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US bans Huawei, ZTE equipment sales citing national security risk

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-26 11:45:24

The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose "an unacceptable risk" to US national security. The US Fed...

NATO vows to aid Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-26 10:41:41

NATO is determined to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia for “as long as it takes” and will help the war-wracked country transform its armed forces into a modern army up to Western...

Pakistan interior minister asks Imran Khan to postpone march

-- 2022-11-25 20:08:18

Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Friday that former prime minister Imran Khan should postpone the resumption of his protest march to Islamabad from Rawalpindi, stating that there had...

Russian strikes plunge millions into hardship: UN rights boss

-- 2022-11-25 18:13:27

The UN human rights chief said on Thursday that Russian strikes on critical infrastructure in Ukraine since October had killed at least 77 civilians and were plunging millions of people into extreme h...

Gains for Malaysia's Islamist party a challenge for new PM

-- 2022-11-25 16:53:41

Malaysia's new prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, will be contending in parliament with a strengthened Islamist party that espouses a stricter interpretation of sharia Islamic law, a challenge to Anwar's...

Ukraine struggles to restore power as Russia targets energy grid

-- 2022-11-25 15:02:55

Much of Ukraine remained without heat or power after the most devastating Russian air strikes on its energy grid so far, and in Kyiv residents were warned to brace for further attacks and stock up on...

China sentences Canadian pop singer to 13 years in jail

-- 2022-11-25 14:44:07

A Chinese court in Beijing sentenced Canadian pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in jail after finding him guilty of crimes include rape, according to state media on Friday. The local court in Chaoyang Dis...

British nurses to stage first strikes on Dec 15, 20

REUTERS 2022-11-25 14:35:42

Thousands of British nurses will go on strike on Dec 15 and 20 for more pay, their union said on Friday, adding to a winter of industrial action and putting further pressure on the state-run health sy...

Apartment fire in China's Xinjiang region kills 10

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-25 14:10:21

An apartment fire on Thursday in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang killed 10 people and injured nine, state broadcaster CCTV reported, saying an electric socket extension was the cause. The fire...

Malaysia's new PM Anwar says first priority is cost of living

REUTERS 2022-11-25 11:34:20

Malaysia's newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday his primary focus would be on the cost of living as he takes office with a slowing economy and a country deeply split after a clo...

Algeria sentences 49 to death for mob killing amid wildfires

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-25 11:22:06

An Algerian court sentenced 49 people to death Thursday for the brutal mob killing of a painter who had been suspected of starting devastating wildfires -- but had actually come to help fight them, ac...

Virtual reality tools offer escape to blockaded Gaza youth

-- 2022-11-24 18:25:56

The owner of Gaza's first virtual reality gaming cafe is offering a fantasy world of action, music, and sports to young people who have grown up under the blockade. "Often many of the youth who come...

Ukraine races to restore power knocked out by Russian air strikes

-- 2022-11-24 16:49:16

Power was gradually being restored to Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv on Thursday, a day after Russian missile strikes caused Kyiv's biggest outages in nine months of war. Regional author...

China resumes streaming South Korean content after six-year suspension

-- 2022-11-24 16:45:35

A Chinese streaming platform has resumed distributing South Korean content after suspending it for nearly six years, South Korean officials said on Tuesday, in what Seoul called a sign of Beijing's re...

Taliban court lashes 14 in Afghanistan

-- 2022-11-24 16:42:21

Fourteen people were lashed in a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban-led Supreme Court said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of the ruling group applying its strict interpretation of...

Pakistan names Asim Munir as new chief of army

-- 2022-11-24 15:02:00

Pakistan on Thursday named Lieutenant-General Asim Munir as chief of the army, an organisation that plays an extraordinarily influential role in the governance of the nuclear-armed nation. Munir, who...

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar appointed prime minister

-- 2022-11-24 13:02:27

Malaysia's king appointed long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister on Thursday and he will be sworn in at 5 p.m. (0900 GMT), ending five days of unprecedented post-election crisis a...

Ukrainians suffer in cold, darkness as president implores UN to punish Russia

-- 2022-11-24 10:41:25

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the United Nations Security Council to act against Russia over air strikes on civilian infrastructure that again plunged Ukrainian cities into darkne...

Turkey will launch Syria land operation when convenient, says Erdogan 

-- 2022-11-23 18:37:48

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey's air operations against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria were only the beginning and it would launch a land operation there when convenient a...

G7 looking at Russian oil price cap of $65-70 per barrel: EU diplomat

-- 2022-11-23 17:51:12

The Group of Seen nations is looking at a price cap on Russian sea-borne oil in the range of $65-70 per barrel, a European Union diplomat said on Wednesday. Ambassadors from the 27 EU countries were...

TikTok on 'high alert' in Malaysia as tensions rise over election wrangle

-- 2022-11-23 16:06:06

Short video platform TikTok said on Wednesday it was on high alert for content that violates its guidelines in Malaysia after authorities warned of a rise in ethnic tension on social media following a...

Multiple people dead in Virginia Walmart shooting

-- 2022-11-23 15:51:40

Several people were killed and injured in a shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night, including the shooter, police said, just days after a gunman killed at least five people an...

'That was my daughter': parents grapple with loss from deadly Java quake

-- 2022-11-23 15:27:19

In the aftermath of Monday's deadly quake in the Indonesian province of West Java, Rian Solihat had run straight to her daughter's school only to find it had become a tumble of brick, torn books and l...

Malaysian king calls council of sultans to resolve election crisis

-- 2022-11-23 15:17:34

Malaysia's king on Wednesday called a special meeting of his fellow hereditary sultans to discuss who should be prime minister as an unprecedented post-election crisis entered its fourth day. The kin...

Britain says Russia has nearly exhausted current stock of Iran-made weapons

REUTERS 2022-11-23 13:52:49

Russia has likely launched a number of Iranian manufactured un-crewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) against Ukraine since September, Britain's Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday. It's also likely that Ru...

Twin blasts shake Jerusalem, killing 1 and wounding 14

AP 2022-11-23 13:11:54

Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring at least 14, in what police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians. The first explosion occurred nea...

Six killed in violence on Assam-Meghalaya border in India

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-23 12:49:50

Six people, including a forest official, have been killed in violence near the borders of the two Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya, reports NDTV. The violence occurred in Mukroh in the West Jaint...

Global Covid cases near 644m

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-23 12:12:32

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases is gradually nearing 644 million. According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 643,874,295 while the death toll from the virus reac...

Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes western Turkey

-- 2022-11-23 11:58:53

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck western Turkey on Wednesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, while the interior minister said there were no immediate reports of deat...

Ukraine promises shelters for its people as harsh winter sets in

-- 2022-11-23 10:15:23

Ukraine's government promised to create shelters to provide heat and water and encouraged citizens to conserve energy as a harsh winter loomed amid relentless Russian strikes that have left its power...