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EU wants to send more people back to Asia, Middle East, Africa

-- 2023-01-26 13:05:16

European Union migration ministers meet on Thursday to discuss visa restrictions and better coordination inside the bloc to be able to send more people with no right to asylum in Europe back to their...

Zelensky urges UN action on deportations

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-26 12:19:32

President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged a senior UN official to help find a way to resolve what Ukrainian authorities decry as a serious consequence of 11 months of war - the deportation to Russia of t...

Top UN officials seek to 'water down' bans on women in Afghanistan

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-26 11:33:47

The Taliban administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment on its plans over guidelines. During her visit last week, Mohammed met with the Shura - the leadership council that iss...

India police detain students gathered to watch documentary on Modi

-- 2023-01-26 11:10:49

Students were detained by the Delhi police on Wednesday as they gathered to watch a recent BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India has dismissed as propaganda and blocked its str...

Russia says Germany escalates conflict by sending tanks to Kyiv

-- 2023-01-25 20:57:01

The Russian embassy in Germany said on Wednesday that Berlin's decision to approve the delivery of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine meant it was abandoning its "historical responsibility to Russia" arising...

Russia faces shortage of medicines as war, sanctions affect imports

-- 2023-01-25 18:29:54

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that there were shortages of some medicines in Russia, despite the country producing more of its own drugs, and suggested building up stocks of popular medici...

China says peak COVID infections exceeded 7.0m daily, deaths more than 4,000 daily

-- 2023-01-25 18:29:09

China's daily new COVID-19 infections hit a peak of more than 7 million per day around Dec. 22, while deaths reached a daily peak of more than 4,000 on Jan. 4, the country's Centre for Disease Control...

Pakistan PM apologises to nation for power outage

-- 2023-01-25 16:20:39

Pakistan’s prime minister on Tuesday apologized to the nation for a major, daylong power outage that disrupted normal life across the country and drew criticism from millions who were left witho...

BBC film on India’s PM Modi, 2002 riots draws government ire

-- 2023-01-25 16:14:04

Days after India blocked a BBC documentary that examines Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots and banned people from sharing it online, authorities on Wednesday were...

Peru president calls for ‘political truce’ amid protests

-- 2023-01-25 15:14:19

Peru’s President Dina Boluarte called for a "political truce" on Tuesday as hundreds of protesters again took to the streets of the capital, Lima, and clashes erupted between some people in the...

US, Germany poised to send tanks to Ukraine, answering Kyiv's pleas

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-25 14:29:34

The United States and Germany are poised to boost Ukraine's war effort with the delivery of heavy tanks, sources said, support Russia condemned as a "blatant provocation". The expected tank del...

India invites Pakistan's foreign minister for May meeting

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-25 13:10:59

India has invited Pakistan's foreign minister to a meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) that it is hosting in May, Indian media reported on...

Mexico wants $700m from ex-official on trial in US

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-25 11:50:40

Mexico’s president said Monday his country wants to recover a big chunk of money from former Mexican security official Genaro Garcia Luna, who is on trial in New York. President Andrés M...

New Zealand's Chris Hipkins sworn in as prime minister

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-25 10:33:53

Labour leader Chris Hipkins was sworn in as New Zealand's prime minister in a formal ceremony on Wednesday, following the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern las...

Apartment block collapses in Lucknow, more than two dozen feared trapped

-- 2023-01-24 22:37:09

A residential apartment block collapsed in the northern Indian city of Lucknow on Tuesday and more than two dozen people were feared to be trapped under the rubble, local police officials told Reuters...

Pakistanis make light of frequent power blackouts

-- 2023-01-24 21:02:44

Pakistan's worst power outage in months became a source of humour for some in the country of 220 million, where an energy network desperately in need of an upgrade can lead to frequent blackouts and e...

Poland asks Berlin to OK Ukraine tanks; Kyiv targets graft

-- 2023-01-24 20:15:28

Poland has officially requested permission from Germany to transfer its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine where they can help fight Russia's invasion, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said Tu...

Several senior Ukrainian officials resign in rare purge in Kyiv

-- 2023-01-24 18:27:16

Several senior Ukrainian officials resigned on Tuesday in the biggest leadership shakeup of the war with Russia so far, in what an aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky called an answer to public calls...

FBI says North Korea-related hacker groups behind US crypto firm heist

-- 2023-01-24 16:59:00

Two hacker groups associated with North Korea, the Lazarus Group and APT38, were responsible for the theft last June of $100 million from US crypto firm Harmony's Horizon bridge, the Federal Bureau of...

Ardern bids emotional farewell on last day as prime minister

-- 2023-01-24 16:56:54

Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday bid an emotional farewell on her last day as prime minister, speaking of the kindness and empathy New Zealanders have shown her, but said she was ready to be a sister and a m...

Myanmar activists, victims file criminal complaint in Germany over alleged atrocities

-- 2023-01-24 16:41:17

Myanmar activists and 16 alleged victims of abuse have filed a criminal complaint in Germany, accusing top generals of instigating genocide against Rohingya Muslims and other atrocities since a milita...

California staggered by deadly back-to-back mass shootings

-- 2023-01-24 16:16:25

Just two days after a gunman killed 11 people at a Los Angeles-area dance studio, seven more victims were shot dead in an agricultural area near San Francisco, as California suffered one of its bloodi...

Iran condemns sanctions imposed by EU, Britain

-- 2023-01-24 16:08:18

Iran on Tuesday strongly condemned new sanctions imposed by the European Union and Britain and said it would retaliate, after the West stepped up pressure on Iran over its crackdown on protests. "The...

Pakistan says power grid restored after second major breakdown in months

-- 2023-01-24 12:31:52

Pakistan's energy ministry said on Tuesday it had restored its national power grid nearly 24 hours after a breakdown triggered the worst outage in months, highlighting the frailty of the aid-dependant...

Seven shot dead in another mass shooting in California

-- 2023-01-24 11:38:04

Seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in the coastal northern California city of Half Moon Bay on Monday, and the suspect was arrested after driving to a police parking lot, app...

Russia and Estonia expel envoys, downgrade relations

-- 2023-01-23 17:57:08

Russia said on Monday it was downgrading diplomatic relations with NATO member Estonia, accusing it of "total Russophobia", and Tallinn responded by telling Moscow's envoy to the Baltic nation to leav...

Visits to Zambia by Yellen, IMF reflect concern over stalled debt talks

-- 2023-01-23 17:36:55

Two of the world's most powerful finance officials are visiting Zambia this week, a reflection of the growing concern shared by Western officials about how China and other creditors are handling the A...

EU says it cannot brand Iran's Guards as terror group before court ruling

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-23 15:29:58

The European Union cannot list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity until an EU court has determined that they are, the European Union's foreign policy chief said on Monday, Reuters...

Pakistan suffers major power outage after grid failure

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-23 13:24:15

Pakistan suffered nationwide power outages on Monday morning due to a "major breakdown" of the national grid, the power ministry said, with factories, hospitals and schools impacted in all its m...

Germany signals shift in veto on Leopard tanks for Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-23 12:46:49

Germany would not stand in the way if Poland wants to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Germany's foreign minister said, signalling a possible breakthrough for Ukraine as it tries to bolster...