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China, Hong Kong resume high-speed rail link after three years

-- 2023-01-15 15:58:02

China resumed on Sunday high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and the mainland for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as it dismantles travel curbs after Beijing scrappe...

At least 40 people killed in Nepal air crash

-- 2023-01-15 15:28:48

At least 40 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official said, in the small Himalayan country's worst crash in nearly five years...

US climate envoy Kerry outlines carbon offset initiative for developing nations

-- 2023-01-15 15:19:38

US climate envoy John Kerry on Sunday outlined core principles for a "high-integrity" carbon offset plan meant to help developing nations speed their energy transition, and next steps including establ...

Yeti Airlines aircraft crashes in Nepal

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-15 12:43:39

An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Pokhara of Nepal's Kaski district on Sunday, a spokesman for Yeti Airlines said. The ATR 72 aircraft of Yeti Airlines flew to Pokhara from Kathmandu, re...

Israelis rally in three cities against Netanyahu legal reforms

Reuters 2023-01-15 09:21:49

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in three major cities on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform plans, with organisers accusing him of undermining democratic r...

China reports 59,938 Covid-related hospital deaths since Dec 8

-- 2023-01-14 17:10:01

Chinese officials said on Saturday the number of Covid-19 related deaths in hospitals totalled 59,938 between Dec 8 and Jan 12, with an average age of 80.3 years, according to Reuters. Of those fatal...

Iran hangs former defense ministry official over spy claim

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-14 13:27:47

Iran said Saturday it had executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry, despite an international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid natio...

Three Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers during raids in West Bank

-- 2023-01-13 18:12:38

Two Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during raids that sparked clashes in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said on Thursday. Later in the area of Jenin, Israe...

Malaysia may stop palm oil exports to European Union

-- 2023-01-13 17:38:39

Malaysia, the world's second-largest palm oil producer, on Thursday said it might stop palm exports to the European Union after the bloc imposed additional import restrictions on the edible oil due to...

Covid cases in China touch 900 million: study

-- 2023-01-13 16:56:32

Some 900 million people in China have been infected with the coronavirus as of 11 January, according to a study by Peking University. The report estimates that 64 per cent of the country's population...

Suspect charged with murder in assassination of Japan's Abe

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-13 14:05:38

Japanese prosecutors formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder, sending him to stand trial, a Japanese court said Friday. Tetsuya Yamagami...

Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs

-- 2023-01-13 13:29:25

Sri Lanka will slash its army by a third to 135,000 by next year and to 100,000 by 2030, the defence minister said on Friday, as the country facing its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades...

Kazakhstan strips ex-president's family of legal immunity

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-13 12:48:47

Kazakhstan's parliament on Friday repealed a law that gave former president Nursultan Nazarbayev's immediate family immunity from prosecution, and took away his status as a leader of the nation,...

China Covid peak to last two-three months, hit rural areas next

-- 2023-01-13 12:33:10

The peak of China's Covid-19 wave is expected to last two to three months, and will soon swell over the vast countryside where medical resources are relatively scarce, a top Chinese epidemiologist has...

China border situation is 'unpredictable', says Indian army chief

-- 2023-01-12 19:15:46

India’s army chief said on Thursday the border situation with China is stable but unpredictable after a nearly two-and-a-half-year standoff between tens of thousands of soldiers from both countr...

IS claims responsibility for Kabul attack that killed five

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-12 15:39:04

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly bombing that killed at least five people near the Foreign Ministry in the Afghan capital the previous day. The bombing was the sec...

Pakistan PM to seek fresh economic package from UAE

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-12 15:31:47

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will seek a fresh economic package for his country from the United Arab Emirates during his two-day visit there, broadcaster ARY News reported on Thursday, citin...

UAE names ADNOC chief Jaber as COP28 climate conference president

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-12 13:41:58

The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday that Sultan al-Jaber, the head of state oil giant ADNOC, would act as president of the COP28 climate conference it is hosting this year, Reuters repor...

How India's ruling party is tightening its grip on Kashmir

REUTERS 2023-01-12 11:22:56

For the first time in her life, Asha, a street cleaner in the Indian city of Jammu, will be allowed to vote in upcoming local elections. And she's in no doubt who will get her ballot. Asha plans to r...

Ganga Vilas ready for maiden trip of 3,200km from India’s Varanasi to Assam via Dhaka

-- 2023-01-11 22:22:00

Ganga Vilas, featuring the world’s longest river cruise, is set for its maiden voyage across 3,200km from Varanasi in India’s Uttar Pradesh to Assam via Dhaka. Indian Prime Minister Naren...

WHO says China still underreports Covid-19 deaths despite providing more data

-- 2023-01-11 22:10:18

China is still heavily underreporting deaths although it is providing more information on its COVID-19 outbreak, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. "There are some...

Pakistan to take fiscal measures set by IMF to meet budgetary targets

-- 2023-01-11 20:29:55

Pakistan will take fiscal measures set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to meet its budgetary targets for the 2022-23 financial year, finance minister Ishaq Dar said on Wednesday. The measure...

Myanmar junta chief family assets found in Thai drug raid

-- 2023-01-11 16:16:30

Thai officials found assets belonging to adult children of Myanmar's junta leader during a raid on the Bangkok apartment of a Myanmar tycoon charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, accordi...

Indonesia president says 'strongly regrets' past rights violations in country

Reuters 2023-01-11 12:30:30

Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledged on Wednesday a series of incidents amounting to "gross human rights violations" had taken place in his country's past, including the bloodshed and arrests...

Philippine court voids oil exploration pact involving China

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-11 11:53:04

The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a 2005 pact by China, the Philippines and Vietnam to jointly explore for oil in the disputed South China Sea, a decision that also bri...

Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to prison, lashes

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-11 11:36:09

Iran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to a lengthy prison term and 74 lashes after convicting him of espionage in a closed-door trial, state media reported Tuesday. The website of Iran’s judi...

7.6 quake damages buildings in Indonesia, felt in Australia

-- 2023-01-10 20:57:30

A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged village buildings in a lightly populated island chain in eastern Indonesia early Tuesday and was widely felt in northern Australia. Two school buildings and 124...

No immediate Covid-19 threat from China: WHO Europe

-- 2023-01-10 19:11:39

The director of the World Health Organization's Europe office said Tuesday that the agency sees "no immediate threat" for the European region from a Covid-19 outbreak in China, but more information is...

Iran ‘weaponised’ death penalty to strike fear into people: UN rights chief

-- 2023-01-10 17:15:04

The UN human rights chief said that the death penalty was being weaponised by Iran's government to strike fear into the population and stamp out dissent, saying the executions amounted to "state sanct...

China halts short-term visas in South Korea, first response to COVID curbs

Reuters 2023-01-10 12:04:45

The Chinese embassy in South Korea has suspended issuing short-term visas for South Korean visitors, it said on Tuesday, the first retaliatory move against nations imposing COVID-19 curbs on traveller...