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China says balloon over US is civilian vessel blown off course

-- 2023-02-03 21:55:58

China said on Friday an "airship" that is flying over the United States is for civilian meteorological and other scientific purposes and voiced regret that it strayed into US airspace. US officials s...

Spy balloon witness thought it might have been a star or UFO

-- 2023-02-03 20:35:21

Chase Doak was getting ready to leave work when he spotted what he thought might have been a star or even a UFO. It turned out to be a spy balloon floating high over the United States and his images h...

India to spend $79.6 million to strengthen drug regulatory system

-- 2023-02-03 20:27:19

India will spend $79.6 million on strengthening its drug regulatory system, the health minister said on Friday, after the World Health Organization raised concerns about domestically produced cough sy...

Thailand to toughen rules on methamphetamine pill possession

-- 2023-02-03 19:42:23

Thailand is set to tighten rules on methamphetamine possession, labelling anyone caught carrying pills a drug distributor, in a move experts say could reverse narcotics reform by prioritising punishme...

IMF giving Pakistan tough time in 'unimaginable' economic crisis: Sharif

-- 2023-02-03 18:48:54

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday the International Monetary Fund was giving his country a tough time over unlocking stalled funding from a $6.5 billion bailout, at a time of "unim...

US transfers Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee Khan to Belize

-- 2023-02-03 18:23:42

Majid Khan, a Pakistani man who has described in graphic detail his torture by the Central Intelligence Agency in the aftermath of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has been transferred...

South Sudan violence kills 27 on the eve of pope's visit

-- 2023-02-03 17:16:50

Twenty-seven people were killed in South Sudan's Central Equatoria state in tit-for-tat violence between cattle herders and a members of a militia on the eve of a Friday visit to the country by Pope F...

Russia dismisses reports that US offered Moscow secret Ukraine peace plan

-- 2023-02-03 17:07:40

The Kremlin on Friday rejected as a hoax media reports that US CIA Director William Burns had travelled to Moscow with a secret peace proposal that involved Ukraine ceding a fifth of its territory to...

Indian police arrest 1,800 men in crackdown on underage marriage

-- 2023-02-03 16:51:20

Police in Assam have arrested more than 1,800 men for marrying or arranging marriages to underage girls, launching what the eastern Indian state's chief minister said on Friday was the start of a sust...

CIA chief warns against underestimating Xi's ambitions toward Taiwan

Reuters 2023-02-03 13:04:44

US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said on Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambitions toward Taiwan should not be underestimated, despite him likely being sobered by the...

Turkey summons nine Western ambassadors over security alerts

Reuters 2023-02-03 12:40:11

Turkey summoned ambassadors of nine Western countries including the United States and Sweden on Thursday to criticise their decisions to temporarily shut diplomatic missions and issue security alerts...

Canada says watching a potential second spy balloon incident

-- 2023-02-03 12:35:22

Canada's defence ministry on Thursday said it detected a "high-altitude surveillance balloon" and was monitoring a "potential second incident" after US officials said a Chinese spy balloon was f...

Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over the United States, Pentagon says

-- 2023-02-03 10:02:07

A suspected Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, US officials said on Thursday, in what would be a brazen act just days ahead of a planned trip to Beijing b...

Thailand asks citizens to stay indoors as air pollution spikes

-- 2023-02-02 17:58:21

Air pollution in Bangkok and neighbouring Thai provinces spiked past safe levels on Thursday, prompting authorities to urge people to stay indoors and avoid strenuous outdoor activity. The concentrat...

North Korea says US drills have pushed situation to 'extreme red-line': KCNA

Reuters 2023-02-02 13:54:55

North Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that drills by the United States and its allies have pushed the situation to an "extreme red-line" and threaten to turn the peninsula into a "huge war a...

Pakistan mosque attacker wore police uniform, breached security: Police chief

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-02 13:50:55

Pakistani police have identified the suicide bomber who attacked a mosque in Peshawar this week, the provincial police chief said on Thursday, adding that the attacker had breached security by w...

New Zealand announces NZ$700,000 in additional flood support as cleanup begins

Reuters 2023-02-02 12:47:48

New Zealand's government on Thursday announced NZ$700,000 ($450,000) in additional funding to help rebuild flood-ravaged Auckland and other areas in the upper north island as residents of the country'...

Myanmar junta extends state of emergency by six months

-- 2023-02-02 11:57:11

Myanmar's junta extended the country's state of emergency by another six months, the acting president said at a leadership meeting broadcast on state TV on Wednesday, as protesters marked the annivers...

Former Wagner commander: 'I am sorry for fighting in Ukraine'

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-02 10:45:36

A former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway told Reuters he wanted to apologise for fighting in Ukraine and was speaking out to bring the perpetrators of atrocities...

Nikki Haley, once Trump’s UN ambassador, to take him on in 2024

-- 2023-02-01 21:52:45

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will launch her candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Feb. 15, squaring off against her one-time boss, former President Donald Trump,...

Lost radioactive capsule found in Australian Outback

-- 2023-02-01 21:15:54

Australian authorities on Wednesday found a radioactive capsule smaller than a coin that was lost in the vast Outback after nearly a week-long search involving around 100 people along a 1,400 kilometr...

What is driving the violence in eastern Congo?

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

A focus of Pope Francis' visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo is a meeting on Wednesday with around 60 victims of the decades of violence in the east of the country who have made the cross-countr...

US curbs exports to Iranian firms for producing drones for Russia

Reuters 2023-02-01 14:23:26

The United States on Tuesday put new trade restrictions on seven Iranian entities for producing drones that Russia has used to attack Ukraine, the US Department of Commerce said. The firms and other...

India to ramp up spending, cut deficit in last full budget ahead of 2024 vote

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-01 13:56:40

India's government on Wednesday unveiled one of its biggest jumps in capital spending in the past decade and said the fiscal deficit would fall next year, as it tries to create jobs while mainta...

Two years on, Myanmar coup takes a 'catastrophic toll'

REUTERS 2023-02-01 13:34:03

Two years after Myanmar's military coup, a young factory worker turned resistance fighter mourns the loss of his leg in battle. A former diplomat has not seen his family in four years. A beauty queen...

US, India partnership targets arms, AI to compete with China

Reuters 2023-02-01 12:35:36

The White House is launching a partnership with India on Tuesday that President Joe Biden hopes will help the countries compete against China on military equipment, semiconductors and artificial intel...

Building fire in India's Jharkhand leaves 14 dead

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-01 11:56:08

At least 14 people, including three children, have been killed in a huge fire in a high-rise residential building in India’s Jharkhand, Hindustan Times reported quoting chief secretary Suk...

Young professionals flee crisis-hit Pakistan in search of jobs

Reuters 2023-02-01 09:26:09

Tahir took a leap of faith when he left Pakistan four months ago in search of a better and more prosperous future in Canada. Even with no job lined up, he made up his mind to leave as...

US, allies mark anniversary of Myanmar coup with fresh sanctions

-- 2023-01-31 22:29:03

The United States and its allies will impose further sanctions on Myanmar on Tuesday, marking the two-year anniversary of the coup with curbs on energy officials and members of the junta, among others...

Families search for loved ones after Pakistan mosque blast kills 100

-- 2023-01-31 20:13:02

Distraught relatives thronged hospitals in Pakistan's Peshawar on Tuesday to look for their kin a day after a suicide bombing ripped through a crowded mosque in a heavily fortified area of the city, k...