Lake overflows on Nepal-Tibet border, sparking panic and halting rescue
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I watched my village disappear in an instant
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South Asia
Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
28 August 2026
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South Asia
New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns
27 August 2026
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South Asia
'Saved by a mango tree': How a Nepali labourer survived deadly flash flood
27 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
27 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Glacial collapse caused seismic activity, 'catastrophic' Nepal floods: USGS
27 August 2026
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South Asia
Update / Search for 1,000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods kill 165
27 August 2026
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South Asia
98 dead, hundreds missing as deadly flood hits Nepal-Tibet border
26 August 2026
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South Asia
Nepal PM allowed to wear sunglasses in parliament
26 August 2026
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South Asia
India conducts major drill to test combat readiness
The Indian Navy has carried out a mega exercise which saw participation of its strategic assets including nuclear-powered submarine and aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, besides Su-30 and Jaguar fighter jets of Indian Air Force.
26 February 2017
600 suspects arrested in Punjab; four killed
Pakistan Rangers have killed four terrorists and detained 600 terror suspects during over 200 search operations in Punjab province under the recently launched nation-wide military operation 'Radd-ul-Fasaad'.
26 February 2017
Pakistan airline probing safety breach as 7 passengers forced to stand during flight
As many as seven passengers aboard the Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-743 (Karachi-Madina) on January 20 were forced to stand throughout the over three-hour flight after the airline boarded excess passengers in a serious breach of air safety regulations.
25 February 2017
World's cheapest smartphone boss held
The former managing director of a little-known Indian company that claimed to be selling the world's cheapest smartphone has been
24 February 2017
Pak on equipment buy spree to fight militancy
Pakistan has expedited efforts to acquire military equipment and weapons to combat militancy as a fresh bout of terror attacks have killed over 100 people.
23 February 2017
Four killed as rebels ambush army convoy
A woman and three soldiers were killed yesterday when militants ambushed an army convoy in Indian Kashmir, police said.
23 February 2017
Pak launches anti-militant operation
Pakistan's military yesterday launched a nationwide anti-terrorist operation days after a series of bloody extremist assaults killed
22 February 2017
Myanmar probing police 'cover-up' of deaths of 2 Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar's army-controlled home ministry is investigating a cover-up by the country's border force of the deaths in custody of two Rohingya Muslims in troubled Rakhine State.
21 February 2017
7 die at Pakistan court as 3 suicide bombers attack
At least seven people are killed when multiple Taliban suicide bombers attack a court complex in northern Pakistan, the latest in a series of assaults which have raised fears militants are regrouping.
21 February 2017
Kids’ picture books illustrate need to prepare for disasters
Increasing children’s knowledge of disasters through picture books and expanding their imagination is expected to enable them to react appropriately in times of emergency.
21 February 2017
‘Hope Myanmar will take back Rohingyas’
Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende hopes that Myanmar government will repatriate stranded Rohingyas from Bangladesh.
20 February 2017
Malaysia seeks North Korean fugitives
Malaysian police said yesterday they believe five North Koreans were involved in the murder of the half-brother of
19 February 2017
UN envoy on Myanmar to visit Bangladesh Feb 20-23
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit various locations in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district where people fleeing Myanmar are residing temporarily in makeshift shelters.
18 February 2017
Pakistan senate passes landmark Hindu marriage bill
The Hindu community in Pakistan is set to have a personal law for the first time as the country’s senate unanimously passes ‘The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017’.
18 February 2017
Pakistan to boycott South Asian Speakers’ meet in India
Pakistan is boycotting the two-day South Asian Speakers’ Summit to be hosted by India in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to discuss various social issues like gender equality, women empowerment and climate change.
18 February 2017
Amnesty: more murder in Philippine drug war
Shadowy assassins are still killing poor Filipinos, despite a police withdrawal from Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war,
17 February 2017
'No release of body without DNA test'
The body of Kim Jong-Nam, the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader, will not be released until his family
17 February 2017
Pakistan crackdown after suicide attack claimed by Islamic State
Pakistani security forces kill dozens of suspected militants, a day after Islamic State claimed a suicide bombing that killed more than 80 worshippers at a Sufi shrine in the latest of a series of attacks across the country.
17 February 2017
Lanka war widows face sexual exploitation
Tamil women who survived Sri Lanka's civil war now face widespread sexual exploitation by officials in their own community as well as
16 February 2017
30 dead in suicide attack on Pak shrine
At least 30 people have been killed and 100 injured when a suicide bomber attacked the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Shewan yesterday evening.
16 February 2017