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Myanmar fuel supply chain enabling military's air strikes: Amnesty

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-05 14:15:51

The international community must halt the shipment of aviation fuel to Myanmar's military, Amnesty International said in a report, blaming a global fuel supply chain for allowing the junta to...

Pakistan's Imran Khan vows to resume protest after recovery

-- 2022-11-05 11:55:12

ormer Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday he would resume his protest march to Islamabad after recovering from an assassination attempt, as his supporters staged nationwide protests tha...

Round-the-clock curfew imposed in Ukraine’s Kherson city

-- 2022-11-04 21:47:44

The Russian-installed deputy governor of Ukraine's Kherson region said on Friday that a 24 hour curfew had been imposed in Kherson city, amid what he said was likely a Ukrainian offensive against the...

Flood-hit Pakistan seeks loss and damage 'compensation' at COP27

-- 2022-11-04 19:49:49

Pakistan's climate change minister, Sherry Rehman, is heading to Egypt for the UN COP27 climate summit with one goal: finally getting the world to commit to helping countries like hers deal with the g...

Civilians in Kherson should be evacuated, says Putin 

-- 2022-11-04 18:01:43

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that civilians in the Ukrainian region of Kherson which Russia declared it had annexed in September must be evacuated from the conflict zone, state-owned news...

Delhi shuts primary schools as air quality deteriorates

-- 2022-11-04 17:06:24

Primary schools in India's New Delhi will be shut from Saturday and restriction on road traffic will be considered, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday as the capital continued to be engulfe...

South Korea scrambles jets after detecting 180 North Korean warplanes north of border amid tensions

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 15:24:09

South Korea's military said it scrambled fighter jets after detecting about 180 North Korean warplanes flying north of the military border over four hours on Friday, Reuters reports. The North...

Biden vows to 'free Iran' in West Coast campaign speech

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 14:33:49

US President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed to "free" Iran, and said that demonstrators working against the country's government would soon succeed in freeing themselves, Reuters reports. "Don't w...

Russia and North Korea forge closer ties amid shared isolation

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 14:24:15

The United States said this week it has information indicating North Korea is covertly supplying Russia with a "significant" number of artillery shells, in what wou...

Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan's party to hold protests after 'assassination attempt'

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 13:26:35

The party of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was shot and injured in an apparent assassination attempt, said country-wide protests wo...

Xi tells Scholz China and Germany should work together during 'times of turmoil'

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 11:25:06

Chinese President Xi Jinping touted the need for greater cooperation between China and Germany amid "times of change and turmoil" in his first meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Schol...

Trump considering launching fresh White House bid

-- 2022-11-04 11:09:55

Former President Donald Trump is considering launching a third bid for the White House this month, three Trump advisers said on Thursday, while Trump himself teased a strong possibility of a comeback...

IAEA says no sign of 'dirty bomb' work at Ukrainian sites; Kyiv hails report

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 10:30:39

The UN nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it had found no sign of undeclared nuclear activity at three sites in Ukraine that it inspected at Kyiv's request in response to Russ...

US imposes sanctions on oil smuggling network backing Iran's Quds Force, Hezbollah

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 10:14:19

The United States on Thursday issued sanctions against an international oil smuggling network it said supports Hezbollah and Iran's Quds Fo...

German Chancellor Scholz lands in Beijing for one-day visit

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 09:52:39

The plane carrying German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and a delegation of business leaders landed in Beijing on Friday morning, according to flight-tracking website RadarBox, kicking off the first vi...

Florida school shooter sentenced to life in prison

-- 2022-11-03 20:55:56

Nikolas Cruz, who murdered 17 students and staff with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school, was formally sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after listening to hours of anguished testi...

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan shot, out of danger: media

-- 2022-11-03 18:05:25

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was wounded on Thursday when his convoy was shot at in the country's east on Thursday, reports Reuters citing multiple local news channels. Khan was leading...

Ukrainian nuclear plant disconnected from grid by Russian shelling

-- 2022-11-03 14:04:17

Russian attacks were reported across large areas of Ukraine on Thursday, with heavy shelling in numerous regions damaging infrastructure, including electricity supplies to Europe's largest nuclear pla...

Delhi's air a 'crime against humanity'

-- 2022-11-03 13:08:22

Delhi's 20 million residents were effectively breathing smoke on Thursday as the air quality index (AQI) breached the "severe" and "hazardous" categories in nearly all monitoring stations of the India...

West must stop 'encouraging provocations' to avoid nuclear disaster: Russia

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-03 12:50:15

Russia said on Wednesday that avoiding a nuclear clash between the world's nuclear powers was its first priority, but accused the West of "encouraging provocations with weapons of mass destructi...

Hundreds march in crisis-hit Sri Lanka protesting tax hikes, crackdowns

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-03 10:56:21

Hundreds of people marched in Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo on Wednesday protesting against higher taxes, inflation and alleged state-led repression as the...

North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles, residents in Japan told to shelter

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-03 10:52:56

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Thursday, including one that triggered an alert for residents in parts of central and northern Japan to seek shelter, the latest in a record year...

Imran Khan compares his struggle with that of Bangabandhu

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-02 21:18:31

Imran Khan, a former prime minister of Pakistan and chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party, has compared his ‘struggle for real freedom’ with that of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib...

Russia resumes its participation in Ukraine grain export deal

-- 2022-11-02 20:38:22

Russia said on Wednesday it would resume its participation in a deal freeing up grain exports from war-torn Ukraine, reversing a move that world leaders had said threatened to exacerbate global hunger...

North Korea’s missile lands off South Korean coast first time since 1945

-- 2022-11-02 20:22:27

North Korea fired at least 23 missiles into the sea on Wednesday, including one that landed less than 60 km (40 miles) off South Korea's coast, which the South's President Yoon Suk-yeol described as "...

COP 27: UK PM reverses decision to skip climate talks

-- 2022-11-02 19:20:18

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will attend the COP27 summit in Egypt next week, he said on Wednesday, reversing a much-criticised decision to skip the annual climate gathering to work on pressing...

Netanyahu says he is on brink of 'very big victory' in Israel election

-- 2022-11-02 15:25:44

Israel's former premier Benjamin Netanyahu appeared set to return to power on Wednesday, saying his right-wing camp was on the cusp of a great election win, after exit polls predicted his bloc gaining...

Canada plans record immigration targets amid labour crunch

-- 2022-11-02 13:52:40

Canada plans to welcome a record 500,000 new permanent residents in 2025 and has boosted its targets over the next two years as the country looks to ramp up arrivals to address an acute labour s...

Blast in Kabul hits bus carrying Taliban admin. employees, injures seven

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-02 13:42:05

A blast hit a bus carrying Taliban administration employees in the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning, police said, injuring seven people, Reuters reports. "Due to a blast on a mini bus from t...

Brazil's Bolsonaro does not concede to Lula, but authorises transition

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-02 11:15:05

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday did not concede defeat in his first public remarks since losing Sunday's election, saying protests by his supporters were the fruit of "indignation...