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How a deadly crush at an Indonesia football match unfolded

How a deadly crush at an Indonesia football match unfolded

-- 2022-10-02 19:26:58

The Indonesian government has revised the death toll from a stampede at a football stadium in Indonesia’s East Java province down to 125. Regional governor Emil Dardak said the data cross-check...

Ukraine claims full control of key logistics hub

Ukraine claims full control of key logistics hub

-- 2022-10-02 18:19:11

Ukraine said on Sunday it was in full control of the eastern logistics hub of Lyman, Kyiv's most significant battlefield gain in weeks, which a senior official said could provide a staging post for fu...

Kuwait government submits resignation

Kuwait government submits resignation

-- 2022-10-02 17:39:58

Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah on Sunday submitted the resignation of his government to Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Sabah, reports gulfnews.com citing st...

31 die in road accidents in India's Uttar Pradesh

31 die in road accidents in India's Uttar Pradesh

-- 2022-10-02 16:34:31

At least 31 people have died and over 30 people were injured in two separate road accidents in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, reports bdnews24.com citing NDTV and ANI. Both of the accidents took...

Indonesia football stadium riot death toll jumps to 174, league suspended

Indonesia football stadium riot death toll jumps to 174, league suspended

-- 2022-10-02 16:29:44

Around 180 people were also injured while trying to flee during the riot in one of the world's worst stadium disasters The death toll from an Indonesian football riot that turned into a stampede jump...

Ukraine celebrates recapturing key town, Putin ally raises nuclear jitters

Ukraine celebrates recapturing key town, Putin ally raises nuclear jitters

-- 2022-10-02 16:12:27

Ukrainian troops said they had retaken the key bastion of Lyman in occupied eastern Ukraine, a stinging defeat that prompted a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin to call for the possible u...

New Zealand welcomes back indigenous remains from Austria

New Zealand welcomes back indigenous remains from Austria

-- 2022-10-02 15:50:00

New Zealand on Sunday welcomed back the remains of around 64 indigenous New Zealanders that were stolen in the 19th century and sent back by Austria after more than 70 years of negotiations. In a cer...

After Hurricane Ian's deadly wrath, Florida, Carolinas begin recovery

After Hurricane Ian's deadly wrath, Florida, Carolinas begin recovery

-- 2022-10-02 15:32:59

Florida and the Carolinas, staggered by one of the fiercest storms in US history, faced a massive recovery on Saturday as remnants of Hurricane Ian threatened further flooding along the Eastern Seaboa...

Embrace Mahatma Gandhi’s values for a better future, says UN chief

Embrace Mahatma Gandhi’s values for a better future, says UN chief

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-02 15:06:55

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for embracing Mahatma Gandhi’s values and working across cultures and borders to build a better, more peaceful future for all defeating challenge...

Tear gas fired, scores wounded in Baghdad protest marking 2019 unrest

Tear gas fired, scores wounded in Baghdad protest marking 2019 unrest

-- 2022-10-02 12:04:57

Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades on Saturday to disperse stone-throwing protesters in clashes that wounded scores off Baghdad's Tahrir Square, where hundreds marked the ann...

Australian government slams Optus for cybersecurity breach

Australian government slams Optus for cybersecurity breach

-- 2022-10-02 11:35:34

The Australian government on Sunday levelled its harshest criticism yet against Optus, the second-biggest telecoms company, for a cybersecurity breach that affected the equivalent of 40 per cent of th...

Russia withdraws troops after Ukraine encircles key city

Russia withdraws troops after Ukraine encircles key city

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-02 10:47:34

After being encircled by Ukrainian forces, Russia pulled troops out Saturday from an eastern Ukrainian city that it had been using as a front-line hub. It was the latest victory for the Ukrainian coun...

Britain has 'too many' low-skilled migrants, interior minister says

Britain has 'too many' low-skilled migrants, interior minister says

-- 2022-10-02 10:28:48

Britain has too many low-skilled migrant workers and very high numbers of international students, who often brought dependents with them, the country's new interior minister Suella Braverman said in a...

Kabul blast kills teenagers appearing practice exam

Kabul blast kills teenagers appearing practice exam

-- 2022-10-01 22:11:44

A suicide attack at a tuition centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 35 people, most of them female students, the United Nations says, reports BBC. More than 80 others were wounded in...

Leftist front-runner close to outright win in Brazil election

Leftist front-runner close to outright win in Brazil election

-- 2022-10-01 21:50:20

Brazilian leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a solid lead going into Sunday's presidential race against far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro and is within sight of an outright...

