

China, Russia arming Myanmar junta, UN expert says

-- 2022-02-22 17:13:38

The United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar has said Russia and China were providing the junta with fighter jets being used against civilians. The UN expert on Tuesday also urged the UN Securit...

Imran Khan wants TV debate with Modi to resolve issues

Imran Khan wants TV debate with Modi to resolve issues

-- 2022-02-22 17:09:53

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday he would like to have a televised debate with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, to resolve differences between the two neighbours. The nuclear...

Representation dispute may overshadow hearing in Rohingya genocide case

Representation dispute may overshadow hearing in Rohingya genocide case

-- 2022-02-21 22:28:51

The World Court started to hear preliminary arguments on Monday in a case brought against Myanmar demanding that it halt alleged acts of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, with representat...

India's home minister prefers school uniforms amid row over hijab

India's home minister prefers school uniforms amid row over hijab

-- 2022-02-21 18:27:18

India's home minister said he favoured students wearing uniforms in school rather than any religious attire, but that his position might change once a court decides on the merits of a ban on the hijab...

US ex-secretary of state Pompeo, sanctioned by China, to visit Taiwan

US ex-secretary of state Pompeo, sanctioned by China, to visit Taiwan

-- 2022-02-21 18:14:34

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, placed under sanctions by China when he left office at the end of the Trump presidency last year, will visit Taiwan next week and meet President Tsai Ing-wen,...

Jordan's prime minister contracts Covid-19 during official visit to Egypt

Jordan's prime minister contracts Covid-19 during official visit to Egypt

-- 2022-02-21 18:00:56

Jordan's Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh has contracted Covid-19 during an official visit to Egypt. Jordan News Agency (Petra) and Reuters gave the information on Monday, reports bdnews24.com Cov...

Japanese PM to join G7 summit over Ukraine tensions

Japanese PM to join G7 summit over Ukraine tensions

-- 2022-02-21 17:24:03

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will take part in an online meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) countries this week, the Japanese government said Monday. The talks will be aimed at measures to d...

Armed robbery suspects killed in Philippines

Armed robbery suspects killed in Philippines

-- 2022-02-21 17:18:40

Five suspects of "an attempted robbery" were killed in the southern Philippines over the weekend, the military said on Monday. Lieutenant General Alfredo Rosario, the commander of the Western Mindana...

Myanmar junta urges ASEAN envoy not to engage with 'terrorist' groups

Myanmar junta urges ASEAN envoy not to engage with 'terrorist' groups

-- 2022-02-21 15:10:29

Myanmar's military government has criticised calls for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' special envoy to the conflict-torn country to meet bodies that oppose last year's coup, which the jun...

UN court resumes hearing Rohingya genocide case

UN court resumes hearing Rohingya genocide case

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-21 14:48:54

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is beginning proceedings to hear Myanmar’s preliminary objections to a genocide case brought against it over a brutal 2017 crackdown by the military on...

China would back Russia if it moved on Ukraine

China would back Russia if it moved on Ukraine

-- 2022-02-20 10:59:23

China would back Russia diplomatically and perhaps economically if it invades Ukraine, worsening Beijing's already strained relations with the West, but would stop short of providing military support,...

Half of India's MPs have criminal records, Singapore PM claims

Half of India's MPs have criminal records, Singapore PM claims

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-19 23:18:47

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has claimed that almost half of Indian parliamentarians have criminal records, including charges of rape and murder. Lee Hsien Loong made the remark i...

South Korea's daily Covid cases eclipse 0.10m for first time

South Korea's daily Covid cases eclipse 0.10m for first time

-- 2022-02-18 20:44:25

South Korea's new daily Covid-19 cases topped 100,000 for the first time amid an omicron outbreak, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Friday, though deaths have remained relativel...

Sydney beaches reopen after fatal shark attack

Sydney beaches reopen after fatal shark attack

-- 2022-02-18 19:43:38

Sydney has reopened its beaches two days after a British swimmer died in the city's first fatal shark attack in 59 years. Simon Nellist, 35, was mauled by a shark in the waters off east Sydney on Wed...

Netherlands apologise for violence in Indonesian War of Independence

Netherlands apologise for violence in Indonesian War of Independence

-- 2022-02-18 18:26:16

The Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Thursday offered a full apology to Indonesia after a historical review found the Dutch had used "excessive violence" in a vain attempt to regain control o...

ASEAN Myanmar envoy urged to meet Suu Kyi

ASEAN Myanmar envoy urged to meet Suu Kyi

-- 2022-02-18 17:58:10

Asian Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) Chair Charles Santiago has said Prak Sokhonn, as ASEAN Special Envoy to Myanmar, must now ensure that he meets with all stakeholders, including the Natio...

Indian court sentences 38 to death for 2008 serial bombings

Indian court sentences 38 to death for 2008 serial bombings

-- 2022-02-18 15:16:59

An Indian court on Friday sentenced 38 Muslim men to death and ordered life in prison for 11 others for a series of bomb blasts in 2008 in the city of Ahmedabad that killed more than 50 people, lawyer...

Hong Kong identifies 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine as virus cases surge

Hong Kong identifies 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine as virus cases surge

-- 2022-02-18 13:56:36

Hong Kong has identified more than 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine accommodation, leader Carrie Lam said on Friday, as property developers piled in to show support as the global financial hub battle...

Australia's biggest cities ease more Covid restrictions ahead of border reopening

Australia's biggest cities ease more Covid restrictions ahead of border reopening

-- 2022-02-18 11:54:08

Singing and dancing will resume in nightclubs in Sydney and Melbourne from Friday, while most mandatory check-ins have been scrapped as officials lifted nearly all COVID-19 curbs in Australia's bigges...