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Sri Lanka PM offers resignation

-- 2022-07-09 20:39:24

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is willing to resign to make way for all-party government, his office said in a statement on Saturday, after thousands of protesters stormed the president...

Muslim pilgrims perform Hajj's symbolic stoning of the devil

-- 2022-07-09 18:50:23

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims threw pebbles on giant columns symbolising Satan on Saturday, part of annual Hajj rituals that mark the first day of Eid-ul-Azha feast celebrated by Muslims across th...

Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-ul-Azha

Reuters  2022-07-09 17:20:27

Muslims in parts of the world have attended prayers, sacrificed animals, and celebrated the first day of Eid-ul-Azha on Saturday. One of Islam's two main festivals, Eid-ul-Azha marks the climax of the...

Thousands rescued at flood-hit Hindu pilgrimage in Kashmir

-- 2022-07-09 17:15:03

Emergency workers rescued thousands of pilgrims after flash floods triggered by sudden rains swept through their makeshift camps during an annual Hindu pilgrimage to an icy Himalayan cave in Indian-co...

Resumption of Hajj pilgrimage brings joy, sorrow for Indonesians

-- 2022-07-09 16:32:16

For Indonesian teachers Sutrisno and Sri Wahyuningsih, embarking on the once in a lifetime Hajj pilgrimage stirs bittersweet emotions. After waiting more than a decade, Sri's parents were supposed to...

Moscow city councillor gets seven years' jail for anti-war comment

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-09 12:30:49

A Moscow district councillor was jailed for seven years on Friday for criticising Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in what a Kremlin-critical lawyer said was the first case of anyone going to prison unde...

Sri Lanka police impose curfew, fire tear gas as unrest escalates

-- 2022-07-09 11:51:32

Police in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo imposed a curfew after firing tear gas and using a water cannon on student protesters on Friday ahead of a planned weekend rally, as public discontent...

US, Chinese foreign ministers hold first in person talks since October

-- 2022-07-09 11:23:50

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on Saturday for the first in-person talks since October after attending a G20 summit where the top US diplomat led efforts...

Thirteen dead, three dozen missing after cloudburst in Kashmir

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-09 11:02:56

Thirteen people were dead and at least three dozen were missing after a cloudburst triggered flash floods near the Himalayan Hindu cave shrine of Amarnath in Indian Kashmir, an official said here on F...

More Russian men look to avoid military service, some lawyers and rights groups say

REUTERS 2022-07-09 10:48:51

Danila Davydov said he left Russia within weeks of the Kremlin sending troops into Ukraine because he feared having to fight in a war he doesn’t support. The 22-year-old digital artist who ha...

Ukraine pleads for more weapons, chief negotiator sees turning point in war

-- 2022-07-09 09:03:15

Ukraine urged its allies on Friday to send more weapons as its forces dug in to slow Russia's military advance through the eastern Donbas region, while its chief negotiator said a turning part was app...

Before shooting, Abe was up close with the crowd

-- 2022-07-08 20:45:48

Moments before he was fatally shot from behind on Friday, Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was doing what he'd done for decades in politics: getting up close to the crowds and stumping for a...

Assailants kill at least a dozen patients in east Congo clinic

-- 2022-07-08 15:15:58

Assailants killed at least a dozen patients in an attack on a clinic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo overnight, two witnesses said on Friday, blaming the raid on Islamist fighters allied to...

Japanese ex-PM Shinzo Abe dies after being shot during election campaign

-- 2022-07-08 15:00:18

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died, according to Japan's national broadcaster, BBC reports. Abe, 67, who remains Japan's longest serving prime minister, was shot while givin...

Muslim gather at Mount Arafat for Hajj prayers

-- 2022-07-08 14:51:24

Muslim pilgrims from across the world have gathered at Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for a day of worship and reflection in what is considered to be the climax of the annual Hajj, bdnews24.com reports....

Shinzo Abe in 'grave condition' after being shot during Japan election campaign

-- 2022-07-08 13:44:29

Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was in grave condition on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with public broadcaster NHK saying a man with what...

Shanghai reopens cinemas but warns of Covid risks

-- 2022-07-08 11:23:25

Shanghai reopened most cinemas on Friday, sticking to a plan of gradual resumption of daily activities after it lifted a two-month Covid-19 lockdown in June, while also trying, like several other Chin...

War looms large over G20 event as Russia meets rivals in Bali

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-08 10:45:20

G20 foreign ministers head to a joint summit on Friday that will put some of the staunchest critics of Russia invasion of Ukraine in the same room as Moscow's top diplomat, in the first such meeting s...

Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, shot and hospitalised

REUTERS 2022-07-08 10:43:50

Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning in the city of Nara, a government spokesman said, with public broadcaster NHK saying he appeared to have been shot from b...

Red alert for Mumbai as rains lash Indian city

-- 2022-07-08 10:13:47

India's weather department has issued a red alert for Mumbai as heavy rains continue to lash the city and its neighbouring districts. The city is expected to receive heavy to very heavy r...

Japan ex-prime minister Abe taken to hospital after apparent shooting

REUTERS 2022-07-08 09:38:14

Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the western city of Nara, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday. A sound...

Boris Johnson quits as UK prime minister

-- 2022-07-07 18:02:38

Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers. Bowing to the inevitable as more...

Kremlin on Boris Johnson: we don't like him either

-- 2022-07-07 16:28:38

The Kremlin said on Thursday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson didn't like Russia and that Moscow didn't like him either, reports Reuters. Speaking during a call with reporters, Kremlin spoke...

Johnson set to step down as UK PM

-- 2022-07-07 16:20:07

Boris Johnson will announce his resignation as British Prime Minister on Thursday, a government source said, after he was abandoned by ministers and his Conservative Party's lawmakers who said he was...

Russia warns humanity at risk if West seeks to punish it over Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-07 10:31:57

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said attempts by the West to punish a nuclear power such as Russia for the war in Ukraine risked endangering humanity, as the near five-month conflict leaves c...

Germany sweetens immigration offer amid labour shortage

-- 2022-07-06 21:26:45

Germany will allow some 130,000 resident foreigners to regularise their immigration status and create new incentives for skilled workers to come from abroad amid unprecedented labour shortages that ar...

Russia says it destroys two US-made rocket systems in Ukraine

-- 2022-07-06 19:45:38

Russia's armed forces have destroyed two advanced US-made HIMARS rocket systems and their ammo depots in eastern Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said Russia had...

Increasingly isolated, Boris Johnson pledges to fight on

-- 2022-07-06 18:12:22

Britain's Boris Johnson pledged on Wednesday to fight on, saying he would not quit as prime minister despite support visibly seeping away from him with a stream of resignations. Johnson, who was look...

Sri Lanka looks to Indian visitors to restore battered tourism sector

-- 2022-07-06 17:11:10

Sri Lanka will hold road shows in five key Indian cities to attract more visitors from its populous northern neighbour in a bid to bring more foreign currency into the crisis-hit island, its tourism m...

Heavy fighting, widespread shelling in battle for Donetsk, says Ukrainian officials

-- 2022-07-06 15:00:11

Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting supported by widespread artillery fire as they launch a major offensive for Ukraine's Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said, a day after Moscow declared...