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Gaza Valley to become nature reserve under $66.0m UN project

-- 2022-02-07 17:19:25

The United Nations is set to begin the restoration of a historic valley in the Palestinian Gaza Strip next month, hoping to transform it from a landfill and sewage dump into a vibrant nature reserve i...

Russia expects no decisive breakthrough from Putin-Macron meeting

-- 2022-02-07 16:28:26

Russia expects no decisive breakthrough from Monday's talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, but expects that Macron will propose ways to ease tensi...

Australia reopens its borders for vaccinated tourists from February 21

-- 2022-02-07 16:23:08

Australia will fully reopen its borders to all vaccinated visa holders from Feb 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, nearly two years after he shut the border to non-citizens to slow the...

ASEAN envoy can meet Suu Kyi party members, Myanmar junta chief pledges

-- 2022-02-07 16:17:39

Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit...

Indonesia bans foreign tourist arrivals at Jakarta airport

-- 2022-02-07 12:43:52

Indonesia has temporarily banned foreign tourists entering the country through Jakarta's airport, the transport ministry said, in a bid to slow a spike in coronavirus infections driven by the Omicron...

Swiss bank Credit Suisse faces money laundering charges in trial of cocaine traffickers

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-07 11:55:33

Credit Suisse will face charges in a Swiss court on Monday of allowing an alleged Bulgarian cocaine trafficking gang to launder millions of euros, some of it stuffed into suitcases. Swiss prosecutors...

Myanmar parents disown dissident children fearing junta

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-07 11:49:49

Every day for the last three months, an average of six or seven families in Myanmar have posted notices in the country's state-owned newspapers cutting ties with sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and g...

Late Filipino dictator Marcos' son aims to restore family pride

-- 2022-02-07 11:44:18

As frontrunner in the Philippines' presidential race, the son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos appears poised to complete a remarkable rebranding of the family name 36 years after a "people power" up...

US to weigh N Korea following recent missile launches

-- 2022-02-07 10:23:05

The US special representative for North Korea will meet with Japanese and South Korean officials later this week, the US State Department said on Sunday, following a series of ballistic missile tests...

Macron flies to Moscow in high-risk diplomatic mission

-- 2022-02-07 10:09:51

French President Emmanuel Macron flies to Moscow on Monday in a risky diplomatic move, seeking commitments from Russian President Vladimir Putin to dial down tensions with Ukraine, where Western leade...

US troops arrive in Poland to reinforce Eastern Europe allies

-- 2022-02-06 19:53:37

A plane carrying US troops landed in Poland on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, as Washington reinforces its NATO allies in Eastern Europe amid a Russian military build-up on Ukraine's border. US Pres...

Twenty militants, nine soldiers killed in Pakistan clashes

-- 2022-02-06 16:47:31

Twenty militants and nine soldiers were killed in recent days during insurgent attacks on two military bases in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province and the military's response, the military s...

Israeli may halt flights to Dubai due to dispute over security arrangements

-- 2022-02-06 16:08:25

Israel said on Sunday that it could halt Israeli airlines' flights to Dubai in the next few days due to a dispute over security arrangements, but is looking at rerouting them to Abu Dhabi instead. An...

Australian PM hints reopening borders to tourists on cards

-- 2022-02-06 15:55:36

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday that the reopening of the country's borders to international tourists may not be far away, adding that the parliament will debate the matter thi...

UN report reveals North Korea expands nuclear, missiles programmes, profits from cyberattacks

-- 2022-02-06 15:37:11

North Korea continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes during the past year and cyberattacks on cryptocurrency exchanges were an important revenue source for Pyongyang, accordin...

Moroccan boy stuck in well dies before rescue

-- 2022-02-06 12:18:49

A small boy trapped in a well in northern Moroccan for five days died before rescuers were able to reach him late on Saturday and retrieve his body, two government officials said, Reuters reports. Fo...

A prime minister’s departure after four days on job!

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-06 08:49:20

Peruvian Prime Minister Hector Valer confirmed on Saturday that he is departing just four days after being named to the post, following allegations that he beat his daughter and late wife, creating a...

Russian forces at 70pc of level needed for full Ukraine invasion: US officials

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-06 08:46:03

Russia has in place about 70 per cent of the combat power it believes it would need for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is sending more battalion tactical groups to the border with its neighbor,...

Ecuador sees trade deal with China at yearend, debt talks to begin

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-06 08:41:36

Ecuador expects to pull together a trade deal with China at the end of this year and will begin formal debt re-negotiations with the Asian country, Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso said on Saturda...

Far-right Le Pen insists she can bounce back

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-06 08:34:28

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, whose campaign for the presidency has been shaken by a series of defections, told a campaign meeting she has what it takes to bounce back after overcoming many c...

UN chief urges China's leaders to allow 'credible' visit by rights envoy

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-06 08:29:25

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Chinese leaders on Saturday that he expected authorities to allow UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to make a "credible visit" to the country, includin...

Elizabeth wants Charles' wife to be 'Queen Camilla' once he's king

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-06 08:25:16

Elizabeth wants Charles' wife to be 'Queen Camilla' once he's king Britain's Queen Elizabeth said on Saturday that she wants Prince Charles' wife Camilla to be styled Queen Consort when he becomes ki...

Two skiers killed second deadly avalanche in Austria

-- 2022-02-05 23:24:00

Two skiers were killed by an avalanche in western Austria, police said on Saturday, hours after another avalanche in the same province killed five people on an unusually dangerous day in the Alps afte...

Turkey's president tests positive for Covid-19

-- 2022-02-05 22:37:45

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had tested positive for the Omicron variant of Covid-19. "The result of Covid-19 tests done with my wife after showing mild symptoms came ba...

I did not have power to overturn 2020 election, Pence says

-- 2022-02-05 22:27:34

In a sharp rebuke of his former boss, former US Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday that Donald Trump was wrong to believe Pence had the power to reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential elec...

ISIS raid gives Biden a foreign policy win as Ukraine, midterms loom

-- 2022-02-05 20:47:33

The US raid in Syria that led to the death of Islamic State's leader is a much-needed national security win for President Joe Biden after the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan while he tries to projec...

Moroccan rescuers get within metres of reaching child trapped in well

-- 2022-02-05 19:49:48

Rescuers on Saturday dug to within a few metres of reaching a young boy who has been trapped for five days in a well in northern Morocco, a delicate and dangerous operation constantly delayed by rocks...

Approval of Covid-19 vaccine made in South Africa could take 3 years

-- 2022-02-05 19:01:25

The mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine produced at the World Health Organization-backed vaccine hub in South Africa could take up to three years to get approval if companies do not share their technology and...

Peru light plane crash kills five tourists, two crew members

-- 2022-02-05 17:48:02

At least seven people have died after a light aircraft crashed during a flight above the Nazca Lines archaeological site in Peru, local police and the national government said on Friday. Local police...

US Covid deaths surpass 900,000

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-05 11:23:08

The coronavirus pandemic reached a grim new milestone in the United States on Friday with the nation's cumulative death toll from COVID-19 surpassing 900,000, even as the daily number of lives lost ha...