Search results for: World

Ecuador prison violence leaves at least 12 dead

-- 2022-04-04 10:54:59

At least 12 prisoners died and another 10 were injured during a gang confrontation at a prison in Ecuador, the government said on Sunday, in a new episode of prison violence in the Andean country. Vi...

China sends military, doctors to Shanghai to help carry out Covid tests for 26m residents

-- 2022-04-04 10:44:08

China has sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for all of its 26 million residents as cases continued to rise on Monday, in one of the c...

All 26 ministers of Sri Lankan cabinet resign

-- 2022-04-04 10:35:42

Sri Lanka's cabinet ministers resigned en masse on Sunday after protests over the government's handling of the worst economic crisis in decades. All 26 ministers submitted letters of resi...

Germany says West to agree more Russia sanctions after Bucha killings

-- 2022-04-04 10:09:48

Germany said on Sunday that the West would agree to impose more sanctions on Russia in the coming days after Ukraine accused Russian forces of war crimes near Kyiv, ratcheting up the already vast econ...

Fresh turmoil for Pakistan as Imran Khan dodges ouster

-- 2022-04-03 21:59:03

Pakistan's political turmoil deepened on Sunday, when Prime Minister Imran Khan avoided an attempt to oust him and sought fresh elections after dissolving parliament, a move the opposition called trea...

At least six dead in downtown Sacramento shooting

-- 2022-04-03 19:23:10

At least six people died and at least nine were injured in an early-morning shooting in Sacramento, California, the city's police department said on Twitter, reports Reuters. Police said several bloc...

Imran Khan advises dissolution of parliament, Pakistan president approves

-- 2022-04-03 18:35:40

President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi has approved the dissolution of the national assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan. In an address on state TV, Khan said there had been unacceptable i...

Fresh elections in Pakistan to be held in 90 days, says state minister for information

-- 2022-04-03 15:54:27

Fresh elections in Pakistan will be held in 90 days, State Minister for Information Farrukh Habib said on Sunday. Habib made the announcement in a tweet, although a final decision will come from the...

China reports highest daily Covid infections since Feb 2020

-- 2022-04-03 11:19:24

China on Sunday reported a total of 13,287 new daily cases for April 2, the highest level since February 2020, with the majority in northeastern Jilin province and the financial hub of Shanghai which...

Ukrainian forces retake areas near Kyiv amid fear of traps

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-03 10:07:29

Ukrainian troops moved cautiously to retake territory north of the country’s capital on Saturday, using cables to pull the bodies of civilians off streets of one town out of fear that Russian fo...

Imran Khan might not accept vote to oust him

-- 2022-04-02 22:44:02

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan suggested on Saturday that he might not accept a vote to oust him, a move he alleged was being orchestrated by the United States. Opposition parties say Khan has f...

Ramadan kicks off in Middle East amid soaring prices

-- 2022-04-02 22:24:22

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan - when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk - began at sunrise Saturday in much of the Middle East, where Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sent energy and food prices s...

Ukrainian photographer and Reuters contributor, Maksim Levin, killed covering war

-- 2022-04-02 19:52:58

Maksim Levin, a photographer and videographer who was working for a Ukrainian news website and was a long-time contributor to Reuters, was killed while covering Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He leaves...

Pakistan seeks to expand US ties, army chief says

-- 2022-04-02 19:37:34

Pakistan's army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Saturday his country sought to expand its relationship with Washington, a day after Islamabad protested to the US embassy over alleged interfere...

Mali military operation in Moura area kills 200 militants

-- 2022-04-02 19:07:54

Mali's military said it has killed over 200 Islamist militants in an operation in the centre of the West African country, the latest clash in a month of escalating violence. The strikes, carried out...

Sri Lanka imposes curfew

-- 2022-04-02 18:39:53

Sri Lanka's government imposed a weekend curfew on Saturday even as hundreds of lawyers urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to revoke a state of emergency to ensure that freedom of speech and peaceful...

Nepal's prime minister visits India, meets Modi to enhance ties

-- 2022-04-02 18:24:46

Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and inaugurated the Himalayan nation's only railway link with its southern neighbour on Saturday in a summit meant to...

Pope Francis criticises Putin for the first time

-- 2022-04-02 18:13:05

Pope Francis came the closest he has yet to implicitly criticising President Vladimir Putin over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying on Saturday a "potentate" was fomenting conflicts for nationalist...

Russian missiles strike several Ukrainian cities

-- 2022-04-02 17:26:42

Russian missiles hit two cities in central Ukraine early on Saturday, damaging infrastructure and residential buildings, the head of the Poltava region said. "Poltava. A missile struck one of the inf...

Assessing the World Cup draw: No clear group of death

Tofael Mahmud 2022-04-02 15:48:45

Despite all the drama and controversies surrounding Qatar's hosting of the World Cup this year, the draw went ahead as scheduled. This was one of the bizarre World Cup draws with plenty of match-ups t...

Space cooperation likely only after Western sanctions are lifted: Russia

-- 2022-04-02 15:16:44

Russia's space director said on Saturday that the restoration of normal ties between partners at the International Space Station (ISS) and other joint space projects would be possible only once Wester...

Red Cross heads again for Mariupol as Russia shifts Ukraine focus

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-02 11:35:26

Mariupol, encircled since the early days of Russia's five-week-old invasion, has been Moscow's main target in Ukraine's southeastern region of Donbas. Tens of thousands there are trapped with scant ac...

Public emergency declared in Sri Lanka after violent protests over economic crisis

-- 2022-04-02 10:48:08

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a nationwide public emergency late on Friday following violent protests over the country's worst economic crisis in decades. Rajapaksa said in a gover...

Five children killed in explosion in South Afghanistan 

-- 2022-04-01 20:06:08

Five children were killed and two others injured as an explosive device left over from the past wars exploded in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Friday, the state-run news agency Bakhtar re...

Moscow says Ukraine hit a fuel depot inside Russia

-- 2022-04-01 19:39:21

Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out an air strike against a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod on Friday, an incident the Kremlin said set an unfavourable tone for peace talks with Kyiv. U...

Malaysia opens borders to vaccinated passengers after two years

-- 2022-04-01 18:30:23

Malaysia fully reopened its borders on Friday, dropping quarantine requirements for people vaccinated against Covid-19 after two years of strict travel restrictions. The Southeast Asian nation has ma...

Russia's Lavrov lobbies India after Western emissaries make case for sanctions

-- 2022-04-01 17:10:37

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov began meetings with India's leaders in New Delhi on Friday after seeing his Chinese counterpart earlier in the week, as Moscow tries to keep the Asian powers on...

Sri Lanka lifts curfew after violent protests over economic crisis

-- 2022-04-01 14:51:29

Police in Sri Lanka's capital lifted a curfew on Friday after protests in which dozens of people were arrested and several policemen were hurt near the home of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his ha...

Sri Lanka imposes curfew after protests turn violent

-- 2022-04-01 10:38:07

Police imposed an overnight curfew in several parts of Sri Lanka's main city of Colombo early on Friday after protests over the government's handling of the country's worst economic crisis in decades...

Pakistan opposition calls on PM Imran Khan to quit ahead of vote to oust him

-- 2022-03-31 19:48:02

Pakistan's opposition on Thursday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign ahead of a parliamentary vote which could see the former cricket star ousted and the return of political uncertainty in...