Landslides in eastern China kill 13
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N Korea calls Russia bridge a sign of tighter ties
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Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
5 September 2026
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Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
4 September 2026
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Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal
4 September 2026
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Last-minute flood warning saved over 900 Nepal students, school head says
1 September 2026
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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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Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods
31 August 2026
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Nepal buries dead as rescuers seek thousands missing
31 August 2026
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Modi’s 5 yrs ‘most traumatic’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be shown exit door as his five-year rule has been “most traumatic and devastating” for India’s
5 May 2019
Deserted beaches, empty rooms: SL tourism takes a hit after bombings
Sri Lanka's $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travellers shun the sun and sand Indian Ocean island after multiple suicide bombings that killed over 250 people two weeks ago.
5 May 2019
Crowds gather for coronation procession of Thai king
Crowds of Thai people line roads under Bangkok's blazing sun for the royal procession of newly crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn, hoping to get a glimpse of the constitutional monarch who is revered in Thai culture as a living deity.
5 May 2019
SL to air Sunday mass on TV as attack threat persists
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church will televise a private Sunday mass after cancelling regular services over fears of a repeat of Easter's suicide bombings, even as police and troops tightened security.
5 May 2019
N Korea fires short-range projectiles as talks stall
North Korea launched several unidentified projectiles into the sea yesterday, the South Korean military said, in what could be Pyongyang’s first short-range missile launch for more than a year as it seeks to up pressure on Washington with nuclear talks deadlocked.
4 May 2019
Japan’s new emperor urges world peace in first speech
Japan’s 126th Emperor Naruhito urged Japan to work together for world peace as he made his first public appearance yesterday in front of a
4 May 2019
Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn crowned
King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X of Thailand, is crowned in a dazzling show of pageantry, laced with Hindu and Buddhist ritual, vowing to reign "with righteousness" on behalf of the Thai people.
4 May 2019
South Sudan rivals meet to save deal
South Sudan’s rival parties began two days of talks in Addis Ababa yesterday in a bid to salvage a peace deal, with just days left before a unity government is meant to be formed.
2 May 2019
Abe ready to meet Kim ‘unconditionally’: media
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has offered to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “unconditionally” in a bid to restore diplomatic ties
2 May 2019
ADB launches action plan for healthy oceans
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launches the Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region.
2 May 2019
8 lakh people evacuated in India ahead of major cyclone
India mounted its biggest-ever evacuation effort of pulling back an estimated 8,00,000 people from low-lying areas along the coast of the Bay of Bengal in Odisha as the severe cyclonic storm Fani is set to hit the eastern state tomorrow afternoon.
2 May 2019
Thai king's bodyguard becomes queen ahead of coronation
Just days before his official coronation, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn marries the deputy head of his personal guard force and gave her the title Queen Suthida.
2 May 2019
15 security personnel killed in IED blast on police vehicles by ‘Maoists’ in India
At least 15 security personnel and a driver are reportedly killed in a blast of an improvised explosive device (IED) by suspected Maoist rebels on police vehicles in Maharashtra of India today.
1 May 2019
Japan's emperor to step down in 200-year first
Japan's Emperor Akihito prepares to become the country's first monarch to abdicate in more than 200 years, handing the Chrysanthemum Throne to his son and ushering in a new imperial era.
30 April 2019
Father, 2 brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed in gun battle
The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings are killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers tell Reuters.
28 April 2019
Modi’s assets rise 52% in 5yrs
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's total assets grew 52 per cent since 2014. He declared total assets of Rs 2.51 crore in his affidavit with the Election Commission when he filed his nomination from Varanasi constituency for the Lok Sabha election.
28 April 2019
Security high as SL marks one week from suicide attacks
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic has condemned the Easter attacks as "an insult to humanity" as the tense and grief-stricken country marks a week since suicide bombers hit three churches and three luxury hotels.
28 April 2019
Xi touts more than $64b in Belt and Road deals
President Xi Jinping yesterday hailed deals worth more than $64 billion signed during China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) this week as he sought to reassure sceptics the project will deliver sustainable growth for all involved.
27 April 2019
‘Black sheep’: The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs
Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran was 12 years old when he began his studies at the Jamiathul Falah Arabic College. He was a nobody, with no claim to scholarship other than ambition.
27 April 2019
15 dead in Sri Lanka after overnight gun battle with suspected Islamist militants
The bodies of 15 people, including six children, are discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said on Saturday, six days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people.
27 April 2019