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Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
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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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Nepal-China floods: Rescuers race to reach 933 believed trapped in tunnels
1 September 2026
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Asia
UN appeals for aid as Rohingya refugee exodus nears 300,000
The United Nations has appealed for aid to deal with a humanitarian crisis unfolding in southern Bangladesh after the number of Muslim Rohingya fleeing Myanmar neared 300,000, just two weeks after violence erupted there.
10 September 2017
Fear grows for another missile test
South Korea braced for a possible further missile test by North Korea as it marked its founding anniversary
9 September 2017
Presence of Rohingyas may lead to another partition
Former BJP leader and RSS ideologue K N Govindacharya on Friday approached the Supreme Court with a petition
9 September 2017
Riders on the storm
A team of six naval officers are starting a historic and gruelling around-the-world mission today -- the first
9 September 2017
Xi urges France to help defuse Korea tensions
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on France to help ease the situation in North Korea during a phone call with French President
8 September 2017
China tightens restrictions
China has tightened regulations on religious freedom, intensifying punishments for unsanctioned activities and increasing its supervision
8 September 2017
Sino-Indian ties damaged by Doklam, not derailed: China Foreign Minister
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says relations between China and India were “not derailed” while admitting that ties were “damaged and affected” during the 73-day long Doklam standoff.
8 September 2017
Rohingya issue: India refuses to be part of global declaration against Myanmar
In yet another show of solidarity with Myanmar, India has refused to be a part of a declaration adopted at an international parliamentary forum conference in Indonesia as it carried "inappropriate" reference to violence in Rakhine state from where 1,64,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh.
8 September 2017
Military action 'not inevitable'
US President Donald Trump yesterday said that military action against a defiant North Korea after its recent powerful nuclear test was "not inevitable."
7 September 2017
China testing limits
India's army chief has said his country must be prepared for war and accused China of "testing our limits", days after the nuclear-
7 September 2017
Taiwan appoints new premier
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen named a staunchly pro-independence city mayor as her new premier yesterday in a
5 September 2017
Eight killed in clashes with Pakistan militants
Eight people including four security personnel have been killed in three separate clashes with militants in southwest
5 September 2017
Pak rejects BRICS claims on militants
Pakistan yesterday rejected a statement by the five emerging-market BRICS powers that militant groups in Pakistan
5 September 2017
Cambodia charges opposition leader
A Cambodian court yesterday charged opposition leader Kem Sokha with treason and espionage over an alleged
5 September 2017
Put ties on right track
China wants to put its relationship with India on the "right track", President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra
5 September 2017
N Korean ICBM on the move
South Korea yesterday said an agreement with the United States to scrap a weight limit on its warheads would help it
5 September 2017
Indian senior journo Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bengaluru
Indian senior Kannada journalist and social activist Gauri Lankesh is shot dead by unidentified men at her residence in Bengaluru.
5 September 2017
Watch Live from Ukhia Rohingya shelter
Follow the fresh influx of Rohingya refugees at Kutupalong camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox's Bazar as our Star Live team member Priyo Yusuf is reporting Live over our Facebook page.
5 September 2017
Two rebels killed in Kashmir gun battle
Government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir killed two suspected rebels in a gun battle yesterday, police said,
4 September 2017
Modi to discuss Rohingya issue on Myanmar trip
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Myanmar today and discuss the exodus of the Rohingya ethnic minority with Aung San
4 September 2017