The United States will have majority control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's proven reserves in what President Donald Trump described Friday as "the biggest oil deal in world history."

The impoverished Himalayan nation of 30 million people called for specialist foreign assistance and its finance minister told Reuters it would need about $4 billion to $5 billion to rebuild.

Here are the latest developments after the tsunami-like disaster that struck the Himalayan region on Wednesday

China said the death toll from a mudslide that struck Tibet rose to 16 and 546 people were still missing, state media reported Sunday, citing local officials

Rescuers in Nepal and China were racing against time yesterday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing entire villages.

Russia struck an arms depot near Kyiv overnight, sparking fires and explosions that killed 37 people and wounded dozens of others, authorities said yesterday.

Icelanders yesterday voted in a referendum on whether to resume membership negotiations with the European Union, expected to be a tight race that will be closely watched in Brussels.

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'The reconstruction and rehabilitation would entail perhaps billions of dollars,' says Nepali FM

The Nepal Electricity Authority said 11 hydropower stations and one solar power station had stopped operating, with a combined capacity of 431.1 megawatts

Satellite images suggest that water in the lake has been slowly flowing through, ​decreasing the reservoir gradually

Outside the TUTH gate, families and friends of those reported missing gathered on the road, desperate for any news on the whereabouts of their loved ones

Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region

Chinese state media had earlier confirmed seven dead, taking the total killed to at least 623 dead

Zoyal Ghale and his brother had been at school when the disaster struck

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This week, the trial date for Mohammed and three others accused plotters was set for June 5, 2028 at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Giant neighbours India and China, between whom the poor Himalayan country is wedged, have been requested for bailey bridges to reopen early transport and communication in a disaster-hit area where about two dozen bridges had been destroyed.

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As the search for bodies drags on, survivors in the river settlements are searching for loved ones trapped beneath collapsed homes, and waiting for the government to arrive.