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Pakistan may detain Imran Khan, top leaders of his party

Pakistan may detain Imran Khan, top leaders of his party

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-25 18:45:50

The government of Pakistan has reportedly decided to detain former prime minister of the country Imran Khan and top leaders of his party from a political programme. Leaders of Imran Khan’s Paki...

EU cracks widen over Russia-Ukraine war

EU cracks widen over Russia-Ukraine war

-- 2022-05-25 16:48:57

Italy and Hungary have urged the EU to call explicitly for a ceasefire in Ukraine and peace talks with Russia, putting themselves at odds with other member states determined to take a hard line with M...

UAE detects first case of monkeypox

UAE detects first case of monkeypox

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-25 12:56:16

Health authorities in the United Arab Emirates detected on Tuesday the country’s first case of the monkeypox virus in a young woman who traveled from West Africa. The government said little abo...

Hours after Biden leaves Asia, North Korea fires salvo of missiles

Hours after Biden leaves Asia, North Korea fires salvo of missiles

-- 2022-05-25 11:49:11

North Korea fired three missiles, including one thought to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, after US President Joe Biden left Asia following a trip in which he agreed to n...

India's retirees tap savings, eat less as living costs soar

India's retirees tap savings, eat less as living costs soar

Reuters 2022-05-25 11:44:16

TL Wali, a 66-year-old lawyer in Delhi's high court, had been looking forward to retirement. But with India's living costs soaring, he is now forced to dip into his savings and will need to keep wo...

Gunman kills at least 19 children at Texas elementary school

Gunman kills at least 19 children at Texas elementary school

-- 2022-05-25 08:59:52

 An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the latest gruesome moment for a...

EU calls for Russia dialogue to unlock Ukraine food exports

EU calls for Russia dialogue to unlock Ukraine food exports

-- 2022-05-24 21:43:20

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday called for talks with Moscow on unlocking wheat exports that are trapped in Ukraine as a result of a Russian sea blockade. US Secretary of St...

Russia launches all-out assault in eastern Ukraine

Russia launches all-out assault in eastern Ukraine

-- 2022-05-24 19:02:22

Russian forces were launching an all-out assault to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin cities straddling a river in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, a battle which could determine the success or failure of...

Pakistan bans Imran Khan's protest march after policeman killed

Pakistan bans Imran Khan's protest march after policeman killed

-- 2022-05-24 18:41:01

Pakistan's government on Tuesday banned a planned protest march by ousted prime minister Imran Khan, who is demanding fresh elections as a political and economic crisis deepens in the South Asian nati...

Taliban to sign agreement with UAE on running airports in Afghanistan

Taliban to sign agreement with UAE on running airports in Afghanistan

-- 2022-05-24 15:21:03

The Taliban will sign an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on operating airports in Afghanistan, the group's acting deputy prime minister said on Tuesday, after months of talks with the UA...

Rohingya refugee boat sinks off Myanmar, dozens dead or missing

Rohingya refugee boat sinks off Myanmar, dozens dead or missing

Reuters 2022-05-24 12:20:46

Dozens of ethnic Rohingya refugees were dead or missing after a boat with about 90 people aboard, including children, capsized and sank in bad weather off the coast of Myanmar over the weekend, accord...

Militants kill at least 50 in Nigeria's Borno

Militants kill at least 50 in Nigeria's Borno

-- 2022-05-24 11:51:05

At least 50 people were killed by militants on Sunday around the town of Rann in Nigeria's Borno state, in the country's northeastern tip near the border with Cameroon, witnesses told Reuters by phone...

EU oil embargo 'in days' as Ukraine isolation drives Russia closer to China

EU oil embargo 'in days' as Ukraine isolation drives Russia closer to China

-- 2022-05-24 08:53:58

The European Union will likely agree an embargo on Russian oil imports "within days", according to its biggest member Germany, as Moscow said it saw its economic ties growing with China after being is...

WEF annual meeting opens with Zelensky’s speech

WEF annual meeting opens with Zelensky’s speech

-- 2022-05-23 22:08:38

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the annual meeting of global business leaders at Davos on Monday that the world faces a turning point and has to ratchet up sanctions against Russia as a wa...

Former British lawmaker jailed for sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy

Former British lawmaker jailed for sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy

-- 2022-05-23 21:53:17

Former British Member of Parliament Imran Ahmad Khan was sentenced to 18 months in jail at Southwark Crown Court after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Khan, who was a lawmak...

