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Floods kill at least 120 in Congolese capital

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-14 14:16:51

At least 120 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa after heavy rains unleashed floods and caused landslides, a gove...

Iran likely to be ousted from UN women's body

REUTERS 2022-12-14 11:57:58

Iran appears set to be ousted from a UN women's body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, but several countries are expected to abstain from the vote requested by the U...

Covid-19: Global cases near 655m

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-14 10:23:21

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases is gradually nearing 655 million.According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 654,792,648 while the death toll from the virus reache...

Children dying in Somalia as food catastrophe worsens

-- 2022-12-13 20:10:35

More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of UN...

UN recognises 10 ground-breaking initiatives that are restoring the natural world

-- 2022-12-13 19:46:48

The United Nations has recognised 10 pioneering efforts from around the globe for their role in restoring the natural world. The winning initiatives were unveiled at the UN Biodiversity Conference (C...

Netanyahu promises to govern for all Israelis amid rise of religious nationalists

-- 2022-12-13 19:32:40

Israel’s Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Tuesday to govern in the interests of all Israelis, as religious-nationalist parties slated to join his new coalition pressed ahea...

Floods kill at least 50 people in Congo

-- 2022-12-13 19:21:37

At least 50 people have been killed in the Congolese capital Kinshasa after heavy rains unleashed floods and caused landslides, the city's police chief Sylvano Kasongo said on Tuesday. Images shared...

Russia burns through 40-year-old ammo in Ukraine invasion, US official says

-- 2022-12-13 16:17:14

Russia is turning to decades-old ammunition with high failure rates as it burns through its stockpiles to carry out its nearly 10-month-old invasion of Ukraine, a senior US military official said on M...

Australia gunfight kills six, including two police

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 14:21:21

Six people including two police officers were killed in a gunfight at a remote property in Australia's Queensland state, authorities said on Tuesday, after police visited the place to investigate repo...

Supporters of Brazil's defeated Bolsonaro attack police headquarters

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 12:02:05

Supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday attempted to invade the federal police headquarters in the capital Brasilia, in a flash of post-election violence on the day...

Burning through ammo, Russia using 40-year-old rounds, US official says

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 11:42:48

Russia is turning to decades-old ammunition with high failure rates as it burns through its stockpiles to carry out its nearly 10-month-old invasion of Ukraine, a senior US military official sai...

China casts long shadow over US-Africa Leaders Summit

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 11:29:30

With dozens of African leaders descending on Washington this week, the Biden administration is offering a not-so-subtle pitch in its economic competition with China on the continent: The US offers a b...

Anger in rural areas fuel protests against Peru government

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 11:09:44

The anger of Peruvians against their government is nowhere more visible than in Andahuaylas, a remote rural Andean community where the poor have struggled for years and where voters' support helped el...

Ukraine president again presses West for advanced weapons

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 11:01:13

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed Western leaders again on Monday to provide more advanced weapons to help his country in its war with Russia, and he repeated his calls for Russian force...

US sends first shipment of power gear to aid Ukraine

REUTERS 2022-12-13 09:55:21

The United States has shipped the first part of its power equipment aid to Ukraine, US officials said on Monday, as Washington works to support the country's energy infrastructure against intensifying...

G7 considers more air defence for Ukraine as fighting rages

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 09:47:22

Russian missiles, artillery and drones hammered targets in eastern and southern Ukraine, the Ukrainian General Staff said, as global economic powers pledged to beef up Kyiv's military capabilities wit...

China axes travel tracking app in latest easing of COVID curbs

REUTERS 2022-12-13 09:39:46

People in China celebrated the withdrawal on Tuesday of a state-mandated app used to track whether they had travelled to COVID-stricken areas, in the latest loosening of some of the world's toughest a...

Kabul hotel attack ends as three gunmen killed; two foreigners injured

-- 2022-12-12 22:49:59

Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when at least three gunmen were killed by security forces, the Taliban-run admini...

Indonesia summons UN official after criticism of new laws

-- 2022-12-12 19:39:37

Indonesia summoned a United Nations official on Monday after the organisation expressed concerns over threats to civil liberties posed by the newly-ratified revisions to its criminal code, its foreign...

Gunmen attack in Kabul hotel with Chinese nationals

-- 2022-12-12 19:38:30

Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals, two Taliban sources told Reuters, in the latest violence in Afghanistan as it tries to stabilise after t...

Iran carries out second execution linked to anti-government protests

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-12 13:16:17

The Islamic Republic hanged a man in public on Monday who had been convicted of killing two members of security forces, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported, the second execution linked to...

Bali governor says new Indonesia laws pose no risk to tourists

REUTERS 2022-12-12 13:02:30

Visitors to Bali will not be put at risk by Indonesia's newly ratified criminal code, the island's governor said, dismissing concerns that revised laws which include articles criminalising sex outside...

Saudi foreign minister: 'All bets off' if Iran gets nuclear weapon

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-12 10:55:44

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Sunday that Iran's Gulf Arab neighbours would act to shore up their security if Tehran were to obtain nuclear weapons, Reuters reports. Indirect US-Irani...

Zelensky's talks with other leaders signal diplomatic flurry around Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-12 10:17:04

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with US President Joe Biden and with the leaders of Turkey and France on Sunday, an increase in diplomatic activity around the war started by Ru...

Six Pakistanis, one Afghan soldier killed in cross-border clash

REUTERS 2022-12-12 09:46:13

Six Pakistani civilians and one Afghan soldier were killed on Sunday in cross border shelling and gunfire, according to officials on both sides of the frontier. The Pakistan army said Afghan border f...

Germany to tighten gun laws after suspected coup plot

-- 2022-12-11 17:34:28

Germany plans to tighten its gun laws in the wake of a suspected plot by a far-right group to violently overthrow the government and install a minor royal as national leader, its interior minister sai...

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed over five years on fraud charge

-- 2022-12-11 17:12:11

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Saturday to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, convicted of violating a lease contract for the headquarters of a liberal newspaper he used to r...

Japan lawmaker in Taiwan says China threat needs more military spending

REUTERS 2022-12-11 12:39:45

Japan needs to increase its military spending in the face of the "grim reality" of the threat from China and North Korea, a senior member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on Sunday duri...

Australia's Wong to visit Pacific in bipartisan effort to boost ties

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-11 12:34:17

Australia's foreign minister will be part of a bipartisan group of Australian politicians set to travel to Vanuatu, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau this week in a bid to bolster reg...

China expanding hospitals, ICUs to face COVID surge

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-11 12:06:12

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to th...