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US to unveil over $3bn in Ukraine aid with new air defense missiles

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-07 14:12:17

A new US weapons aid package for Ukraine worth more than $3 billion is set to be announced later on Friday and will include Sea Sparrow missiles for air defense and Bradley Fighting...

Old Nazi map sparks treasure hunt in the Netherlands

Reuters 2023-01-07 12:46:27

An old map believed to mark the spot where German soldiers hid treasure worth millions of euros during World War Two sparked the imagination of amateur treasure hunters in the Netherlands this week....

China suspends social media accounts of COVID policy critics

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-07 12:05:19

China has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of the government’s policies on the COVID-19 outbreak, as the country moves to further open up. The popular Si...

At least 29 killed in Mexico capture of Chapo's son; US extradition not guaranteed

-- 2023-01-07 09:54:55

Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel were killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel boss Ovidio Guzman in the northern...

US House speaker fight enters fourth day amid antebellum-era dysfunction

-- 2023-01-06 18:52:30

Republican Kevin McCarthy's perilous quest to become speaker of the US House of Representatives entered the fourth day on Friday, with a scale of congressional dysfunction not seen since before the US...

Taliban to sign oil extraction deal with Chinese company

-- 2023-01-06 17:50:36

Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is to sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's north, the acting mining minister said on Thursday. The...

Russian ceasefire in Ukraine begins

Reuters 2023-01-06 17:42:13

A unilateral Russian ceasefire ordered by President Vladimir Putin has come into force along the entire front as of noon Moscow time (0900 GMT), Russian state television said. "At noon today, the c...

Afghan hospitals filled with children suffering from pneumonia

REUTERS 2023-01-06 15:36:01

In a bitterly cold bedroom at the start of winter in Kabul, 22-year Maryam sat with her baby son bundled up in a red jumper as he coughed days after being discharged for the third time from a hospital...

Pakistan security forces kill 11 militants to foil 'major terrorist activity'

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 15:27:20

Eleven militants of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been killed by security forces after the banned outfit threatened a campaign against two of the main political parties heading the country&rsq...

Panic in India's Uttarakhand town over large cracks in homes

BBC 2023-01-06 14:37:08

Residents of Joshimath town in Uttarakhand state in India are demanding evacuation and rehabilitation after large cracks appeared in their homes. On Thursday, officials stopped several co...

New Arab allies face quandary as Israel shifts hard-right

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 13:27:11

Israel's sharp tilt to what is likely to be the most hard-right government in its history puts its new Arab allies in the awkward position of having to deal with ultra-nationalists while trying...

As Covid-hit China reopens to the world, countries put up travel barriers

-- 2023-01-06 13:07:30

With China days away from dropping border controls that have effectively shut it off from the rest of the world for three years, countries are lining up to impose curbs on travellers from China to con...

'Bomb cyclone' brings damaging winds, drenches California

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 13:05:51

Hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contr...

India approves $2.3b to develop green hydrogen

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 11:06:10

The government has approved $2.3 billion to support production, use and exports of green hydrogen, aiming to make India a global hub for the nascent industry. The funding, announced late Wednesday, i...

Eight dead in Utah murder-suicide after wife sought divorce

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 10:48:17

A Utah man fatally shot his five children, his mother-in-law and his wife and then killed himself two weeks after the woman had filed for divorce, according to authorities and public records. Police...

US warship sails through sensitive Taiwan Strait; China angered

-- 2023-01-06 10:32:59

A US warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, part of what the US military calls routine activity but which has riled China. In recent years, US warships, and on occasion those...

Deadly riots grip Mexican state after arrest of El Chapo's son

BBC 2023-01-06 10:14:05

Three security force members have died in clashes in the state of Sinaloa after the arrest of a son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo". Ovidio Guzmán-López - himse...

UN Security Council members stress Al Aqsa mosque status quo

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 10:09:52

UN Security Council members voiced concern on Thursday and stressed the need to maintain a status quo at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, days after Israel's new far-right security minister...

Anger rises among US House Republicans as leadership fight drags on

-- 2023-01-05 21:28:50

Three days into a standoff over who would lead the Republican-majority US House of Representatives, members of the party expressed anger that a small group of hardline holdouts were squandering their...

Former minister, writer among Myanmar prisoners freed in amnesty

-- 2023-01-05 17:07:59

Myanmar's junta has freed a former minister in the ousted government of Aung Sang Suu Kyi and a well-known writer among political detainees given amnesty to mark the country's independence day, accord...

India finds 11 omicron subvariants in international travellers

-- 2023-01-05 17:03:02

India detected a total of 11 subvariants of Covid-19 in international travellers who arrived in the country during Dec 24 to Jan 3, health ministry sources said on Thursday, adding they were a mix of...

UN Security Council to meet on Taliban ban on female aid workers

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-05 15:04:41

The United Nations Security Council is due to meet privately next week to discuss a decision by Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration to ban female humanitarian aid workers, diplomats said We...

Family of eight found shot dead in Utah home

-- 2023-01-05 14:47:52

Eight members of a family including five minors were found dead of gunshot wounds in a southwestern Utah home on Wednesday, a tragedy that officials said devastated the small town of Enoch City. Poli...

China to open border with Hong Kong on Sunday

-- 2023-01-05 12:18:31

China will reopen the border with its special administrative region of Hong Kong on Sunday for the first time in three years, as it accelerates the unwinding of stringent Covid rules that have battere...

Global Covid-19 cases so far near 667m

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-05 11:32:19

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases is gradually nearing 667 million, with the sudden surge of the virus’ sub-variant in Asia.  According to latest global data, the total case coun...

China, Philippines agree to handle disputes 'peacefully', boost cooperation

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-05 11:28:35

China and the Philippines said in a joint statement on Thursday they have agreed to set up a direct communications channel between their foreign ministries on the South China Sea to handle dispu...

Biden raises concern over China's COVID response after WHO questions data

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-05 11:23:00

US President Joe Biden raised concern about China's handling of its COVID-19 outbreak hours after the World Health Organisation (WHO) said China was under-reporting deaths from the disease. The...

Ukraine to get more armoured vehicles but presses for tanks to fight Russia

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-05 10:13:58

Western allies moved toward supplying armoured battle vehicles to Ukraine but not the heavier tanks it has requested to fight Russia, while Washington predicted intense combat would continue f...

China Covid outbreak stokes global worries

-- 2023-01-04 20:57:16

China's state media rallied citizens on Wednesday for a "final victory" over Covid-19 as health officials abroad tried to work out the scale of its raging outbreak and how to stop it spreading. Beiji...

Car bombs kill 15 in central Somalia

-- 2023-01-04 19:30:08

Two car bombs detonated by al Shabaab militants killed at least 15 people and flattened homes in central Somalia's Hiraan region on Wednesday, a resident involved in the rescue operations said. It wa...