Inside the human tragedy of Nepal’s flood
29 August 2026
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South Asia
Missing soar past 2,400 in deadly Nepal, China floods
29 August 2026
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South Asia
Lake overflows on Nepal-Tibet border, sparking panic and halting rescue
28 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
I watched my village disappear in an instant
28 August 2026
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Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
28 August 2026
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South Asia
New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns
27 August 2026
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South Asia
'Saved by a mango tree': How a Nepali labourer survived deadly flash flood
27 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
27 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Glacial collapse caused seismic activity, 'catastrophic' Nepal floods: USGS
27 August 2026
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Update / Search for 1,000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods kill 165
27 August 2026
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South Asia
India’s democracy under threat, say 4 SC judges
In an unprecedented development, four senior-most judges of India’s apex court after the Chief Justice address the media and said “sometimes things are not in order" in the administration of the Supreme Court".
12 January 2018
Myanmar cops charge Reuters reporters with breaching law
Two Reuters journalists were formally charged by police in a Myanmar court yesterday with breaching a colonial-era secrecy law that
10 January 2018
Journo flees abductors in Pakistan
A Pakistani journalist known for criticising the powerful military said he had escaped an abduction attempt after being assaulted by
10 January 2018
Rohingya repatriation: Dhaka hopeful for new beginning with Myanmar
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali hopes there will be a new beginning with Myanmar through Rohingya repatriation.
10 January 2018
Rohingya children stranded in Myanmar without their parents, says UN
About 100 Rohingya children are stranded in Myanmar without their parents after military operations drove 655,000 people into Bangladesh since August, the United Nations says.
10 January 2018
Donald Trump awarded for undermining press freedom: CPJ
United States President Donald Trump among other top world leaders was awarded for “his overall achievement in undermining press freedom”, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says.
9 January 2018
Bomb blast kills 4 police in Kashmir
Four policemen were killed yesterday in a bomb blast set off by suspected Islamist militants in Indian Kashmir, police and reports said,
6 January 2018
48,000 Rohingya babies set to be born in overcrowded Bangladesh camps in 2018
More than 48,000 Rohingya babies are expected to be born in Bangladesh this year, beginning their lives in camps and makeshift settlements where families rely on food rations to survive and live in flimsy tents made of plastic and bamboo.
6 January 2018
Nepal’s ban on blind Everest climbers condemned
Nepalese government’s decision to ban blind climbers from joining Everest expeditions has run into flak from the National Federation of the Blind, the World Blind Union and the National Federation of the Disabled who have called the move ‘discriminatory’.
6 January 2018
Bomb blast kills 4 police in Indian Kashmir
Four policemen are killed in a bomb blast set off by suspected Islamist militants in Indian Kashmir, police and reports say, marking a deadly start to the new year in the restive valley.
6 January 2018
US biggest military spender in World, India in South Asia
The United States’ military spending has dominated the world for years, but recent data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and India are other four biggest spenders on military.
6 January 2018
US weighs Pakistani blowback as it piles pressure on Islamabad
The United States is examining ways to mitigate any Pakistani retaliation as it piles pressure on Islamabad to crack down on militants, a senior US official says, cautioning that US action could extend beyond a new freeze in aid.
6 January 2018
WHY IT'S DIFFICULT TO CRACKDOWN ON PAK
Washington accuses Pakistan of playing a dangerous double game, taking billions in US aid while supporting militants attacking
5 January 2018
Don't care for US threats: Nawaz
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a press conference asserts that the PML-N government does not care for United States (US) threats to cut funding to Islamabad in the war against terrorism.
3 January 2018
Interactive graphic shows just how many Rohingya villages have been burned
A Reuters graphic makes use of data from the UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) to show hundreds of villages in Rakhine state that were once inhabited by the Rohingya, but have now been burned down.
1 January 2018
Rajinikanth announces his entry into politics
Indian film superstar Rajinikanth announces his entry into politics and decision to form a party, marking the rise of another star in southern India’s political sky.
31 December 2017
Joy, relief as Singaporean cameraman returns after two months in Myanmar prison
Cheers and shouts of joy erupted as Singaporean cameraman Lau Hon Meng walked out of the Changi Airport Terminal 2 transit area.
31 December 2017
India accuses Pakistan of violating human rights
India yesterday accused Pakistan of repeatedly violating human rights by the manner in which the latter had conducted a meeting
28 December 2017
Pak anti-graft body gives nods for graft case
Pakistan's anti-graft body has given the nod for launching a corruption case against ousted premier Nawaz Sharif and his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif.
28 December 2017
Reuters journos arrested after being handed papers
Family members of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar said yesterday the pair had told them they were arrested almost immediately after being handed some documents by policemen they had gone to meet.
28 December 2017