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Jeremy Hunt appointed UK finance minister

-- 2022-10-14 19:07:39

Former UK foreign minister Jeremy Hunt has been appointed finance minister, Prime Minister Liz Truss's office said on Friday, following Kwasi Kwarteng's resignation from the post, according to Reuters...

Australia suffers flash floods; its three states issue evacuation orders

-- 2022-10-14 19:06:18

Communities in three Australian states have been ordered to evacuate as torrential rain brings major flooding. According to BBC, parts of the country have received up to four times their average Octo...

White House claims Saudi Arabia pushed other OPEC+ nations into oil cut

-- 2022-10-14 18:55:38

Saudi Arabia pushed other OPEC+ nations into an output cut last week, the White House claimed on Thursday, part of an escalating war of words between the two countries. "More than one" OPEC member di...

UK PM Truss fires finance minister Kwarteng

-- 2022-10-14 18:01:22

British Prime Minister Liz Truss will fire her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and scrap parts of their economic package, the Times newspaper reported on Friday, in a bid to survive the market and pol...

Russia to repair damaged Crimea bridge by July next year

-- 2022-10-14 17:18:05

Repairs to the bridge between the annexed Crimean peninsula and southern Russia, which was damaged in an explosion last Saturday, are to be finished by July 2023. The information was found in a docum...

Russia to evacuate Kherson residents as Ukraine advances

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-14 15:30:02

In a sign that continuing and sustained Ukrainian military gains along the southern front are worrying the Kremlin, Russia is promising free accommodation to residents of the partially occupied Kh...

Civilians in 'annexed' Kherson flee to Russia as Ukrainians advance

-- 2022-10-14 12:11:46

Evacuees from Ukraine's southern Kherson region were expected to begin arriving in Russia on Friday after a Moscow-installed official suggested residents should leave for safety, a sign of Moscow's we...

Seoul scrambles fighters as North Korean planes fly close to border

REUTERS 2022-10-14 12:04:03

South Korea scrambled fighter jets after a group of about 10 North Korean military aircraft flew close to the border dividing the two countries, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, amid heighten...

Kremlin says its goals in Ukraine can be achieved through talks

-- 2022-10-14 10:18:28

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Thursday that the goals of Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine were unchanged, but that they could be achieved through negoti...

Putin seeks to kindle anti-Western sentiment among Asian leaders

-- 2022-10-14 10:14:29

President Vladimir Putin used a speech to Asian leaders on Thursday to develop a theme that he has pressed more intensely as Russia's military fortunes have waned: that Moscow is fighting the West to...

Five shot dead including police officer in North Carolina capital

-- 2022-10-14 10:12:14

Five people including an off-duty police officer were shot dead in the North Carolina capital of Raleigh on Thursday, prompting a massive manhunt that shut down part of city and resulted in the arrest...

US House Jan 6 committee votes to subpoena Trump

-- 2022-10-14 10:07:28

The US House of Representatives committee probing the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters voted on Thursday to subpoena the former president, a move that could lead to cri...

Iraq elects new president and premier, ending stalemate

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-14 09:43:54

Iraq’s parliament on Thursday elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as president, who immediately named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani prime minister-designate, ending a year of deadlock after...

Ukraine says more than 600 settlements liberated in past month, including 75 in Kherson

REUTERS 2022-10-14 08:57:02

Ukraine's armed forces have liberated more than 600 settlements from the Russian occupation in the past month, including 75 in the highly strategic Kherson region, Ukraine's Ministry for Reintegration...

India axes rule on Kashmir voting rights

-- 2022-10-13 21:35:07

India scrapped on Thursday a rule granting voting rights to new residents of its Jammu and Kashmir region after widespread anger among political parties, who labelled it a bid to change the demographi...

Russia is prepared to quit Black Sea grains deal

-- 2022-10-13 20:59:07

Moscow has submitted concerns to the United Nations about an agreement on Black Sea grain exports, and is prepared to reject renewing the deal next month unless its demands are addressed, Russia's Gen...

Putin puts 'gas hub' plan to Turkey's Erdogan

-- 2022-10-13 17:38:12

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday that Turkey was the most reliable route to deliver gas to the European Union and proposed to build what he call...

Bhutan holds high-altitude race to highlight climate dangers

-- 2022-10-13 17:32:25

Twenty-nine runners set off on a rare high-altitude race in Bhutan on Thursday to highlight the dangers of climate change to the Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between China and India, two of the world'...

Russia pounds dozens of Ukraine towns, warns of escalation

-- 2022-10-13 17:02:12

Russian missiles pounded more than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns, officials said on Thursday, as NATO allies meeting in Brussels unveiled plans to beef up Europe's air defences after committing more m...

Panel of India's top court split on decision to allow hijab in classrooms

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-13 12:17:01

A panel of India's top court said on Thursday it was divided on a decision to allow hijabs in classrooms, and referred the matter to the chief justice for further directions, Reuters reports. "We hav...

At least 17 die in southern Pakistan bus fire

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-13 12:13:07

At least 17 flood affected people died of burns in southern Pakistan on Wednesday night when the bus they were traveling caught fire as they returning home, officials said, Reuters reports. The incid...

Global Covid cases top 628m

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-13 10:28:12

The overall number of global Covid cases has now crossed 628 million. According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 628,345,850 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,56...

Russian nuclear strike likely to provoke 'physical response,' NATO official says

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-13 10:03:28

A Russian nuclear strike would change the course of the conflict and almost certainly provoke a "physical response" from Ukraine's allies and potentially from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a...

UN denounces Russian 'annexation' while West backs Ukraine with more air defences

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-13 08:25:17

The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly condemned Russia's attempted annexation of four Ukrainian areas while Kyiv's allies committed more military aid after intense Russian missile strikes...

Male guardians no longer required to accompany female pilgrims during Hajj, Umrah

-- 2022-10-12 22:01:25

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah announced that women coming to Saudi Arabia can now perform their pilgrimages without a mahram, or male guardian. This anno...

‘Russian nuclear strike to trigger physical response from many allies of Ukraine’

-- 2022-10-12 21:44:15

A Russian nuclear strike would change the course of the conflict and almost certainly trigger a "physical response" from Ukraine's allies and potentially from NATO, a senior NATO official said on Wedn...

Crimea bridge attack arrests as market in Donetsk region attacked

-- 2022-10-12 21:17:19

Russia says it has detained eight people in connection with Saturday's explosion on a key bridge linking Russia to Crimea, reports BBC. Its FSB security service said five of those held were Russian...

Protests continue in Iran, Khamenei sees ‘enemies behind scattered riots’

-- 2022-10-12 21:02:30

Iranians kept up anti-government protests on Wednesday despite an increasingly deadly state crackdown, social media reports showed, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the demonstration...

‘BJP trying to humiliate Sourav Ganguly after failure to induct him into it’

-- 2022-10-12 18:34:58

Trinamool Congress, the ruling party in India’s West Bengal state, has accused that India’s central ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to humiliate former Indian skipper S...

France starts requisitioning staff to secure petrol supplies amid strike

-- 2022-10-12 18:16:34

The French government on Wednesday started ordering some staff at an Exxon Mobil fuel depot back to work, battling to secure petrol supplies following weeks-long strikes but risking a wider conflict w...