AFTERMATH OF NEPAL-CHINA FLOODS / ‘Everything is gone’
17 September 2026
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Asia
More than 20 Thai senators accused of election fraud
15 September 2026
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Asia
Modi, Xi push business links, border peace as ties revive
12 September 2026
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Asia
Philippine ferry fire death toll jumps to 76: coast guard
12 September 2026
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Asia
Kim Jong Un wants North Koreans to have more (state-sanctioned) fun
11 September 2026
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World
Philippine ferry fire kills five, 87 missing: coast guard
10 September 2026
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Asia
Landslides in eastern China kill 13
9 September 2026
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Asia
N Korea calls Russia bridge a sign of tighter ties
9 September 2026
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Asia
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
2 more killed as army moves in
Two protesters were killed and at least 100 injured Saturday when anti-India demonstrators clashed with
10 September 2016
Girls face broken dreams as Nepal fails to curb child marriage
Child marriage is illegal in Nepal, yet the impoverished Himalayan nation has failed to put in place policies to curb the practice with almost 40 percent of girls married before the age of 18.
9 September 2016
Malaysia reports first pregnant Zika patient
Malaysia yesterday reported its first case of a pregnant woman with Zika -- a resident of a Malaysian state bordering
7 September 2016
AFP opens North Korea bureau
Global news agency AFP opens a bureau in North Korea, becoming one of only a handful of foreign media organisations to have a permanent presence in the one of the world’s most isolated states.
7 September 2016
1 killed in Kashmir
A protester died from pellet gun injuries during fresh clashes yesterday with security forces in Anantnag district of
6 September 2016
Floods kill 60, displace 44,000 in N Korea: UN
Flooding following heavy rain has killed 60 people and left over 44,000 homeless in North Korea, the United Nations
6 September 2016
Blast kills 3 at Thai school
A four-year-old girl and her father were among three killed yesterday when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle's fuel tank exploded
6 September 2016
Buddhists jeer Kofi Annan in Rakhine
Hundreds of Buddhists jeered former UN chief Kofi Annan as he arrived in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state
6 September 2016
Suu Kyi to visit US next week
Myanmar's newly installed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit the United States next week, US President Barack
6 September 2016
North Korea test-fires three missiles: Seoul
North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles into the sea yesterday, South Korea said, in a new show of force as world
5 September 2016
Suu Kyi oversees panel on plight of Rohingyas
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former UN chief Kofi Annan yesterday oversaw the first meeting of a panel
5 September 2016
Global leaders meet in China
“We agree that facing the risks and challenges of the current world economy, and maintaining a peaceful and stable
5 September 2016
Hong Kong anti-China activists celebrate vote victory
A new generation of young Hong Kong politicians advocating a break from Beijing has become lawmakers for the first time in a result likely to rattle China.
5 September 2016
Ice cream diplomacy
Despite warm relations between Moscow and Beijing, Vladimir Putin brought a chilly gift for his Chinese counterpart Xi
4 September 2016
Avoid empty talks at G20: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged world leaders to avoid "empty talk" and confront sluggish economic growth and
4 September 2016
Rape charge: Delhi's ex-minister arrested
The former women's minister of the Indian capital -- who was sacked over a "sex tape" -- has now been arrested
4 September 2016
Young activists take on China
Young Hong Kong independence activists calling for a complete break from China stood for the first time yesterday in city-wide legislative elections, the biggest polls since mass pro-democracy protests in 2014.
4 September 2016
India gives Vietnam $500m in defence aid
India yesterday said it is giving Vietnam half a billion dollars in credit to boost defence ties, the latest security deal
3 September 2016
Myanmar peace summit ends
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi concluded a landmark summit with ethnic rebels yesterday, calling it the first step on
3 September 2016
'Clouded legacy' of 'Saint Teresa'
As the Vatican prepares to declare Mother Teresa a saint today, in the Indian city where she rose to fame, claims of
3 September 2016