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Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends women from universities

REUTERS 2022-12-21 10:47:32

Afghanistan's Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the United States, Britain and...

Bank of England unveils banknote designs featuring image of King Charles

-- 2022-12-20 20:36:43

The Bank of England, the central bank of the United Kingdom, has unveiled the designs for banknotes featuring the image of Britain’s King Charles III. The portrait will be the only change to ex...

97-year-old woman convicted of Nazi war crimes

-- 2022-12-20 20:26:38

A German court convicted a 97-year-old woman of having contributed to the murder of over 11,000 people during her time working as a typist at a Nazi concentration camp in World War Two, NDR broadcaste...

Blast hits Russia-Ukraine gas export pipeline, kills three people

-- 2022-12-20 19:58:49

Three people died when a blast ripped through a gas pipeline in central Russia that brings gas from Russia's Arctic through Ukraine to Europe, local officials and news agencies said on Tuesday. Local...

Pakistani forces retake anti-terrorism centre seized by militants

-- 2022-12-20 19:44:17

Pakistani security forces retook a counter-terrorism interrogation centre in Bannu, a city in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, on Tuesday two days after it was seized by militants, se...

Pakistani forces retake anti-terrorism centre from militants 

-- 2022-12-20 19:39:57

Pakistani security forces retook a counter-terrorism interrogation centre on Tuesday two days after it was seized by Islamist militants, security sources said, adding that all hostages, some slightly...

Putin says situation extremely difficult in Russian-annexed Ukrainian regions

-- 2022-12-20 17:10:14

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the situation in four areas of Ukraine that Moscow has unilaterally declared part of Russia was proving "extremely difficult", one of his clearest public admissio...

India’s Rajasthan to halve cooking gas price for poor

-- 2022-12-20 16:08:19

India's Rajasthan state, ruled by the main opposition Congress party, will halve the price of cooking gas for poor households from April as it seeks to cushion them from the pain of high inflation ahe...

The world fears a new China Covid wave

-- 2022-12-20 12:59:15

Officials and global health experts outside China are anxiously watching a Covid-19 surge there, worried a nation of 1.4 billion people is inadequately vaccinated and may not have the healthcare tools...

TikTok bans hit more US states; security firm says most access blocked globally

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-20 12:43:09

State agencies in Louisiana and West Virginia on Monday became the latest to ban the use of the popular social media service TikTok on government-managed devices over concern that Chin...

Australia seeks to resolve China trade woes as foreign minister heads to Beijing

REUTERS 2022-12-20 11:38:49

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday she will push China to lift trade sanctions and for consular access to two detained Australians during a trip to Beijing that's aimed at mending...

Ukraine to boost Belarus border defences as Putin meets Lukashenko

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-20 11:33:26

Ukraine is tightening up the defence of its border with Belarus over fears that Russia may be preparing a fresh attack, a government official has said. Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Yenin told the...

China reports five new Covid deaths

-- 2022-12-20 10:30:17

China reported five new Covid-19 deaths for December 19, compared with two the previous day, increasing the nation's fatalities to 5,242 the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. The country re...

Nepal president gives parties a week to form new government

-- 2022-12-19 21:53:33

Nepal's president on Sunday called on the country's political parties to try to form a new government within a week after last month's inconclusive national election. The ruling alliance, led by the...

Thailand’s military hunts for 33 missing marines after warship sinks

-- 2022-12-19 19:43:20

Thailand's military deployed warships and helicopters on Monday to try to locate 33 marines missing after a corvette sank overnight in choppy waters in the Gulf of Thailand, the navy said. Three navy...

India to roll out hydrogen-powered train by end of 2023

-- 2022-12-19 19:23:29

India will roll out its first domestically designed and built hydrogen-powered train by December 2023, the country's railway minister said, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Monday. "We are de...

Russian 'kamikaze' drones hit Kyiv as Putin heads for Belarus

-- 2022-12-19 17:42:55

Moscow launched a "kamikaze" drone attack on Monday, hitting key infrastructure in and around Kyiv, as Russian President Vladimir Putin heads for Belarus, fuelling fears he will pressure his ex-Soviet...

Malaysia PM Anwar wins motion of confidence in parliament

-- 2022-12-19 17:29:34

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's motion of confidence was passed in parliament on Monday, winning vital backing for his premiership after an election last month returned an unprecedented hung...

China reports two COVID-related deaths, first since December 3

-- 2022-12-19 16:16:38

China reported its first COVID-related deaths in weeks on Monday amid rising doubts over whether the official count was capturing the full toll of a disease that is ripping through cities after the go...

Six dead, including suspect, after shooting in Canada

-- 2022-12-19 16:05:20

Five victims and one suspect are dead following a shooting at a condominium in Canada's Vaughan city, just north of Toronto, the York Regional Police department said. According to Reuters, another vi...

Russian-annexed Crimea showers Syria with wheat, Ukraine cries foul

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-19 13:28:52

Using a low-profile fleet of ships under US sanctions, Syria has this year sharply increased wheat imports from the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea that Russia annexed from Ukraine, a sign of tigh...

Putin heads for Belarus amid fears of new assault on Ukraine

REUTERS 2022-12-19 13:07:48

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin flies to Belarus on Monday amid fear in Kyiv that he intends to pressure the former Soviet ally to join a new ground offensive against Ukraine and reopen a new front. Pu...

Eight police officers killed in bomb blast in Iraq

-- 2022-12-18 18:22:02

At least eight Iraqi federal policemen were killed on Sunday after a bomb struck their convoy southwest of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, two security sources said. According to Reuters, the blast took...

In the holy land, a Christmas spirit is reborn

REUTERS 2022-12-18 15:30:25

In a small distillery just outside Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a clear liquid drips out of a copper pot still into a stainless steel barrel, ringing like church bells. Every ye...

Pope in 2013 signed resignation letter in case of bad health

REUTERS 2022-12-18 14:04:07

Pope Francis revealed in a new interview published on Sunday that after he was elected in 2013 he signed a letter of resignation to be used if someday severe and permanent health problems made it impo...

‘Over 51,000 migrants die, thousands go missing in 8 years’

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-18 13:50:05

Over 280 million people have left their countries to pursue “opportunity, dignity, freedom, and a better life”, the UN chief said on Sunday marking the International Migrants Day. “...

Fog-shrouded Kyiv recovers after Russia strikes, power restored to 6 million

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-18 13:20:06

Basic services were being restored in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Saturday after the latest wave of Russian air strikes on critical infrastructure, as residents navigated a city gripped by fog and...

Contest for South Africa's ANC leadership a two-horse race

REUTERS 2022-12-18 12:50:16

South Africa's ruling African National Congress nominated just two candidates to run for its top job on Saturday, leaving President Cyril Ramaphosa facing the health minister he suspended over corrupt...

Search continues for 9 campers caught in Malaysia landslide

REUTERS 2022-12-18 11:53:39

The search for missing campers caught in a deadly landslide at an unlicensed campsite in Malaysia continued for a third day on Sunday, with the fire...

Iran authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-18 10:31:55

Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said. The repo...