South Asia

Deadly flash floods: Nepal demands compensation from US, China, India

The Kathmandu Post/ANN

4 HOUR(s) • South Asia

Sri Lanka-US agents bust Pakistan drug network

AFP, Colombo

4 HOUR(s) • South Asia

Nepal-China floods: Rain, rising rivers hamper rescue ops

Agencies

31 August 2026 • South Asia

Pakistan suspends eight officials after infant ward fire

AFP, Islamabad

31 August 2026 • South Asia

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Pakistan suspends eight officials after deadly infant ward fire

AFP

30 August 2026 • World

Nepal-China flash floods: Race against time to find nearly 3,000 missing

Agencies

30 August 2026 • South Asia

Inside the human tragedy of Nepal’s flood

Star Report

29 August 2026 • South Asia

Missing soar past 2,400 in deadly Nepal, China floods

AFP, Nuwakot

29 August 2026 • South Asia

Lake overflows on Nepal-Tibet border, sparking panic and halting rescue

AFP, Nuwakot

28 August 2026 • Natural Disaster

I watched my village disappear in an instant

The Kathmandu Post

28 August 2026 • South Asia

14 Indian pilgrims die in Nepal bus accident

At least 14 Indian pilgrims were killed and 25 others injured yesterday when a bus carrying them plunged some 100 metre down from the

22 April 2015

Strong quake hits Japan, Taiwan

A strong earthquake rattles Taiwan and small islands in the far south of Japan, official monitoring sites said, briefly prompting a warning for a 1-metre tsunami for the Okinawa island chain.

20 April 2015

Thousands of farmers rally against Modi in New Delhi

India's beleaguered opposition leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday led thousands of angry farmers in a protest in the capital against Prime

19 April 2015

Man pushes pregnant girlfriend off 150-ft cliff, but she survives

A youth pushes his pregnant girlfriend off a cliff near the Nahargarh fort after crushing her face with a stone and then flees, assuming her to be dead.

18 April 2015

Rahul Gandhi returns from sabbatical

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi returned home yesterday from his 56-day unexplained sabbatical which had raised questions

16 April 2015

Obama writes profile for Modi

In a sign of warm personal friendship, US President Barack Obama has written a profile for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Time

16 April 2015

Former Nepal PM Thapa dies aged 87

An official said Surya Bahadur Thapa, who served as Nepal's prime minister five times, died on Wednesday while being treated for

16 April 2015

Xi to visit Pakistan next week

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Pakistan next week, Islamabad said yesterday, with investment in the energy sector and Taliban

16 April 2015

Pak SC stays military court executions

Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday stayed executions handed down by the country's controversial new military courts, set up in the

16 April 2015

Impose family planning for minorities: Shiv Sena

After stoking controversy with its demand that Muslims be stripped of their voting rights, Shiv Sena yesterday advocated compulsory

15 April 2015

Zardari meets estranged son in Dubai

Pakistan's former president and co-chairman of opposition PPP Asif Ali Zardari has met with his estranged son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in

15 April 2015

Punjab govt challenges LHC decision

Pakistan's Punjab government on Tuesday challenged the Lahore high court's decision to suspend the detention of LeT operations

15 April 2015

Asiana plane skids off runway

Air safety authorities in Japan is investigating how a South Korean Asiana Airlines plane skidded off a runway on landing at Hiroshima airport.

15 April 2015

China to 'blacklist' its unruly tourists: report

China will create a "blacklist" of its tourists who behave badly overseas, state-media reported, after several embarrassing incidents involving Chinese travelling abroad.

12 April 2015