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Biden to visit Asia next month to build united front on N Korea, Russia

-- 2022-04-28 14:05:23

Visiting Asia next month for the first time since becoming US president in 2021, Joe Biden will hold talks with allies in Japan and South Korea over China's growing influence in the region and the lat...

Malaysia to ease Covid-19 restrictions from next month

-- 2022-04-27 20:31:36

Malaysia will ease more Covid-19 curbs from the start of next month, including lifting restrictions on those who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus and scrapping the need to wear masks outdoor...

Congo starts vaccinations to stem 14th Ebola outbreak

-- 2022-04-27 20:09:41

The Democratic Republic of Congo has kicked off Ebola vaccinations to stem an outbreak in the northwest city of Mbandaka, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Two people are known t...

Modi says India gets too hot too early, faces risk of fire incidents

-- 2022-04-27 19:38:47

India is getting too hot too early, raising the risk of fires, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Wednesday, as New Delhi sweltered in extreme heat and a burning landfill on the outs...

Bilawal Bhutto takes oath as federal minister of Pakistan

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-27 19:31:24

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has taken the oath as a federal minister of Pakistan under the unity government led by Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Chief Prime Minist...

Woman graduate student behind suicide attack at Pakistani university

-- 2022-04-27 19:16:36

A woman suicide bomber who killed three Chinese teachers in Pakistan was a teacher who had enrolled for a master's degree months before her attack, carried out on behalf of separatist insurgents, a Pa...

Russia halts gas supplies to Bulgaria, Poland for rejecting demand for rouble payment

-- 2022-04-27 17:20:08

Russia halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland on Wednesday for rejecting its demand to pay in roubles, taking direct aim at European economies in its toughest retaliation so far against internatio...

China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-27 14:23:05

BEIJING: China has recorded the first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, the country's health authority said on Tuesday, but said the risk of it spreading among people was low. A four-...

Eleven electrocuted in India temple procession

-- 2022-04-27 14:04:15

At least 11 people were electrocuted and 15 others injured during a religious procession held by a temple in Tamil Nadu in southern India. The accident occurred when the temple chariot ca...

Beijing in race to detect Covid infections as locked-down Shanghai in distress

-- 2022-04-27 13:33:59

Millions in Beijing's largest district on Wednesday took their second COVID-19 tests this week as the Chinese capital tried to keep an outbreak of dozens from spiralling into a crisis that could force...

Suu Kyi sentenced to five-year imprisonment for corruption

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-27 11:20:48

A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her, according to a...

Russia cuts gas to Poland in what Ukraine condemns as 'gas blackmail'

-- 2022-04-27 09:16:46

Russia halted gas supplies to Poland under the Yamal contract on Wednesday, data from the European Union network of gas transmission operators showed, in a deepening of the rift between the West and R...

Karachi blast kills three Chinese, including Confucius centre head

-- 2022-04-26 20:20:03

A bomb blast on a minibus killed three Chinese employed at Karachi University's Confucius Institute on Tuesday, officials and police said, in the first major attack in Pakistan on nationals of long ti...

8.3m people will flee Ukraine this year, UNHCR predicts

-- 2022-04-26 16:08:45

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is expecting some 8.3 million people to flee Ukraine this year, revising up its previous projection, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. More than 12.7 million people have f...

North Korea displays ICBMs at huge parade, pledges to boost nuclear arsenal

-- 2022-04-26 11:00:58

North Korea will speed up development of its nuclear arsenal, leader Kim Jong Un said while overseeing a huge military parade that displayed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and other weapo...

US looks for closer ties to Brazil at a time of turmoil and war

-- 2022-04-26 10:45:49

US State Department officials held their first high-level talks with the Brazilian government since 2019 on Monday, reinforcing ties between the Western Hemisphere's two largest democracies despite th...

Russia warns 'serious' nuclear war risks should not be underestimated

-- 2022-04-26 09:10:49

Russia told the world not to underestimate the considerable risks of nuclear war that it said it wanted to reduce and warned that conventional Western weapons were legitimate targets in Ukraine, where...

Mass Covid-19 testing order prompts panic buying in Beijing

-- 2022-04-25 21:02:19

A mass Covid-19 testing order in Beijing's biggest district prompted residents in the Chinese capital to stock up on groceries, fearing they could be destined for a lockdown similar to that of Shangha...

Three NATO warships reach Finland for two-day training exercise

-- 2022-04-25 20:53:23

Three NATO warships reached the southwestern Finnish port of Turku on Monday to train with Finland's navy as Helsinki considers the possibility of joining the US-led alliance amid increased tensions w...

Main spy agency foiled West’s plot to kill Russian journalist, says Putin  

-- 2022-04-25 19:25:18

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said his main spy agency had foiled what he cast as a Western plot to kill a prominent Russian journalist. "This morning, the Federal Security Service stopp...

Pakistan seeks increase in size, duration of $6b IMF programme

-- 2022-04-25 17:38:25

Pakistan has sought an increase in the size and duration of its $6 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, the country's Finance Minister, Miftah Ismail, said on Monday. Ismail made the...

Top US officials visit Kyiv, promise to reopen embassy in Ukraine soon

-- 2022-04-25 17:19:42

The United States promised on Monday to reopen its embassy in Kyiv soon, as Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ukraine's capital and hailed its success so far...

Five railway stations come under fire in Ukraine, casualties reported

-- 2022-04-25 15:24:26

Five railway stations came under fire in western and central Ukraine on Monday, causing an unspecified number of casualties, Ukrainian television quoted state-run Ukrainian Railways as saying. Oleksa...

Large fire at oil depot in Russia's Bryansk, near Ukraine

-- 2022-04-25 15:01:42

A large fire broke out early on Monday at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk, the emergencies ministry said, adding that no one was injured. There was no immediate indication that...

Yemen's Houthis offer to release 200 prisoners before Eid al-Fitr, broadcaster reports

-- 2022-04-25 10:45:30

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement made a new offer to the United Nations that includes the release of 200 prisoners from each of the warring parties in Yemen before Muslim's Eid al-Fitr, Al-Masirah...

In troubled France, no honeymoon for re-elected Macron

-- 2022-04-25 09:56:22

Now comes the hard part. Emmanuel Macron may have seen off far-right leader Marine Le Pen, but his second term could be even rockier than the first with mounting political opposition and boiling soci...

France's Macron beats Le Pen to win second term

-- 2022-04-25 09:52:25

French President Emmanuel Macron defeated his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday by a comfortable margin, early projections by pollsters showed, securing a second term and heading off what would...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi awaits verdict in first corruption case

-- 2022-04-25 09:19:07

Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces a possible 15 years in prison on Monday, when a court in the military-ruled country is scheduled to deliver a verdict in the first of multiple corruption...

Ukraine to call for more powerful weapons when top US officials visit Kyiv

-- 2022-04-24 23:02:55

Ukraine will ask US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin for more powerful weapons during an expected visit by the officials to Kyiv on Sunday, seeking to build the cou...

Ukraine says Mariupol humanitarian corridor fails as shelling continues

-- 2022-04-24 21:17:09

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said no humanitarian routes were established out of the southeastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Sunday as Russian forces did not hold their fir...