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Russian forces repelled drone attack on Crimea, Russian-installed official says

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-29 15:20:50

Russian naval forces repelled a drone attack in the Bay of Sevastopol, where the Black Sea Fleet is headquartered, on the annexed Crimean peninsular, the Russian-installed leader of the ar...

As Elon Musk takes over Twitter, free speech limits tested

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-29 13:41:27

Mere hours after Elon Musk kicked off a new era at Twitter Inc, the billionaire owner was deluged with pleas and demands from banned account holders and world leaders, Reuters reports. The fl...

Australia repatriates Australian women and children from Syrian refugee camp

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-29 11:31:43

The Australian government has repatriated four Australian women and their 13 children from a Syrian refugee camp to New South Wales state, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said on Saturday, Re...

Philippines' death toll from Tropical Storm Nalgae climbs to 72

-- 2022-10-29 11:00:15

The Philippines has recorded 72 deaths from Tropical Storm Nalgae that caused floods and landslides in southern provinces, the country's disaster agency said on Saturday. Maguindanao province was the...

US House Speaker Pelosi's husband assaulted with hammer at home, motive unclear

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-29 10:07:23

A hammer-wielding man attacked US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband during a break-in at the couple's San Francisco home early on Friday, authorities said, in an assault that raised fears abo...

Thousands of foreign workers evicted in Qatar's capital ahead of World Cup

-- 2022-10-29 09:31:48

Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the centre of the capital Doha where visiting soccer fans will stay during the World Cup, workers who were evicted from...

US House Speaker Pelosi’s husband ‘violently assaulted’

-- 2022-10-28 19:58:54

Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was "violently assaulted" after a break-in at the couple's San Francisco home early on Friday, her office said in a statement. "The assailant i...

Italy to end ban on unvaccinated health workers

-- 2022-10-28 18:23:45

Italian doctors and nurses suspended from work because they are not vaccinated against Covid-19 will soon be reinstated, new Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said on Friday. The move is motivated by...

Zelensky says Russia launches 30 drone attacks on Ukraine in two days

-- 2022-10-28 17:56:01

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has launched more than 30 drone attacks on Ukraine in just two days. He added that in total, Moscow had also carried out some 4,500 missile st...

Japan says it will spend $200 billion to tame inflation

-- 2022-10-28 17:27:36

Japan said on Friday it would spend $200 billion on an economic stimulus package meant to tame inflation and cushion the economic blow from rising raw material costs. The government's announcement ca...

Climate change: 'Unprecedented' economic transformation now needed

-- 2022-10-28 17:06:42

At the UN COP26 climate summit last year, nations agreed to make more ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost efforts to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. But a year on,...

Germany's Solar Valley could shine again as Europe strives to close energy gap

-- 2022-10-28 16:48:57

Germany has enlisted help from Brussels to revive its solar panel industry and improve the bloc's energy security as Berlin, reeling from the consequences of over-reliance on Russian fuel, strives to...

‘Only 3.0pc of exports under Ukraine grain deal go to poorest countries’

-- 2022-10-28 16:10:46

Russia said on Friday that only 3.0 per cent of food exported under an UN-brokered deal to release grain from blockaded Ukrainian ports has gone to the poorest countries and that Western countries acc...

Flooding, landslides kill at least 31 in Philippines

-- 2022-10-28 15:28:49

Flooding and multiple landslides in a southern Philippines province killed at least 31 people, a senior government official said on Friday, as rescuers searched for missing residents. A heavy downpou...

Dead body found at Frankfurt airport in aircraft from Tehran

-- 2022-10-28 14:13:15

A dead body was found in the undercarriage of a Lufthansa aircraft that arrived at Frankfurt airport from Tehran on Thursday, German daily Bild reported. The discovery was made by workers after...

Eight die in Oklahoma house fire

-- 2022-10-28 12:00:00

Eight people died in a house fire on Thursday in Broken Arrow area of United State's Oklahoma, where police said the blaze was being investigated as a homicide. Neighbours reported the fire abo...

Iran's Khamenei vows revenge after deadly attack on Shi'ite pilgrims

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-28 09:54:44

Iran's Supreme Leader vowed on Thursday to retaliate against those threatening the country's security after the massacre of Shi'ite pilgrims, an assault claimed by Islamic State which threat...

Biden: Putin's talk of possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine is 'dangerous'

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-28 09:51:57

US President Joe Biden expressed skepticism on Thursday about Russian President Vladimir Putin's comment that he had no intention of using a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, Reuters reports. Putin, i...

Nedd Brockmann ran across Australia in 47 days

-- 2022-10-27 21:56:54

Nedd Brockmann is a 23-year-old electrician who has just run 3,953 km (2,456 miles) from Perth's Cottesloe Beach in Western Australia to Sydney's Bondi Beach in the east in a staggering 46 days and 12...

Imran Khan asked military for illegal favours, Pak spy chief says

-- 2022-10-27 21:11:08

Pakistan's intelligence chief accused former Prime Minister Imran Khan of asking the country's powerful military for "illegal and unconstitutional" support for his government, in a scathing and unprec...

Climate pollution reductions 'highly inadequate': UN report

-- 2022-10-27 19:25:50

The world, especially richer carbon polluting nations, remains "far behind" and is not doing nearly enough -- not even promising to do enough -- to reach any of the global goals limiting future warmin...

SE ASEAN foreign ministers hold emergency talks on Myanmar

-- 2022-10-27 17:03:20

Southeast Asian foreign ministers began meeting in Jakarta on Thursday to discuss how to kick-start a stalled peace process in military-ruled Myanmar, where dozens have been killed in recent weeks as...

Iran will retaliate after attack on shrine, says Revolutionary Guard commander

-- 2022-10-27 16:39:44

Iran will retaliate after an attack claimed by Islamic State on a shrine that killed 15 people, the commander of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday The assault will add pressu...

Russian nuclear rhetoric rekindles German Cold War fears

-- 2022-10-27 15:46:02

Deep inside a decommissioned nuclear bunker built into a Cologne subway station at the height of the Cold War, tour guide Robert Schwienbacher says he is getting a number of inquiries from Germans ask...

Need for speed: China Xi's new generals offer cohesion over possible Taiwan plans

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-27 13:07:21

Chinese President Xi Jinping's new generals may have been selected for their political loyalty to him, but those ties could serve at least one vital military purpose in any Taiwan invasion plan: e...

Islamic State claims Iran shrine attack, Iran vows response

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-27 10:41:58

The militant group Islamic State said it carried out an attack on a Shia Muslim shrine in Iran on Wednesday which killed 15 people, escalating tensions in a country reeling from a wave of protes...

Time is running out as greenhouse gases surge, UN warns

-- 2022-10-26 22:51:47

Greenhouse gas concentrations climbed at above-average rates to new records last year, the UN weather agency said on Wednesday, warning that time is running out for people to make the transforma...

Britain delays plan for repairing public finances until November 17

-- 2022-10-26 19:38:40

Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday delayed the announcement of a keenly awaited plan for repairing the country's public finances until November 17, two-and-a-half weeks later than o...

Putin says potential for conflict in world, region remains high

-- 2022-10-26 19:32:05

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the potential for conflict in the world and region has remained high, according to the RIA news agency. The news agency said Putin gave the statement while r...

Heatwaves to impact every child on Earth by 2050, UNICEF says

-- 2022-10-26 17:04:34

Hot weather has become a health risk for many nations, but new data shows that almost every child on earth will be affected by heatwaves by 2050, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday. Ac...