-- 2021-11-30 16:48:51
Japan on Tuesday confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, in a man who had arrived in the country from Namibia, reports Reuters. The man in his 30s had earlier tested posit...
-- 2021-11-30 11:44:32
A court in military-ruled Myanmar deferred on Tuesday the first verdicts in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to December 6, a source familiar with the proceedings said. The Nobel Peace lau...
-- 2021-11-29 18:46:24
India's parliament on Monday passed a bill to repeal three laws aiming at deregulating agricultural markets, bowing to pressure from farmers who have protested for over a year to demand that the laws...
-- 2021-11-29 16:31:52
World powers and Iran will gather in Vienna on Monday to try to salvage their 2015 nuclear deal, but with Tehran sticking to its tough stance and Western powers increasingly frustrated, hopes of a bre...
-- 2021-11-28 20:29:09
Indonesia will ban the entry of travellers who have been in eight African countries and extend quarantine times for all arrivals to curb the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, officials sa...
-- 2021-11-28 19:11:57
New Zealand Member of Parliament Julie Anne Genter got on her bicycle early on Sunday and headed to the hospital. She was already in labour and she gave birth an hour later, reports Reuters. "B...
-- 2021-11-28 16:06:54
At least 18 people have died and five others have been injured after their vehicle collided with a parked lorry in India’s West Bengal. All of the dead died on the spot when the accident took p...
-- 2021-11-28 15:24:50
Maldives said it was barring travellers from seven African countries from Sunday over concerns about the new Omicron variant of COVID-19. Travellers will not be allowed into Maldives from South Afric...
-- 2021-11-28 14:37:53
Australia confirmed on Sunday that two people arriving from southern Africa over the weekend had tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant, adding to a growing number of countries fighti...
-- 2021-11-28 12:42:50
China could face more than 630,000 Covid-19 infections a day if it dropped its zero-tolerance policies by lifting travel curbs, according to a study by Peking University mathematicians. In the report...
-- 2021-11-28 12:30:37
Israel is to ban foreigners from entering the country for 14 days and use surveillance to halt the spread of the new Covid strain, local media report. The ban is expected to come into effect...
-- 2021-11-27 11:19:52
Wenzhou, a city in eastern China, has issued an arrest warrant for Macau junket mogul Alvin Chau, accusing him of operating gambling activities in mainland China. Chau is the founder of Macau's bigge...
-- 2021-11-26 17:50:38
India will lead demands for an intellectual property rights waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and supplies at a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting next week, two government officials said. A year afte...
-- 2021-11-26 16:33:20
Indonesia's counterterrorism squad has arrested 24 people on suspicion of fundraising for Jemaah Islamiah, or JI, the Al-Qaeda linked extremist group accused of carrying out some of the country's bigg...
-- 2021-11-26 16:21:13
A night curfew will be re-imposed in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara after witnesses said Australian police began taking control of hotspots following three days of violent protests in the South P...
-- 2021-11-26 16:10:03
Asian and European countries tightened travel restrictions on Friday after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa, with the EU, Britain and India among t...
-- 2021-11-25 19:11:47
At least fourteen people were killed and one person missing after strong winds and heavy rains lashed out across Sri Lanka since last week, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) has said. According to...
-- 2021-11-25 17:13:29
The Philippines will not remove a dilapidated navy ship grounded on an atoll in the South China Sea, its defence chief said on Thursday, rejecting a demand by China after it blocked a mission to resup...
-- 2021-11-24 19:46:29
The Biden administration has invited Taiwan to its 'Summit for Democracy' next month, according to a list of participants published on Tuesday, a move that infuriated China, which views the democratic...
-- 2021-11-24 11:51:52
The Taliban administration has released a set of restrictions on Afghan media, including banning television dramas that included female actors and ordering women news presenters to wear "Islamic hijab...
-- 2021-11-23 17:18:33
India reported 7,579 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the smallest rise in one-and-a-half-years despite huge festival gatherings in recent weeks, thanks to rising vaccinations and antibodies fro...
-- 2021-11-23 16:47:09
At least six people have died and around ten are missing after a ferry they were travelling in capsized in eastern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, officials said. Police spokesman Nihal Thalduwa said the ferry...
-- 2021-11-23 15:17:15
India's counter-terrorism agency has arrested a prominent Kashmiri human rights activist under a draconian anti-terrorism law which makes it nearly impossible to get bail. Khurram Parvez has been...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-23 11:59:47
At least 30 people were killed and thousands have been displaced after severe flooding in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports the BBC. Consistent heavy rainfall for a week resulted i...
-- 2021-11-22 19:26:06
Austria entered its fourth national lockdown on Monday after tens of thousands of people, many of them far-right supporters, protested in Vienna against renewed curbs on movement as Europe again becom...
-- 2021-11-22 19:14:14
India is not considering authorising booster COVID-19 doses yet as many in the country have been naturally infected and the government believes two doses of a vaccine offers sufficient protection, for...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-22 12:55:38
The Taliban have banned women from appearing in television dramas under new rules imposed by the government, according to a BBC report. They also made headscarves mandatory on the screen for female j...
-- 2021-11-22 11:42:09
Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a summit on Monday that Beijing would not "bully" its smaller regional neighbours amid ris...
-- 2021-11-21 13:19:34
China downgraded its diplomatic ties with Lithuania on Sunday, expressing strong dissatisfaction with Vilnius for allowing Taiwan to open a de facto embassy in the Baltic state, raising tensions in a...
-- 2021-11-20 19:13:48
Japan is considering releasing oil from its reserves for the first time to curb surging oil prices, as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida signalled his readiness to counter oil price hikes followin...
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