UN appeals for $50 million for Nepal flood victims

UN warns survivors face disease risks and harsh winter conditions
4 September 2026

World food prices at highest since 2022 as supply risks mount, FAO says

FAO index rises 1.9% in August, with cereal and sugar prices leading gains
4 September 2026

Italy's Meloni throws party to celebrate record tenure

Italy's first leader will have been in charge of the same administration for 1,413 days -- one more than billionaire media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi
4 September 2026

Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion

In the first four months of early recovery, the estimated cost to build roads and temporary shelters, provide drinking water and restore power would be around $52.6 million
4 September 2026

How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal's tunnel rescue efforts

The messaging group, set up by engineers before the flood, has become a valuable tool alongside helicopters and heavy machinery in the race to find survivors
4 September 2026

Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal

A person was just safely rescued from the tunnel of Trishuli 3A, followed by a second shortly after
4 September 2026

Trump's White House releases deportation video games

Players can deport migrants and build a border wall in those games
4 September 2026

World in ‘danger zone of extreme weather’

El Nino could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the United Nations’ climate agency warned yesterday, with the UN chief warning the world is in the “danger zone of extreme weather”.
4 September 2026

US judge blocks new Trump bid against birthright citizenship

A US federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new executive order limiting who qualifies for birthright citizenship. Immigrant rights groups cheered the decision.
4 September 2026

5 migrants die trying to reach Canary Islands

Five African migrants died on the perilous Atlantic route to the Canary Islands, Spanish rescuers said yesterday, but an NGO warned dozens more may have perished.
4 September 2026

Israeli army kills two Palestinian teenagers

The Israeli army killed two teenagers in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday night, the Palestinian health ministry said.
4 September 2026

US, China gear up for space warfare

In June, a secretive unmanned Chinese spaceplane closely monitored by US military analysts released a small satellite hundreds of miles above Earth in an orbital region crowded with commercial and military satellites. The object then looped around another Chinese satellite before returning towards the spaceplane, according to US space-tracking firm LeoLabs.
4 September 2026

Nepal must rebuild 20,000 flood‑hit homes: authorities

Nepal will have to rebuild around 20,000 houses in flood-ravaged areas, authorities said yesterday, as rescuers continued to search for workers trapped in tunnels linked to hydropower projects and thousands remain missing after last week’s catastrophe.
4 September 2026

Myanmar vows safe returns for ‘its citizens’ from Malaysia

Myanmar yesterday pledged “safe and dignified” returns for its citizens displaced abroad, after the United Nations and rights groups raised concerns about the upcoming repatriation of 1,500 people from Malaysia.
4 September 2026

US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies

American journalist, activist and feminist icon Gloria Steinem has died, her foundation said yesterday. She was 92.
4 September 2026

Iran attacks US bases in Kuwait, UAE

Iran’s army yesterday said it targeted US bases in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, despite threats of further strikes by US President Donald Trump.
4 September 2026

37 people die from fumes during oil pipeline theft in Nigeria: NGO

At least 37 people died early Thursday in Nigeria's oil-rich southern Niger Delta after inhaling fumes during the theft of fuel from a pipeline, a local NGO said
3 September 2026

1 in 5 youths targeted by online sexual abuse, UNICEF finds

Over 15m children exposed to unwanted sexual content
3 September 2026

Nepal flood toll rises to 1,252 as at least 4,216 remain unaccounted for

The death toll continues to rise as thousands remain unaccounted for, including nearly 900 hydropower workers still missing.
3 September 2026

US judge blocks Trump's newest order limiting birthright citizenship

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration ​from enforcing a new executive order limiting the number of people eligible for birthright citizenship
3 September 2026