-- 2021-12-24 11:56:40
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in granted a pardon to former President Park Geun-hye, who is in prison after being convicted of corruption, the justice ministry saidon Friday, amid a tight president...
-- 2021-12-23 17:28:29
At least two people were killed and four seriously injured after a blast at a court complex in Ludhiana city in the north Indian state of Punjab on Thursday. The incident took place inside a bathroom...
-- 2021-12-23 11:39:41
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised outgoing Chinese Ambassador Li Jinjun for helping to improve relations between Pyongyang and Beijing, state media reported on Thursday, as the envoy left office...
-- 2021-12-23 11:17:14
The Philippines on Thursday approved emergency use of Merck & Co Inc's Covid-19 treatment pill for adult patients at risk of developing severe illness as it tries to boost the country's arsenal of...
-- 2021-12-23 11:02:03
Japan's government is not considering an immediate change to current Covid-19 restrictions, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Thursday, a day after community transmission of the Omicron...
-- 2021-12-23 10:47:58
India's capital New Delhi on Wednesday banned Christmas and other celebrations ahead of New Year to contain a possible surge in the omicron coronavirus variant, as the city reported the country's high...
-- 2021-12-22 17:29:20
Singapore will freeze the sale of tickets for arriving flights and buses under its quarantine-free travel programme for four weeks from Thursday, the government said, citing the risk from the fast-spr...
-- 2021-12-22 12:24:23
Israel announced on Tuesday that it will offer a fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to people older than 60, amid concern about the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, reports Reuters....
-- 2021-12-21 17:20:19
Thailand will reinstate its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for foreign visitors and scrap a quarantine waiver from Tuesday due to concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Th...
-- 2021-12-21 16:19:49
India has recorded 200 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant across 12 states, mostly in the western state of Maharashtra and the nation's capital New Delhi, the health ministry said on Tuesday. T...
-- 2021-12-21 14:04:57
Kuwait will require travellers arriving to the country to have the Covid-19 vaccine booster shot if more than nine months have passed since their vaccination, the government communication centre tweet...
-- 2021-12-20 20:15:07
More than 300 people have been in killed by a powerful typhoon in the Philippines that destroyed homes, flooded towns, severed power and communications lines and displaced hundreds of thousands in its...
-- 2021-12-20 18:47:35
A court in military-ruled Myanmar deferred on Monday the latest verdicts in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to Dec. 27, a source familiar with the proceedings said, reports Reuters. The c...
-- 2021-12-20 18:40:54
At least eight people have died in floods that have ravaged Malaysia, authorities said on Monday, as the government faced criticism from the public and opposition lawmakers over its rescue efforts. F...
-- 2021-12-20 14:23:14
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Japan on Monday to halt a military study-abroad programme in which cadets from Myanmar receive combat training, Reuters reports. Since the February coup in Myanmar, Jap...
-- 2021-12-20 13:19:39
New Zealand authorities on Monday said they had linked a 26-year-old man's death to Pfizer Inc's Covid-19 vaccine after the person suffered myocarditis, a rare inflammation of the heart muscle, after...
-- 2021-12-20 12:36:20
The Myanmar military carried out a series of mass killings of civilians in July that resulted in the deaths of at least 40 men, according to a BBC investigation, bdnews24.com reports. Eyewitnesses an...
-- 2021-12-20 11:34:46
The death toll in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Rai has risen to 208, after the storm carved a trail of destruction in central and southern provinces late last week, the national police spokespers...
-- 2021-12-19 18:26:09
Thailand has sent over 600 Myanmar refugees who fled fighting between the military and ethnic rebels back across the border, according to a senior Thai official who said on Sunday clashes were continu...
-- 2021-12-19 11:50:15
Torrential rains in Malaysia have caused flooding that has driven more than 11,000 people from their homes, closed dozens of roads and disrupted shipping, authorities said on Saturday, Reuters reports...
-- 2021-12-19 10:26:51
The governor of an island province in the central Philippines said at least 49 people died in the devastation wrought by Typhoon Rai in just half of the towns that managed to contact him, bringing the...
-- 2021-12-18 19:42:00
At least 10 people were killed and 11 others injured in an explosion on Saturday at a Karachi bank branch constructed on a sewage drain in the city's industrial area, police said. The cause of the bl...
-- 2021-12-18 16:29:23
Japan will extend a curb on foreigners entering the country beyond year-end to prevent the spread of the omicron variant, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Saturday citing anonymous government sources...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-18 14:16:48
The death toll from a typhoon that slammed into the Philippines rose to 12 on Friday, and its president feared it could climb further as authorities assess the devastation caused by one of the stronge...
-- 2021-12-18 09:58:36
Australia reported record high new Covid-19 cases on Saturday for a third day, with outbreaks growing in the two most populous states, however, Prime Minister Scott Morrison continued to downplay the...
-- 2021-12-17 20:08:01
India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has said their Border Security Force (BSF) will have an increasingly important role in facilitating the seamless movement of people and goods between India...
-- 2021-12-17 19:38:37
At least 2,500 people including hundreds of children have fled a flare-up in fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic minority rebels and have taken refuge across the border in Thailand, Thai auth...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-17 19:35:43
Several leaders of India’s Congress Party have said the central government of their country did not recognise the role played by Indira Gandhi in the liberation war of Bangladesh. The leader of...
-- 2021-12-17 19:10:03
At least eight people have died and more are feared injured amid severe flooding caused by torrential rainfall in northern Iraq, Iraqi officials said on Friday. Omed Khoshnaw, governor of Irbil provi...
-- 2021-12-17 17:57:18
The US military should be held accountable for its war crimes of killing innocent civilians worldwide, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday, reports UNB citing Xinhua. Spokesperson Wan...
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