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Nepal's flood damage may cost up to a tenth of economy to rebuild
29 August 2026
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Nepal floods leave trail of destruction, aid challenge
29 August 2026
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Russia-backed port plan: Myanmar military offensive targets land in south
22 August 2026
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Indian army chief conferred honorary rank of Nepali Army general
18 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan detains 258 in scam centre raid
18 August 2026
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India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives
17 August 2026
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Korean liberation day: N Korea’s Kim tells Putin he is ‘proud’ of strong ties
17 August 2026
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Over 700 aid trucks enter Afghanistan
17 August 2026
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India’s BSF, Pakistan’s Rangers exchange Eid greetings with sweets at Attari-Wagah border
Keeping up a tradition, the Border Security Force (BSF) of India and Rangers of Pakistan exchanged sweets at the Attari-Wagah border check-post today (July 10, 2022) on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
10 July 2022
Modi’s Eid letter to PM Hasina: “Let’s continue to deliver inclusive growth for our citizens”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to work with Bangladesh for inclusive growth, despite an increasingly complex and challenging international environment, taking cues from the lessons of sacrifice and sharing of Eid-ul-Azha.
10 July 2022
Sri Lankans roam through presidential palace as calm returns to Colombo
Sri Lankans roamed through a ransacked presidential palace on Sunday as calm returned to the commercial capital, Colombo, a day after protesters stormed the building and forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to announce his resignation.
10 July 2022
“May Eid inspire us to work towards collective well-being”, Modi tweets
India’s President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu have greeted fellow citizens on the occasion of Eid-uz-Adha.
10 July 2022
Protestors set Sri Lanka PM’s house on fire
A mob stormed into Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's home in Colombo on Saturday evening and set it ablaze, police and his office said.
9 July 2022
Sri Lanka president to step down, after palace stormed: Parliamentary speaker
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will step down next Wednesday, the country's parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to popular pressure after a day of violent protests in which demonstrators stormed the president's official residence and set fire to the prime minister's home in Colombo.
9 July 2022
Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe to step down as protests flare
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe agreed to resign on Saturday after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president’s residence and office in a fury over a worsening economic crisis.
9 July 2022
Akie and Shinzo Abe: A loving relationship despite often opposing views
It must have felt like an eternity. One can only guess at what went through the mind of Mrs Akie Abe on Friday (July 8) as she endured the long journey by train from halfway across the country to arrive at her husband's side in a Nara prefecture hospital, where doctors struggled in vain to save him after he was shot.
9 July 2022
Protesters storm Sri Lanka president's residence, office after Rajapaksa leaves ahead of demo
Thousands of Sri Lankan protesters stormed into the president's official residence in Colombo on Saturday, demanding his resignation as public anger grows over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades.
9 July 2022
13 killed in Jammu and Kashmir flash floods
The Indian Air Force today started evacuation and medical relief operations after a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst swept away scores of people, killing at least 13 pilgrims during a journey to a holy shrine in the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
9 July 2022
Japan mourns as ex-PM Shinzo Abe's body arrives in Tokyo
The body of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was returned to Tokyo on Saturday after he was fatally shot during a campaign speech in western Japan a day earlier.
9 July 2022
Politician who tried to reinvigorate Japan’s glory
Japan’s longest-serving prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated yesterday, dedicated his life to reviving Japan’s economy with his bold “Abenomics” policies, revising the post-WWII pacifist constitution, and restoring traditional values.
8 July 2022
Japan ex-PM Abe assassinated
Former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down yesterday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country where political violence is rare.
8 July 2022
‘Gun-free’ Japan stunned by Abe killing
Japan struggled with shock and sadness yesterday, trying to come to terms with the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a nation where firearms are strictly regulated and political violence extremely rare.
8 July 2022
Police in Sri Lanka impose curfew after firing tear gas on student protesters
Police in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo imposed a curfew after firing tear gas and using a water cannon on student protesters on Friday ahead of a planned weekend rally, as public discontent escalates over the worst economic crisis in seven decades.
8 July 2022
With strict firearms regulation, Japan shocked at Abe's assassination
Japan struggled with shock and sadness on Friday, trying to come to terms with the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a nation where firearms are strictly regulated and political violence extremely rare.
8 July 2022
A look at Shinzo Abe’s life
Born into a prominent political family, Shinzo Abe, who was shot at a campaign event Friday in western Japan, had been the country’s longest-serving prime minister.
8 July 2022
Japan’s ex-PM Shinzo Abe dead after being shot
Former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe died on Friday (July 8), hours after he was shot during a rally speech in Nara prefecture in western Japan.
8 July 2022
Who’s the man who shot Abe?
Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister, was shot today (July 8, 2022) while speaking at an election rally. Soon after, the man identified as the shooter was taken into custody.
8 July 2022
India’s Supreme Court grants ad-interim bail to Zubair in UP case
India’s Supreme Court today (July 8, 2022) granted five-day interim bail to fact-checking portal Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in connection with an FIR registered in Uttar Pradesh state for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
8 July 2022