Nepal-China flash floods: Race against time to find nearly 3,000 missing
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Inside the human tragedy of Nepal’s flood
29 August 2026
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Missing soar past 2,400 in deadly Nepal, China floods
29 August 2026
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Lake overflows on Nepal-Tibet border, sparking panic and halting rescue
28 August 2026
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I watched my village disappear in an instant
28 August 2026
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Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
28 August 2026
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New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns
27 August 2026
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'Saved by a mango tree': How a Nepali labourer survived deadly flash flood
27 August 2026
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Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
27 August 2026
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Glacial collapse caused seismic activity, 'catastrophic' Nepal floods: USGS
27 August 2026
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2 ‘Bangladeshis’ among 6 held for ‘terror link’ in India
Hyderabad police arrests six people, including two alleged Bangladeshi nationals, for their suspected links with terror groups and human trafficking.
14 August 2015
China blast death toll rises to 50
At least 50 people are known to have died, and more than 700 injured, following two major explosions in China's northern port city of Tianjin.
13 August 2015
Myanmar flood death toll tops 100
The death toll from severe flooding across Myanmar has topped 100, state media reported yesterday, with nearly one million people affected as fears intensify for the country's crucial rice bowl region.
10 August 2015
Cuts for a cause: This hair donation drive helps cancer patients smile again
Around 30 young girls come for a small hair donation drive titled 'Hair to Help' at the KMC Sports Complex arranged by Pakistan Youth Forum (PYF).
10 August 2015
Pakistan child sex abuse: Seven arrested in Punjab
Seven people have been arrested in eastern Pakistan on suspicion of involvement in a child sexual abuse and extortion scandal.
10 August 2015
159 Bangladeshi brought back from Myanmar
A total of 159 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Myanmar’s Navy, are brought back to Bangladesh.
10 August 2015
Parties overcome another hurdle
Nepal's rival parties have signed an agreement drawing up the country's internal borders in a breakthrough that paves the way for a new national constitution, the country's prime minister said yesterday.
9 August 2015
At least 4 dead as typhoon Soudelor hits Taiwan
Powerful Typhoon Soudelor is battering Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead.
8 August 2015
Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb
Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft.
6 August 2015
Shots fired at former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram's car
Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram escaped unhurt when bullets fired near his car grazed the vehicle following a traffic accident in Karachi on Wednesday.
5 August 2015
India, Pak trade fire along LoC
Three civilians were killed yesterday in heavy exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops along their border in the south of the
4 August 2015
Pakistan hangs 'teen' convict
Pakistan yesterday executed a man convicted of killing a child, brushing aside a storm of protests from rights groups that his
4 August 2015
Fading tales of a fishing village
Although the name of the village translates to bird river jetty from the Malay language, bird viewing activities are scarce now, according to village chief Chia Kai Yia.
4 August 2015
Modi govt inks peace pact with Naga rebels
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday announced a peace accord with a faction of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), an armed rebel group in northeast India, ending the country's oldest insurgency.
3 August 2015
ISI chief advised her 'not to attend rally'
The security officer of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto has told an anti-terrorism court that the director general of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in 2007 had advised her hours before her assassination not to attend the public meeting at Liaquat Bagh.
2 August 2015
Pakistan releases 163 Indian fishermen in goodwill gesture
Pakistan on Sunday released 163 Indian fishermen held for violating its territorial waters as a goodwill gesture amid tensions over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir and an attack on a police station.
2 August 2015
President declares state of emergency
Myanmar's president yesterday declared a state of emergency in four regions after heavy floods left 27 people dead.
1 August 2015
Landslide buries a whole village in Manipur
At least 20 people were killed when a landslide buried a whole village in the remote Joupi area of Indian state Manipur's Chandel district
1 August 2015
Meet the Facebook reporters of India-Bangladesh enclaves
A group of "Facebook reporters" have been the main source of information from the enclaves of India and Bangladesh in the past few years.
1 August 2015
Pak cops kill Laskhar-e- Jhangvi chief
The leader of an anti-Shia group behind some of Pakistan's worst sectarian atrocities was killed in a shootout with police early yesterday along with 13 other militants, authorities said.
29 July 2015