US-Bangla owes $2.74m to 17 Nepali victims of 2018 crash: Nepali court
Kathmandu Post: A Kathmandu court has ordered Dhaka-based US-Bangla Airlines to pay $2.74 million (Rs 378.60 million) in compensation to the families of 17 Nepali...
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Thai-Cambodian fighting extends into third day despite ceasefire calls
Reuters: Fighting on the Thai-Cambodian border extended into a third day and new flashpoints emerged on Saturday as both sides sought diplomatic support, saying they...
Aid groups warn of starving children as European powers discuss Gaza
AFP : Aid groups warned of surging numbers of malnourished children in war-ravaged Gaza as a trio of European powers prepared to hold an “emergency...
Hundreds protest over water shortages in drought-hit Iraq
AFP : Hundreds of Iraqis protested Friday against severe water shortages exacerbated by the summer’s sweltering heat in the central province of Babylon, an AFP...
Tight security as Trump heads to Scotland for diplomacy and golf
AFP : US President Donald Trump was due to arrive in Scotland on Friday for a mix of diplomacy, business and leisure, with a huge...
Tea-loving Nepal is warming up to coffee
AP : Coffee hasn’t always been an easy sell in Nepal. The Himalayan country is a major tea producer, as well as a major consumer....
Boats bring food, safe passage for Philippine flood victims
AFP : Rescuers in the northern Philippines picked up residents stranded by flooding and delivered supplies by boat Friday, as Typhoon Co-May was downgraded to...
IAEA chief ‘encouraged’ by Iran decision to re-engage
AFP : International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said Friday he was “encouraged” that Iran had agreed for a delegation from the UN...
Syria’s Druze fear for their future after sectarian clashes
AP : Before the eruption of sectarian violence in southern Syria, Saber Abou Ras taught medical sciences at a university in the city of Sweida...
10 dead in Turkey wildfire
Agency : Ten firefighters were killed and 14 were injured as they battled to contain a wildfire in Turkey’s central Eskisehir province, Agriculture and Forestry...
Starmer-Modi sign £6b India-UK trade deal
BBC : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has signed a free trade deal with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in a multi-billion pound export boost.UK...
Junta claims recapture of gold mining hub
AFP : Myanmar’s junta claimed on Thursday to have ousted anti-coup rebels from a gold mining hub after a year-long battle, its second declared recapture...