Biden says he will use force if China attacks Taiwan

Biden says he will use force if China attacks Taiwan

-- 2022-05-23 21:47:54

US President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression in a comment that seemed to stretch the limits of the ambiguous US policy towards the...

Western countries trigger global food crisis with sanctions, says Kremlin

Western countries trigger global food crisis with sanctions, says Kremlin

-- 2022-05-23 21:01:04

The Kremlin said on Monday that the Western countries triggered a global food crisis by imposing the ‘severest sanctions in modern history’ on Russia over the war in Ukraine. The war - an...

Nepal hikes retail prices for fuels by up to 12.5 per cent

Nepal hikes retail prices for fuels by up to 12.5 per cent

-- 2022-05-23 20:55:48

Nepal's state-owned oil company has hiked the retail prices for fuels, including petrol and cooking gas, by up to 12.5 per cent because of rising global oil prices, an official said on Monday, stoking...

WHO says no evidence monkeypox virus has mutated

WHO says no evidence monkeypox virus has mutated

-- 2022-05-23 20:52:35

The World Health Organisation does not have evidence that the monkeypox virus has mutated, a senior executive at the UN agency said on Monday, noting the infectious disease that is endemic in west and...

Ukraine jails Russian soldier for life in war crimes trial

Ukraine jails Russian soldier for life in war crimes trial

-- 2022-05-23 16:31:45

A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison on Monday for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's Feb 24 invasion. Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-...

Iran’s colonel shot dead in Tehran, President Raisi vows retaliation

Iran’s colonel shot dead in Tehran, President Raisi vows retaliation

-- 2022-05-23 16:31:43

Iran will avenge the death of Revolutionary Guards Colonel Sayad Khodai, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday, a day after the elite corps officer was shot dead by two people on a motorcycle in a ra...

Storms kill at least eight in Canada

Storms kill at least eight in Canada

-- 2022-05-23 13:45:36

The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada's two most populous provinces this weekend rose to at least eight, authorities said on Sunday, as emergency crews continued a massive clean-up to r...

More than 100m people forcibly displaced in the world, UNHCR says

More than 100m people forcibly displaced in the world, UNHCR says

-- 2022-05-23 13:04:03

More than 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, citing new data about those escaping violence, conflict, persecution and...

Millions at risk as India's severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps

Millions at risk as India's severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps

-- 2022-05-23 11:14:59

As the scorching sun beat down on his fruit cart, Mohammad Ikrar dreaded another day of tossing out dozens of rotting mangoes and melons - a regular practice now as India grapples with an unpreceden...

At least seven dead after blaze on Philippine passenger ferry

At least seven dead after blaze on Philippine passenger ferry

-- 2022-05-23 10:22:50

Seven people have died after a high-speed Philippine ferry carrying 134 people caught fire on Monday, with seven passengers still missing, the coast guard said. The ship caught fire just before reach...

Biden meets Japanese Emperor at start of visit to launch regional economic plan

Biden meets Japanese Emperor at start of visit to launch regional economic plan

-- 2022-05-23 09:12:09

US President Joe Biden, in Japan to launch a regional economic plan to counter China and reaffirm ties with a key Asian ally, began his visit on Monday by meeting with Emperor Naruhito. The cornersto...

Ukraine, Poland agree on joint customs control to ease movement of people, goods

Ukraine, Poland agree on joint customs control to ease movement of people, goods

-- 2022-05-23 09:09:21

Ukraine and Poland agreed on Sunday to establish a joint border customs control and work on a shared railway company to ease the movement of people and increase Ukraine's export potential. Ukrainian...

Imran Khan to begin long march for ‘battle for real freedom’ on May 25

Imran Khan to begin long march for ‘battle for real freedom’ on May 25

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-22 22:00:53

Pakistan’s former prime minister has said his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), will begin a long march towards Islamabad for a ‘battle for real freedom’ on May 25. PTI Chairma...

Russia halts electricity supply to Lithuania

Russia halts electricity supply to Lithuania

-- 2022-05-22 20:32:35

Russia has stopped supplying power to Lithuania due to, Russia’s news agency said, ‘inability’ for payment. Lithuania’s electricity transmission system operator Litgrid confir...

Timeline: Russia-Ukraine war enters fourth month

Timeline: Russia-Ukraine war enters fourth month

-- 2022-05-22 19:47:10

The war between Russia and Ukraine heads into the fourth month on Tuesday with no end in sight to the fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble. After abandon...