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US military says it is searching for remnants of Chinese spy balloon

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-06 09:43:51

The US military said on Sunday it is searching for remnants of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down the previous day, in a dramatic spy saga that has further strained American...

China has reasons to keep cool after US downs suspected spy balloon

-- 2023-02-05 20:27:30

China may respond to the US shooting down its suspected spy balloon after warning of "serious repercussions", but analysts say any move will likely be finely calibrated to keep from worsening ties tha...

Qatar sends envoy to Afghan capital to meet with Taliban

-- 2023-02-05 19:23:29

An envoy for Qatar's foreign affairs minister visited the Afghan capital on Sunday and met with the Taliban administration's acting foreign minister, according to an Afghan foreign ministry statement....

Iran pardons many security-related prisoners linked to protests

-- 2023-02-05 17:50:32

Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners, including many arrested in recent anti-government protests over security-related charges, state media reported o...

US forces in Japan may get medium-range missiles

-- 2023-02-05 17:31:32

Washington has suggested deploying medium-range missiles in Japan as part of a plan to bolster defences against China along the East and South China Seas, the Sankei newspaper reported on Saturday cit...

South Korea searches for missing crew after fishing boat capsizes

-- 2023-02-05 17:05:17

Nine people were missing on Sunday after a fishing boat capsized off the southwest coast of South Korea, authorities said, with the country's president urging stepped-up search and rescue efforts. Th...

Eco-friendly Nigerian artist turns plastic flip-flops into portraits

Reuters 2023-02-05 17:04:05

What started as an assignment in college in 2017, has become a full time job for Konboye, whose studio in the city of Abeokuta in the southwest state of Ogun now trains aspiring artists who want to fo...

UK's shortest-serving PM Liz Truss blames economic 'orthodoxy' for downfall

-- 2023-02-05 17:01:30

Former British prime minister Liz Truss blamed on Sunday the economic "orthodoxy" in the country's finance ministry, other nations and in parts of the governing Conservative Party for derailing her pr...

‘Putin promised not to kill Zelenskyy’

-- 2023-02-05 16:51:28

A former Israeli prime minister who served briefly as a mediator at the start of Russia's war with Ukraine says he drew a promise from the Russian president not to kill his Ukrainian counterpart. F...

India to ban 138 betting, 94 loan lending apps

-- 2023-02-05 16:23:34

India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has begun a process to ban and block 138 betting apps and 94 loan lending apps with Chinese links, India's ANI reported on Sunday, ci...

Sanctions could result in energy shortage in future, warns Saudi minister

-- 2023-02-05 15:48:01

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman warned on Saturday that Western sanctions against Russia could result in a shortage of energy supplies in future. In answer to a question over how tr...

Putin promised not to kill Zelenskyy, says former Israeli PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-05 15:22:03

A former Israeli prime minister who served briefly as a mediator at the start of Russia's war with Ukraine says he drew a promise from the Russian president not to kill his Ukrainian counterpart. For...

Cyprus heads to polls to pick new president with runoff expected

Reuters 2023-02-05 14:27:00

Cyprus voted on Sunday for a new president in an election that opinion polls indicate is unlikely to produce a clear winner, setting the stage for a runoff on Feb. 12. Heralding the end of two terms...

Ex-Pakistan ruler Pervez Musharraf dies

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-05 13:05:50

Pervez Musharraf, the four-star general who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1999, oversaw rapid economic growth and attempted to usher in socially liberal...

French PM offers to tweak pension overhaul for conservatives backing

Reuters 2023-02-05 12:34:00

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne offered on Sunday to soften a planned pension overhaul to let some people who started work early also retire early in order to win conservatives support for the r...

At least 23 dead as dozens of wildfires torch forests in Chile

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-05 11:30:44

Dozens of wildfires blazing through Chile caused the government to extend an emergency order to another region on Saturday, as a scorching summer heat wave complicates efforts to control fires that ha...

China's balloon over the US seen as bold but clumsy espionage tactic

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-05 10:50:23

China's flight of a suspected surveillance balloon over the United States appears to mark a more aggressive - albeit puzzling - espionage tactic than relying on satellites and the theft of indus...

Qatar boosts influence in Lebanon amid multiple crises

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-05 10:35:27

Most wealthy Gulf Arab nations followed Saudi Arabia’s lead in recent years and ostracized crisis-hit Lebanon because of the growing influence of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. The...

Ban on marijuana users owning guns is unconstitutional, US judge rules

Reuters 2023-02-05 10:28:54

A federal law prohibiting marijuana users from possessing firearms is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Oklahoma has concluded, citing last year's US Supreme Court ruling that significantly expande...

Dozens of soldiers freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-05 10:21:44

Top Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post that 116 Ukrainians were freed. He said the released POWs include troops who held out in Mariupol during Moscow’s monthslon...

All of Ukraine will burn if US supplies more weapons: Medvedev

-- 2023-02-04 18:28:41

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the supply of more advanced US weaponry to Ukraine will only trigger more retaliatory strikes from Russia, up to the extent of Russia's nuclear doctri...

US warns Turkey on exports seen to boost Russia's war effort

-- 2023-02-04 18:20:15

The United States warned Turkey in recent days about the export to Russia of chemicals, microchips and other products that can be used in Moscow's war effort in Ukraine, and it could move to punish Tu...

Spanish high court backs man's right to walk naked in the street

-- 2023-02-04 17:40:00

A Spanish high court has ruled in favour of a man who was fined for walking naked through the streets of a town in the region of Valencia and later tried to attend a court hearing in the nude. In a s...

ASEAN chair Indonesia to intensify talks on code for South China Sea

-- 2023-02-04 17:25:08

Indonesia plans to intensify talks with China and other Southeast Asian countries to finalise a code of conduct (COC) for the disputed South China Sea, its foreign minister said on Saturday, amid esca...

Zelensky vows to defend 'fortress' Bakhmut, hosts EU leaders in Kyiv

-- 2023-02-04 15:25:56

Ukrainians will fight "for as long as we can" to hold the eastern city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Friday, as he hosted European Union leaders to discuss further sanctions on Rus...

Germany has evidence of war crimes in Ukraine 'in three-digit range': prosecutor

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-04 14:28:25

Germany has collected evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, the country's prosecutor general said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday, adding that he saw a need for a judicial process at...

India, US discuss Modi's White House visit

-- 2023-02-04 12:41:32

The Biden administration is in talks with Indian officials over a possible White House visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this year, according to a US official aware of the discussions...

China balloon soaring over US deflates hopes for diplomatic thaw

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-04 10:53:46

The political uproar over a suspected Chinese spy balloon drifting over the United States did not just derail a planned visit to Beijing by the top US diplomat, it also threatens to up...

China to further ease travel between mainland and Hong Kong, Macao

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-04 10:25:29

China will continue to lift restrictions on travel between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs), China's State Council Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office...

Blinken postpones China trip over spy balloon incident

-- 2023-02-03 22:07:38

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a visit to China that had been expected to start on Friday after a Chinese spy balloon was tracked flying across the United States, a US official sai...