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Cambodia border casino fire kills 7, injures 53

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-29 14:23:45

A fire at a casino complex at Cambodia's border with Thailand has killed at least seven people, with 53 wounded and eight people missing, provincial authorities in neighbouring Thailand said on...

Ukraine reports 'massive' Russian missile strike

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-29 13:33:55

Ukraine reported a fresh Russian missile strike on Thursday morning as blasts were heard in several cities which the authorities said came from air defence systems shooting down incoming missile...

Russian forces step up mortar, artillery attacks on Kherson

-- 2022-12-28 18:39:58

Russian forces stepped up mortar and artillery attacks on the recently liberated city of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, Ukraine's military said, while also exerting constant pressure along...

Kosovo closes main border crossing after roadblock in Serbia

-- 2022-12-28 18:04:28

Kosovo closed its biggest border crossing on Wednesday after protesters blocked it on the Serbian side to support their ethnic kin in Kosovo in refusing to recognise the country's independence. With...

What is Zelenskiy's 10-point peace plan?

REUTERS 2022-12-28 12:31:47

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has been vigorously promoting his 10-point peace plan, discussing it with US President Joe Biden among others, and urging world leaders to hold a Global Pe...

Global Covid cases top 662m

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-28 10:30:01

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has now crossed 662 million. According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 662,650,864 while the death toll from the virus reached 6...

Former Russian president predicts war between Germany, France next year

-- 2022-12-27 20:59:02

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an arch loyalist of Vladimir Putin given a new job this week, predicted war between Germany and France next year and a civil war in the United States that wou...

India begins inspecting drug factories following cough syrup deaths in Gambia

-- 2022-12-27 20:00:27

India's pharmaceuticals regulator has begun inspecting some drug factories across the country, the health ministry said on Tuesday, as it tries to ensure high standards after an Indian company's cough...

UNHCR urges countries to help Rohingya refugees stranded at sea

-- 2022-12-27 19:22:21

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) urged countries on Tuesday to help Rohingya Muslims stranded at sea as at least 20 reportedly died and hundreds more landed in Indonesia after weeks adrift in...

UN agency probes origin of Rohingya refugees in Indonesia

-- 2022-12-27 18:39:21

A United Nations agency is seeking information about the voyage of over 100 Rohingya Muslim refugees who landed on an Indonesian beach this week, and warned Tuesday that there will likely be more. A...

Companies welcome end to China quarantines for visitors  

-- 2022-12-27 18:32:25

Foreign companies welcomed China's decision to end quarantines for travellers from abroad as an important step to revive slumping business activity while Japan on Tuesday joined India in announcing re...

S Korea’s president calls for stealth drones to monitor North

-- 2022-12-27 17:38:23

South Korea's president on Tuesday called for stronger air defences and high-tech stealth drones while the military apologised for failing to shoot down North Korean drones that crossed the border for...

India makes inroads into Sri Lanka under China's long shadow

REUTERS 2022-12-27 15:33:24

When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, its giant northern neighbour stepped i...

South African tanker blast death toll climbs to 18

REUTERS 2022-12-27 14:21:12

The death toll from a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve has climbed to 18, officials said on Tuesday, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to support people affected...

China to scrap Covid quarantine rule for inbound travellers

-- 2022-12-27 13:57:49

China will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine starting from January 8, the National Health Commission said on Monday in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders, which hav...

At least 20 reported dead as Rohingya boats land in Indonesia

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 13:17:26

At least 20 Rohingya have died at sea in recent weeks, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, as boats carrying hundreds of the persecuted Muslims landed in Indonesia while others were believe...

Myanmar court to deliver final verdicts this week in Suu Kyi trials

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 12:33:40

A court in military-ruled Myanmar will deliver its final verdicts in cases against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, said a s...

South Korea's Yoon slams response to North drones, vows to create drone unit

REUTERS 2022-12-27 12:33:10

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Tuesday he would advance the creation of a military unit specialising in drones, criticising the military response to a border intrusion by North Korean dr...

China's Covid cases overwhelm hospitals

-- 2022-12-27 12:23:34

In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein said, he has never seen anything like this. Patients are arriving at his hospital in ever-increasing numbers; a...

More Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia after weeks at sea

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 10:37:20

A second group in two days of weak and exhausted Rohingya Muslims landed on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Monday after weeks at sea, officials said. At least 185 men,...

Ukraine's Zelensky seeks India PM Modi's help with 'peace formula'

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 10:23:19

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said he sought India's help with implementing a "peace formula" in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reut...

'Once-in-a-lifetime' blizzard kills at least 27 in western New York

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 10:19:41

A blizzard that paralysed western New York over the Christmas weekend has killed more than two dozen people, local officials said on Monday, as crews struggled to dig out the snow-bound re...

Taiwan to extend compulsory military service on China threat: Government source

REUTERS 2022-12-27 10:03:53

Taiwan will announce on Tuesday a plan to extend compulsory military service to one year from the current four months, according to a senior government official, as the island deals with rising Chines...

Moscow's ultimatum: Ukraine fulfils its proposals or Russian army will decide

REUTERS 2022-12-27 09:28:13

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave Ukraine an ultimatum on Monday to fulfil Moscow's proposals, including surrendering territory Russia controls, or its army would decide the issue, a day aft...

Three killed in military helicopter crash in Niger

-- 2022-12-26 21:59:51

A Nigerien military helicopter crashed landing at an airport in the capital Niamey on Monday, killing three people on board including an expatriate instructor, the defence ministry said. The helicopt...

UN says 2022 one of the deadliest years for Rohingya at sea

-- 2022-12-26 18:40:54

The possible sinking of a boat in recent weeks with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board could make 2022 one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for the community, a UN agency said, as refugees...

Frontline workers of China's Covid fight say hospitals are 'overwhelmed'

-- 2022-12-26 18:21:36

In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein said, he has never seen anything like this. Patients are arriving at his hospital in ever-increasing numbers; a...

Fuel consumption in Sri Lanka drops 50pc in December

-- 2022-12-26 18:08:33

The fuel consumption in Sri Lanka has plunged by 50 per cent in the last months of 2022, compared to the first few months of the year, the state-owned fuel distributor Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CP...

Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia after month at sea

-- 2022-12-26 17:49:43

A group of 58 Rohingya men at sea for more than a month landed at a fishing village in Indonesia’s Aceh Besar district early on Sunday, according to the local police chief. Villagers who saw th...

Three killed in drone attack on Engels base inside Russia

-- 2022-12-26 17:10:26

Russia has said it had shot down a Ukrainian drone close to one of its air bases for long-range bombers deep inside its own territory and that three Russian air force personnel had been killed in the...