-- 2022-08-23 15:26:40
Malaysia’s top court has upheld former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s conviction and 12-year jail sentence for corruption in the 1MDB financial scandal. Prosecutors have said some $4.5 bill...
-- 2022-08-23 11:43:12
Russia's Feb 24 invasion of Ukraine has left tens of thousands of dead, displaced millions and sown economic strife across the world, Reuters reports. Following are the main impacts of the war as it...
REUTERS 2022-08-23 10:31:28
Taiwan saw off China's military six decades ago when its forces bombarded offshore Taiwanese islands and that resolve to defend the homeland continues to this day, President Tsai Ing-wen told a visiti...
REUTERS 2022-08-23 10:12:07
Europe faces fresh disruption to energy supplies due to damage to a pipeline system bringing oil from Kazakhstan through Russia that was reported by the pipeline operator on Monday, adding to concerns...
-- 2022-08-22 21:51:05
American physician-scientist and immunologist Dr Anthony Fauci said on Monday he would step down from his positions as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and...
-- 2022-08-22 19:08:19
Russia's Federal Security Service on Monday accused Ukraine's secret services of killing Darya Dugina, the daughter of a Russian ultra-nationalist, Russian news agencies reported. Dugina, whose fathe...
-- 2022-08-22 16:45:38
At least 20 people have been killed in flash floods in central Afghanistan over the last 48 hours, a disaster management official said on Monday, with heavy rain destroying thousands of homes and dama...
-- 2022-08-22 10:53:29
Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan has been charged under the anti-terror law over his 'provocative comments' at a rally in Islamabad. Khan, who has been in the spotlight for his outspoken c...
REUTERS 2022-08-22 10:10:42
South Korea and the United States began their largest joint military drills in years on Monday with a resumption of field training, officials said, as the allies seek to tighten readiness over North K...
-- 2022-08-21 20:51:23
Russia's defence ministry accused Ukraine on Saturday of poisoning some of its servicemen in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia in late July. An adviser to U...
-- 2022-08-21 19:52:58
Pakistan’s media regulatory body has imposed a ban on live telecast of Imran Khan’s speeches with immediate effect after the former prime minister criticised police and other state institu...
-- 2022-08-21 19:47:32
Singapore will decriminalise sex between men, the prime minister said on Sunday, adding that society in the city-state was becoming more accepting of gay people. But he added the government had no in...
-- 2022-08-21 19:47:27
Somali forces have ended a deadly siege at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu which saw more than 20 people killed and dozens of hostages freed, authorities said on Sunday. Elite armed forces in the Ho...
-- 2022-08-21 19:31:14
At least nine Pakistani soldiers were killed and four injured when their truck plunged into a ravine in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Sunday morning, military and witnesses said. The truck -...
-- 2022-08-21 18:12:05
Weeks of baking drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged treasures - and some unwanted hazards. In Spain, suffering it...
-- 2022-08-21 15:20:24
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been infected with COVID-19 and is recuperating at his official residence, his office said on Sunday. Kishida, just returned from week-long vacation, was due...
-- 2022-08-21 15:15:07
New Zealand will make temporary changes to immigration rules, a minister said on Sunday, aiming to lure 12,000 workers over the next year with a working holiday scheme designed to fill labour gaps as...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-21 13:58:52
A man in Indonesia has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the country’s first confirmed case of the disease, authorities said late Saturday. The 27-year-old who lives in the capital, Jak...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-21 11:51:23
Heavy rains pounded several Indian states. In Himachal Pradesh, 22 people died, including eight members of a family At least 33 deaths were reported on Saturday after heavy rains pounded several Indi...
-- 2022-08-21 10:29:34
Japan is considering the deployment of 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to boost its counterattack capability against China, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, Reuters reports. The missi...
-- 2022-08-20 22:43:38
Sixteen people were killed in southeast Turkey on Saturday when a bus crashed into emergency workers and journalists who were attending an earlier accident on a highway near the city of Gaziantep, loc...
-- 2022-08-20 21:22:25
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday the United Nations is working with the United States and European Union to overcome obstacles to Russian food and fertilisers reaching world mark...
-- 2022-08-20 21:00:24
Taiwan's defence ministry said 17 Chinese aircraft and five Chinese ships were detected operating around Taiwan on Saturday as Beijing continued military activities near the island. It said this incl...
-- 2022-08-20 20:25:43
In a leaked video, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin is seen dancing and singing with friends at a private party. The 36-year-old leader poses for the camera. She sits on her knees, hands beh...
-- 2022-08-20 17:02:53
Indonesia has confirmed its first monkeypox infection, the health ministry said on Saturday. Neighbouring Singapore reported its first case of monkeypox last month and had confirmed 15 as of Aug 5. E...
-- 2022-08-20 13:18:54
At least 12 people have been killed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu after al Shabaab militants attacked a hotel leading to a siege that authorities are still trying to end, an intelligence officer said...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-20 12:05:22
A rocket attack on a crowded market in a town held by Turkey-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria killed 15 people on Friday and wounded dozens, an opposition war monitor and a paramedic group...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-20 11:42:50
The International Monetary Fund said it will need "adequate assurances" from Sri Lanka's creditors for a new programme as it prepares a visit to Colombo later this month. The goal of the visit is to...
-- 2022-08-20 11:35:25
Unidentified armed attackers have taken control of a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire, police and intelligence officers said on Friday. "Two car bombs...
-- 2022-08-19 22:47:36
Myanmar's junta chief said on Friday he would consider allowing deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved to house arrest from prison but only after verdicts in a litany of cases against her h...
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