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Israel parliament passes police-muzzling law

-- 2017-12-28 11:47:55

Israel’s parliament ratified on Thursday a law barring police investigators from going public with their findings, in what opposition lawmakers saw as a bid to soften scrutiny of corruption prob...

US singer files charges against ex-Trump aide

-- 2017-12-28 11:03:05

US President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has been accused by a singer of slapping her buttocks without her consent at a party in November. Joy Villa, a vocal Trump...

Peru’s minister quits amid Fujimori pardon controversy

-- 2017-12-28 10:40:04

Peru's culture minister, Salvador del Solar, has resigned amid continuing controversy over the president's decision to pardon the country's former leader, Alberto Fujimori. Fujimori was jailed for co...

Russia supermarket explosion wounds 10

-- 2017-12-28 10:13:20

At least 10 people have been injured after an explosion at a supermarket in the Russian city of St Petersburg. One person is said to be in serious condition following the detonation of an improvised...

Mine blast kills six Afghan babies

FE Online Desk 2017-12-28 07:53:22

A roadside mine killed six children in the Afghan’s Northern Province of Balkh on Thursday. "A group of children were playing near a school in Dawlat Abad district Wednesday evening, but one...

Myanmar upgrades boarder fence with Bangladesh

FE Online Desk 2017-12-28 04:46:27

The Union Government of Myanmar will provide K20 billion for fencing along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border.It has taken as a first phase to quickly implement the project. The Ministry of Home Affairs o...

Myanmar ‘feels sad’ over US sanction on military general

FE Online Desk 2017-12-28 04:31:02

Myanmar “feels sad” over a US decision to sanction a military general, a government spokesman said. Washington linked the commander last week to abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minorit...

Deadly suicide bombing in Kabul kills 40

-- 2017-12-28 02:51:42

A suicide attack on an office of the Afghan Voice news agency and a neighboring cultural center in the capital Kabul killed dozens on Thursday, officials and witnesses said, with many of the victims s...

Medium-term outlook for India's growth remains healthy : S & P

FE Online Desk 2017-12-27 12:46:12

SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Dec. 27--S&P Global Ratings Tuesday published its "Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment: India."   "We classify the banking sector of India in group...

Morocco, Niger ink cooperation deals

-- 2017-12-27 12:00:00

Morocco and Niger signed 16 cooperation agreements to bolster bilateral ties, according to the Moroccan Foreign Ministry's website. These agreements were signed on Tuesday during the 4th Morocco-Nige...

Myanmar remands Reuters journos for two more weeks

-- 2017-12-27 12:00:00

A court in Myanmar agreed on Wednesday to remand two Reuters journalists in custody for a second 14-day period as authorities continued a probe into allegations that they breached the nation’s O...

Vote on Jerusalem: US cuts $285m from UN funding

-- 2017-12-27 12:00:00

The United Nations’ budget is set to shrink by over $285 million next year — a 5 per cent cut that the US government says it negotiated. The UN General Assembly voted Sunday to approve th...

Syria approves medical evacuations in rebel-held area

-- 2017-12-27 11:20:19

Medical evacuations have begun from the Syrian rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta to Damascus, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Syria said early on Wednesday. Almost 400,000 people i...

Brazil expels Venezuela's top diplomat in retaliation

-- 2017-12-27 09:50:28

Brazil has declared Venezuela's most senior diplomat in Brazil, Gerardo Delgado, as persona non grata. Tuesday's move came days after Venezuela's decision to expel Brazil's own ambassador to Caracas,...

Erdogan calls Syria's Assad a terrorist

-- 2017-12-27 07:10:08

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called Syrian President Bashar al Assad a terrorist and it is impossible for Syrian peace efforts to continue with him. “Assad is definitely a terrorist who...

Vietnam jails 15 over plot to blow up airport

-- 2017-12-27 06:38:00

A Vietnamese court on Wednesday sentenced 15 people to multiple years in jail for plotting to blow up the country’s biggest airport in Ho Chi Minh city. A local newspaper said the 15 were charg...

Turkey nabs 54 university staff in post-coup crackdown

-- 2017-12-27 03:03:14

Turkish police have detained 54 staff from a university shut down after an attempted coup last year that was blamed on US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen. State-run Anadolu news agency said on...

Mild tremor hits Tehran; one dead

-- 2017-12-27 02:06:15

One person died of heart attack and at least 56 people were slightly wounded after a 4.2 magnitude earthquake shook an area 50 km (31 miles) west of the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday, the state...

US imposes sanctions on N Korean missile experts

-- 2017-12-27 01:13:56

The United States announced sanctions on two of North Korea’s most prominent officials behind its ballistic missile programme on Tuesday, while Russia reiterated an offer to mediate to ease tens...

Three Pak soldiers die as India strikes back

-- 2017-12-26 12:48:30

Pakistani officials said Tuesday that Indian fire across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region killed three Pakistani soldiers. In a statement, the military said the "unprovoked cease-fi...

Karachi's female taxi drivers firm to ferry women safely around the city

-- 2017-12-26 12:33:07

Braving whistles, catcalls and vulgar remarks, Karachi's female taxi drivers are determined to stay on the road to ferry women safely around the teeming city - from home to the office, to college and...

Ex-footballer in Liberia presidential run-off

-- 2017-12-26 12:26:40

Liberians are to choose a new president in a run-off vote between Vice-President Joseph Boakai and former international footballer George Weah. Weah, 51, won the first round, but did not secure the r...

Russian poll commission blocks rival leader

-- 2017-12-26 12:00:00

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been formally barred from competing in next year's presidential election. The Central Electoral Commission has said Navalny was ineligible because of a co...

Pope backs two-state solution in Middle East

-- 2017-12-26 12:00:00

Pope Francis has used his Christmas message to call for a negotiated two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after US President Donald Trump stoked regional tensions with his recog...

Assailants burns Congo President’s property

-- 2017-12-26 12:00:00

A home belonging to Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has been attacked and a policeman died in the incident, local lawmakers and UN sponsored radio said on Monday. Photos posted o...

British ship escorts Russian warship away from UK waters

-- 2017-12-26 11:51:30

A British ship escorted a Russian vessel as it passed near UK territorial waters over Christmas, Britain’s defence ministry said on Tuesday, adding that Russian naval activity near Britain had i...

Cuba fireworks explosion injures dozens

-- 2017-12-26 09:49:45

A fireworks explosion injured 39 people, including six children between the ages of 11 and 15, during a popular Cuban carnival on Christmas Eve, state-run media reported on Monday. The centuries-old...

Canada to expel Venezuelan diplomat

-- 2017-12-26 09:40:19

Canada will expel a Venezuelan diplomat and also bar the country’s ambassador from returning, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday, two days after Venezuela booted out Canada’...

Tremor jolts Mexico on Christmas   

-- 2017-12-26 07:58:12

A Christmas day earthquake has shaken southern Mexico. There are, however, no immediate reports of damage. Monday's temblor was cantered near the Pacific coast resort city of Acapulco, where the shak...

Brexit model needed for Turkey, Ukraine: Germany

-- 2017-12-26 07:23:19

A "smart" Brexit deal could serve as a model for the EU's future relations with other non-EU states, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel says. Turkey and Ukraine are two states which could benefit...