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Madagascar fires its foreign minister for voting against Russia at UN

-- 2022-10-19 18:54:34

Madagascar's president has fired his foreign affairs minister for voting at the United Nations to condemn Russian-organised referendums to annex four partially-occupied regions in Ukraine, two sources...

Putin declares martial law in four unilaterally annexed regions of Ukraine

-- 2022-10-19 18:26:16

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was introducing martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Moscow last month claimed as its own territory. In televised remarks...

Malaysia deports Myanmar asylum seekers despite dangers back home

-- 2022-10-19 17:08:33

Malaysia deported 150 Myanmar nationals this month, including former navy officers seeking asylum, and plans to send back more despite the risk of arrest they face at home, four sources familiar with...

Fertilisers produced from organic matter polluting soil: UN report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-19 16:32:11

Plastics are accumulating on the world’s soils at a worrying rate, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The single-biggest source of microplastic poll...

India's Congress elects first non-Gandhi chief in 24 years

-- 2022-10-19 16:18:08

India's opposition Congress party on Wednesday declared veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge its new chief, the first person from outside the influential Nehru-Gandhi family to hold the beleaguered party...

Indonesia reports 99 child deaths from acute kidney injury this year

-- 2022-10-19 16:08:01

Close to 100 children in Indonesia have died from acute kidney injury (AKI) so far this year, a health ministry official said on Wednesday, as a team of experts investigates the spike in cases. The r...

'Kamikaze drones': What are the weapons Russia is using in Ukraine?

-- 2022-10-19 15:58:02

Russia launched dozens of 'kamikaze' drones on Ukraine on Monday, hitting energy infrastructure and killing five people in the capital of Kyiv. Ukrainians have nicknamed them 'mopeds' for the lo...

Congolese NGOs decry mining in main refuge of 'Africa's unicorn'

-- 2022-10-19 15:50:51

Illegal gold mining is destroying tracts of pristine rainforest in Congo's Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site meant to be a haven for the endangered mammal nicknamed Africa's unicorn...

Japan rushes to rearm with eye on 2027 - and China's Taiwan ambitions

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-19 11:11:24

Between China's 20th Communist Party Congress, which began Sunday, and the next one in 2027, Japan will undertake its biggest arms buildup since World War Two in a race to deter Beijing from the...

Russian commander admits situation is 'tense' for his forces in Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-19 11:08:05

The new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine made a rare acknowledgment of the pressures they were under from Ukrainian offensives to retake southern and eastern areas that Moscow claims to...

Flooded Australian towns ready levees, sandbags ahead of more rain

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-19 11:04:43

Residents in flood-hit Australian towns ramped up efforts to build levees and sandbag homes on Wednesday ahead of more rain, although authorities said the expected storms could be milder than la...

Looped in 'line by line', Hezbollah shows pragmatic side in Lebanon-Israel deal

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-19 10:50:16

Before Lebanon's government approved a US-brokered deal settling a decades-long maritime boundary dispute with Israel, the powerful Hezbollah had scrutinized the final draft line by line and g...

Why Venezuela's refugee exodus to the US has been accelerating

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-19 10:44:03

US and Mexican authorities recently announced a new policy that would expel Venezuelans entering the US land border back to Mexico, but allow up to 24,000 people from the country to apply for hu...

Iran agrees to ship missiles, more drones to Russia, defying the West

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-19 10:42:03

Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in addition to more drones, two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats told Reuters, a move that is likely to in...

Brazil's Bolsonaro caught off guard by campaign's ugly closing chapter

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-19 10:32:38

Brazil's unexpectedly close presidential race has taken an ugly turn in the final weeks ahead of an Oct 30 runoff vote, even by the bruising standards of the past year, with insinuations of cann...

Lafarge pleads guilty to US charge of supporting Islamic State, to pay $778 million

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-19 10:28:47

French cement maker Lafarge pleaded guilty in US court on Tuesday to a charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including Islamic State, so the compa...

Women turn to sex work to survive UK cost-of-living crisis

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-19 10:23:34

Online sex worker Martha blames Britain's cost-of-living crisis for her dwindling earnings - partly due to increased competition as soaring household bills push more women to sell sex, Thom...

Kyiv plans to cut ties with Tehran after Russian attacks using ‘Iranian-made’ drones

-- 2022-10-18 21:54:39

Ukraine's foreign minister said on Tuesday he was submitting a proposal to President Volodymyr Zelensky to formally cut diplomatic ties with Tehran after a wave of Russian attacks using what Kyiv says...

EU faces battle to keep energy prices from tanking economy

-- 2022-10-18 19:30:44

European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway energy prices and short supplies do not further tank their struggling economies and foment unrest. At the same time, they...

Indonesia to demolish soccer stadium where stampede killed over 130

-- 2022-10-18 18:56:47

Indonesia will demolish and rebuild a football stadium where a stampede killed more than 130 people this month, President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday as he vowed to "thoroughly transform" the sport in...

France probes murder of 12-year-old girl in Paris

-- 2022-10-18 18:51:04

French police are investigating the murder of a 12-year-old girl whose body was found last week near her home in eastern Paris and a young suspect has been detained, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin...

Missiles, exploding drones again hit Ukraine's power, water

-- 2022-10-18 18:32:18

Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold a...

This is not the time to change Conservative leader, minister argues

-- 2022-10-18 18:19:02

This is not the time to be changing leader, Armed Forces Minister James Heappey has argued, as he defended the prime minister, reports BBC. Suggestions that there is a candidate to replace Liz Truss...

Road near UK PM's office closed over suspicious package

-- 2022-10-18 18:15:57

A road in the centre of London's government district, near Prime Minister Liz Truss's Downing Street office and residence, was closed on Tuesday due to a suspicious package, police said on Tuesd...

Australia, Singapore agree on a ‘green economy' deal

-- 2022-10-18 17:21:49

Australia and Singapore agreed on Tuesday on a "green economy" deal to boost cooperation on climate investment, financing and technology. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told a news conferen...

Helicopter carrying pilgrims crashes in India, killing six

-- 2022-10-18 16:00:18

A helicopter carrying pilgrims to Kedarnath in India's Himalayan region crashed on Tuesday, killing all six on board, a police official said. Two pilots and four pilgrims died in the crash in t...

Russia fighter crashes into apartments in city near Ukraine, killing 13

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-18 12:51:10

A Russian fighter plane crashed into a residential building in the southern city of Yeysk shortly after take-off on Monday, engulfing apartments in a fireball and killing at least 13 people, Inter...

Australia reverses decision to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel's capital

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-18 11:33:48

Australia on Tuesday reversed a decision of the previous government to recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying the status of the city should be resolved through peace negotiati...

Global Covid cases top 630m

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-18 11:11:03

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has now crossed 630 million. According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 630,310,204 while the death toll from the virus reached 6...

Three UN peacekeepers killed, three injured in Mali attack

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-18 10:34:46

Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and three others seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northern Mali on Monday, a UN spokesperson said, Reuters...