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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek amid tensions in West Asia.

Tim Cook completes nearly 15 years as Apple CEO on August 31, leaving behind a larger, services-driven company as John Ternus takes charge.

A narrow escape saved an Odisha engineer, but his wife and two-year-old daughter remain missing after devastating floods in Nepal.

The deadly flash floods near the Nepal-China border have highlighted the growing climate risks facing the fragile Hindu Kush Himalayas.

Nepal’s devastating floods have claimed 903 lives, while 4,247 people remain missing as rescue teams race to reach survivors on day six.

Kathmandu: A TikTok video recorded just hours before Nepal’s devastating flash floods has given a family a crucial clue about the last known whereabouts of two women who remain missing after travelling towards Tibet. Tulshi Patel said her mother, Hemangini Jitendra Patel, and aunt, Hema Sunil Amin, had travelled to Nepal as part of a […]

Rasuwa: A six-year-old girl was rescued alive from beneath thick mud and debris in Nepal’s flood-hit Rasuwa district on Friday evening, three days after devastating floodwaters swept through the region. The dramatic rescue in Timure village offered a rare moment of hope as emergency teams continued searching through the destruction for survivors. Faint cries lead […]

Kathmandu: A dramatic rescue during Nepal’s devastating flash floods has captured attention after a stranded boy used his T-shirt to signal a Nepal Army helicopter and was safely pulled from the roof of a house surrounded by fast-flowing floodwaters. The boy was seen standing on the rooftop and repeatedly waving his T-shirt towards the approaching […]

Kathmandu: Nepal is facing a growing crisis in handling the dead after devastating floods swept through several districts, with hospital morgues reaching capacity and authorities setting up temporary facilities to store bodies recovered from rivers. In Chitwan, 137 bodies had been recovered along the Trishuli and Narayani rivers from Phishling to Golaghat by 9.30 am […]

Kathmandu: An 8-year-old boy who escaped Nepal’s devastating flash floods by running into a forest and climbing trees has been reunited with his mother after days of uncertainty and desperate searching. Zoyal Ghale was airlifted from the badly affected Rasuwa district on Thursday with a broken leg and cuts on his face. His mother, Matti […]

The family of a six-year-old New Jersey girl who died after a badminton racket broke apart and its metal shaft pierced her skull during a family vacation in Maine has filed a wrongful death and product-liability lawsuit against the Massachusetts-based maker of the equipment. Lucy Morgan was on holiday with her parents and siblings in […]

Oil prices rose more than 2% on Monday after the United States struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, followed by an Iranian attack on two US air bases in Jordan, according to Iranian media citing the Revolutionary Guards. Brent crude futures climbed $2.51, or 2.85%, to $90.61 a barrel […]

Washington: US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran’s Larak Island on Sunday, marking the first known American strikes on Iranian territory since late July, according to a US official. The strikes come amid heightened tensions around the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, a major global shipping route. US says launchers posed a threat A […]

The US has removed Syria from its State Sponsors of Terrorism list, opening a new chapter for trade, investment and diplomatic ties.

Kathmandu: Nepal has begun preparations to bury unidentified and unclaimed bodies recovered after devastating flash floods, with authorities taking steps to preserve DNA records and ensure families can identify and reclaim the remains later. The decision has been taken amid concerns over the deteriorating condition of the bodies and the risk of infection. Chitwan, which […]

Gyirong: China is facing scrutiny over reports that videos posted by local residents showing the devastation caused by a major mudslide at Gyirong Port were removed from Chinese social media platforms. The reports have drawn attention to the contrast between footage shared from Nepal, where journalists and residents have documented the destruction, and information emerging […]

Gyirong: Portable automatic weather stations and satellite remote sensing technology are being used to support rescue and disaster assessment operations at mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said on Saturday that three portable weather stations have been deployed in the rescue zone to provide targeted weather information […]

Kathmandu: A powerful flash flood along Nepal’s Bhote Koshi-Trishuli-Narayani river system has caused widespread destruction, burying parts of towns and villages under mud and debris and washing away roads, bridges and embankments. The swollen Bhote Koshi River swept into Nepal’s Rasuwa district from Tibet on Wednesday, sending huge volumes of water and debris downstream and […]

A devastating mudslide has dramatically altered the landscape around Gyirong Port in southwest China, sweeping away roads and cutting off access to the disaster-hit area as rescue teams continue their search for survivors. The Ministry of Water Resources said the barrier lake formed following the disaster has reached its overflow point and begun discharging water. […]

Kathmandu: Manjula Atmakur, a former NHS psychiatry consultant from the UK, has travelled to Nepal in search of her husband Pravin Atmakur, who has been missing since devastating flash floods struck the Nepal-Tibet border region. Pravin Atmakur, 54, was leading a group of 77 pilgrims travelling to Mount Kailash when the floods hit on August […]