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Pakistan former prime minister Khan apologises in contempt of court case

-- 2022-09-22 19:11:34

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday tendered an apology in a contempt of court case, his defence lawyer said, a step back that could help him avoid disqualification from politics....

UN rights envoy warns that Myanmar's election will be a 'fraud'

-- 2022-09-22 19:06:22

The United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar said on Thursday that an election planned by the country's junta will be a "fraud" and warned other countries against offering assistance that would h...

Russia frees 215 Ukrainians held after Mariupol battle, Ukraine says

-- 2022-09-22 15:15:10

Russia has released 215 Ukrainians it took prisoner after a protracted battle for the port city of Mariupol earlier this year, including top military leaders, a senior official in Kyiv said on Wednesd...

S Korea, Japan hold first bilateral talks since 2019, seek stronger ties

-- 2022-09-22 12:49:40

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held their first one-on-one talks on Wednesday and agreed on the need to improve relations dogged by historical disputes....

Biden accuses Putin of irresponsible nuclear threats, violating UN charter

-- 2022-09-22 10:04:24

US President Joe Biden accused Russia on Wednesday of making "reckless" and "irresponsible" threats to use nuclear weapons and said Moscow had violated the core tenets of United Nations membersh...

UNHCR, Japan sign deal on $3.50m Rohingya aid

FE REPORT 2022-09-22 08:23:51

The government of Japan and the UN Refugee Agency signed a partnership agreement to provide $3.50 million protection and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on Wednesday. The c...

Food insecurity to intensify worldwide

-- 2022-09-22 08:16:37

Despite the reprieve in global food prices and the resumption of grain exports from the Black Sea, five UN and multilateral development and trade organisations on Wednesday warned that food remained...

New York attorney general sues Trump over fraud

-- 2022-09-21 22:26:29

Donald Trump and his adult children were sued for "numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation" on Wednesday by New York state's attorney general in a civil investigation into the former US president...

Protest intensifies in Iran over death of woman in police custody

-- 2022-09-21 21:52:26

Iranian authorities said three people including a member of the security forces had been killed on Tuesday during unrest sweeping the country, as anger at the death of a woman in the custody of the mo...

England's FA calls for Qatar's migrant workers to be compensated

-- 2022-09-21 19:52:12

England's Football Association (FA) said on Wednesday families of migrant workers in Qatar who were injured or killed while constructing the infrastructure for this year's World Cup should be compensa...

Pope says it is 'madness' to think of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine

-- 2022-09-21 19:48:32

Pope Francis, speaking as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West he was not bluffing about possibly using nuclear weapons, said on Wednesday that thinking of such an act was 'madness'....

Appeal at UN for world leaders to protect Afghan girls’ education

-- 2022-09-21 19:30:15

After pleading with world leaders at the United Nations to protect the education and rights of women in Afghanistan a year after the Taliban took over, Somaya Faruqi, the former captain of the Afghan...

Britain halves electricity, gas prices for businesses

-- 2022-09-21 19:09:10

Britain said on Wednesday it would cap the wholesale cost of electricity and gas for businesses at less than half the market rate from next month, following a similar scheme for consumers, helping rel...

Nearly one million people face starvation in hunger hotspots: UN agencies

-- 2022-09-21 19:05:04

Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as the global food crisis worsens, United Nati...

Demand for rare-issue notes, coins featuring Elizabeth surges since her death

-- 2022-09-21 17:44:06

The death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth has collectors scrambling to secure rare coins and bills bearing her likeness, even as her portrait is set to remain in circulation for years to come on money th...

Nepal in fresh turmoil as its president declines to sign citizenship law

-- 2022-09-21 17:35:11

A clash between Nepal's government and its head of state over controversial citizenship legislation threw the nascent republic into turmoil on Wednesday, after President Bidhya Devi Bhandari refused t...

Israeli PM meets Turkish president after 14 years

-- 2022-09-21 17:30:09

Israel's prime minister has met with Turkey's president for the first time in 14 years, the latest sign of warming ties between the two regional powers after a long and bitter rift. The office of Isr...

Russian President Vladimir Putin announces 'partial mobilisation'

REUTERS 2022-09-21 14:18:30

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "partial mobilisation" on Wednesday that will see 300,000 Russian reservists called up in a significant escalation of Russia's war in Ukraine. Putin spoke...

Man sets himself on fire in apparent protest of Abe funeral

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-21 13:44:41

A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office in Tokyo early Wednesday in apparent protest against the state funeral planned next week for former leader Shinzo Abe, officia...

Nine dead after warehouse collapse in Brazil

-- 2022-09-21 11:13:59

At least nine people have died after part of a warehouse near the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo collapsed on Tuesday, during a visit by two congressional candidates. Congressional candidates Jones Doni...

China willing to make effort for peaceful 'reunification' with Taiwan

REUTERS 2022-09-21 10:04:00

China is willing to make the utmost effort to strive for a peaceful "reunification" with Taiwan, a Chinese government spokesperson said on Wednesday, following weeks of military manoeuvres and war gam...

At least 11 children killed after Myanmar army helicopters fire at school

-- 2022-09-20 19:42:02

At least 11 children have been killed and 15 more are missing after army helicopters shot at a school in northern Myanmar, Unicef has said. Troops and helicopter gunships opened fire last Friday on t...

Queen Elizabeth II funeral: Hong Kong man who attended tribute arrested

-- 2022-09-20 18:18:28

A Hong Kong man who went to the British consulate on Monday night to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, among scores of mourners, has been detained, reports BBC. Local reports say the man, 43, played...

Global Fund gets powerful help with $18b funding goal

-- 2022-09-20 18:18:14

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will get some high-powered help this week to reach its $18 billion goal to fund another three years to slow the spread of these diseases. Presi...

Taliban free US engineer in exchange for Afghan tribal leader

-- 2022-09-20 18:13:05

fghanistan's Taliban on Monday freed American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Taliban-linked Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai, after President Joe Biden granted clemency to the convicted dru...

Russia unfolds plan to formally annex swathes of Ukraine

-- 2022-09-20 17:59:21

An ally of President Vladimir Putin and Russia's top lawmaker on Tuesday backed plans by Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine to hold referendums paving the way for the annexation of swathes of additi...

Pakistan flood-borne diseases kill nine people

-- 2022-09-20 17:03:55

At least nine people died on Monday of infectious and water-borne diseases that have attacked tens of thousands of people in flood-hit Pakistan, government data showed, taking the toll from such cause...

Myanmar military threatens jail for online 'likes' for opponents

-- 2022-09-20 16:24:51

Myanmar's ruling junta on Tuesday warned the public against showing moral support for a 'terrorist' resistance movement, threatening jail terms of up to 10 years just for liking or sharing its content...

Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

-- 2022-09-20 14:18:05

An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday....

The world is in great peril, warns UN chief

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-20 13:32:40

Warning that the world is in “great peril,” the head of the United Nations says leaders meeting in person for the first time in three years must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes,...