Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
5 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Last-minute flood warning saved over 900 Nepal students, school head says
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal-China floods: Rescuers race to reach 933 believed trapped in tunnels
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods
31 August 2026
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Asia
Nepal buries dead as rescuers seek thousands missing
31 August 2026
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Asia
Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted
31 August 2026
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Asia
Nepal’s high-tech disaster response meets low-tech reality
30 August 2026
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World
Protests choke HK
Hundreds of thousands of protesters choked Hong Kong’s streets yesterday in a defiant rebuke of a reviled extradition law, piling pressure on the city’s embattled pro-Beijing leader despite a weekend climbdown.
16 June 2019
Massive demonstration chokes Hong Kong as extradition anger boils
Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in central Hong Kong against a reviled extradition law, the latest huge demonstration to pile pressure on the city's embattled leader, despite her weekend climbdown.
16 June 2019
Middle East attack jolts oil-import dependent Asia
The blasts detonated far from the bustling megacities of Asia, but the attack this week on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz hits at the heart of the region’s oil import-dependent economies.
15 June 2019
Hong Kong leader suspends controversial extradition bill after protests
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has delayed indefinitely a proposed law to allow extraditions to mainland China, in a dramatic retreat after widespread anger over the bill sparked violent protests in the Asian finance hub.
15 June 2019
Hong Kongers alarmed by Google translation gaffe
Hong Kong social media has lit up when protesters noticed Google's translation software was briefly churning out a rather odd suggestion during a week that has seen the worst political violence to hit the city in decades.
14 June 2019
No talks with Pakistan till it stops exporting terror: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes it clear to Chinese President Xi Jinping that there was no question of India resuming dialogue with Pakistan until Islamabad created an atmosphere free of terrorism in the region.
14 June 2019
Protesters scuffle with Hong Kong police
Scuffles breaks out between protesters and police in Hong Kong as hundreds of people remained on the streets to protest a planned extradition law with mainland China, a day after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators.
13 June 2019
Hong Kong police fire rubber bullets as protests turn to violent chaos
Hong Kong police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators who threw plastic bottles as protests against an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial turned to violent chaos.
12 June 2019
Debris of missing IAF’s aircraft found
The wreckage of an Indian Air Force transport aircraft, which went missing eight days ago with 13 people on board, is found in Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said.
11 June 2019
Indian court jails 3 Hindu men for life
An Indian court yesterday sentenced three Hindu men, including a police officer, to life imprisonment for kidnapping, raping and
10 June 2019
Swedish police shoot man at train station
Police in the southern Swedish city of Malmo yesterday shot a man at the central train station who claimed to have a bomb, police and
10 June 2019
Centre, BJP trying to incite violence in Bengal: Mamata
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged yesterday that the Centre and the cadres of the ruling BJP were trying to incite
10 June 2019
India to buy US missile system to shield Delhi
India is swiftly moving ahead to acquire the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II) from the US, which will be
10 June 2019
Foreign workers generally satisfied with working conditions in Singapore: MOM survey
Foreign workers in Singapore are generally satisfied with their working conditions, according to a survey commissioned by the country's Ministry of Manpower, and would recommend the country as a place to work to their friends and relatives.
10 June 2019
Thousands protest China extradition bill in Hong Kong
Several hundred thousand people have jammed Hong Kong's streets in a last bid to thwart a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to China to face trial, with police bracing for the biggest march in the city in 15 years.
9 June 2019
Philippines slams ‘unpardonable intrusions’ by UN rights experts
The Philippine government has attacked United Nations human rights experts for "unpardonable intrusions", after a call for an international investigation into killings linked to President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
8 June 2019
‘No sense of cleanliness’: Donald Trump blames India, China for climate change
US President Donald Trump blames big economies India, China and Russia for climate change stating that these countries do not have any sense of cleanliness and pollution.
6 June 2019
‘Repent’ for Tiananmen
China must “sincerely repent” for the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square three
3 June 2019
Bodies found in search for climbers in India
A helicopter searching for eight climbers including seven foreigners missing on India’s second-highest peak spotted bodies yesterday, a
3 June 2019
Free transport for 8.5 lakh women in Delhi
Almost a million women will enjoy free public transport as part of an attempt to make the Indian capital safer, New Delhi’s government
3 June 2019