Students rally as Iran protests enter third week   

Students rally as Iran protests enter third week  

-- 2022-10-01 21:01:45

Students rallied at universities across Iran on Saturday and strikes were reported throughout the country's Kurdish region, as demonstrations ignited by the death of a woman in police custody entere...

Russia says its troops quit eastern Ukrainian city

Russia says its troops quit eastern Ukrainian city

-- 2022-10-01 20:18:20

Russia's defence ministry says it has withdrawn Russian troops from the strategic town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine. "Because of the threat of encirclement the allied troops have been withdrawn from K...

Senior Indonesian officials targeted by Israeli spyware last year

Senior Indonesian officials targeted by Israeli spyware last year

-- 2022-10-01 19:45:10

More than a dozen senior Indonesian government and military officials were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm, according to nine people with knowledge of the...

Sweden resumes arms exports to Türkiye 

Sweden resumes arms exports to Türkiye 

-- 2022-10-01 18:44:24

Swedish companies have been granted export permits for the sale of military equipment to Türkiye, the country's Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP) announced on Friday.  The granting o...

Ebola kills physician in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

Ebola kills physician in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

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

A Tanzanian doctor working in Uganda who contracted Ebola has died, the first health worker killed by the disease in the latest outbreak in the country, Uganda's health minister said on Saturday, repo...

5G services launched in India 

5G services launched in India 

-- 2022-10-01 18:11:50

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched 5G services in the country. Users will be able to enjoy 5G services in a couple of weeks.  The 5G network will not only offer faster Inte...

Iran leaders struggle to close ranks over protests

Iran leaders struggle to close ranks over protests

-- 2022-10-01 18:10:33

Iran's clerical rulers are eager to crush mass anti-government protests, but manoeuvring over the eventual succession to the supreme leader and rifts over security tactics have complicated efforts to...

Florida, Carolinas count huge cost of Hurricane Ian 

Florida, Carolinas count huge cost of Hurricane Ian 

-- 2022-10-01 17:33:35

Florida, North and South Carolina were on Saturday trying to recover from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ian, after one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US mainland caused tens of bil...

Russia accused of ‘kidnapping’ head of Ukraine nuclear plant

Russia accused of ‘kidnapping’ head of Ukraine nuclear plant

-- 2022-10-01 17:21:50

Ukraine's nuclear power provider said Saturday that Russian forces blindfolded and detained the head of Europe's largest nuclear plant, hours after Moscow illegally annexed a swath of Ukrainian territ...

Burkina Faso soldiers announce overthrow of military government

Burkina Faso soldiers announce overthrow of military government

-- 2022-10-01 15:41:55

Armed soldiers in fatigues and masks appeared on television in Burkina Faso on Friday night to confirm the ouster of President Paul-Henri Damiba, the second coup in the troubled West African country t...

World Bank to give Ukraine $530m in additional aid

World Bank to give Ukraine $530m in additional aid

-- 2022-10-01 15:38:25

The World Bank has said it will provide an additional $530 million in support to Ukraine, bringing the total aid by the bank to $13 billion, as Russia's invasion of the country continues. The aid is...

Thai vegetarian festival returns after coronavirus pandemic

Thai vegetarian festival returns after coronavirus pandemic

-- 2022-10-01 15:34:17

Hundreds of devotees flocked to temples and staged processions to celebrate the annual vegetarian festival this week on the island of Phuket in southern Thailand, being held for the first time after t...

US VP Harris, actress Priyanka Chopra discuss mansplaining, abortion rights

US VP Harris, actress Priyanka Chopra discuss mansplaining, abortion rights

-- 2022-10-01 14:36:41

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday reminded top female Democrats of their duty to fight for reproductive rights and how electing two more Democratic senators in the upcoming midterm elect...

US issues new Russia sanctions for annexations in Ukraine

US issues new Russia sanctions for annexations in Ukraine

-- 2022-10-01 12:58:51

The United States on Friday imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Russia over its declared annexation of parts of Ukraine, targeting hundreds of people and companies, including those in Russia's mil...

Iran arrests Europeans accused of role in unrest

Iran arrests Europeans accused of role in unrest

-- 2022-10-01 10:35:05

Iran, which has blamed "foreign enemies" for protests that swept the country after the death of a woman in morality police custody, said on Friday it had arrested nine European nationals for the...