2 climbers die on Nepal’s Ama Dablam Mountain
Agencies : A mountaineer from France and another from South Korea died during expeditions to Nepal’s Mount Ama Dablam, a picturesque but difficult peak to...
International
Trump departs for Japan ahead of key China meet
NN ONLINE : US President Donald Trump headed to Japan on Monday, the second leg of an Asia tour, in advance of a meeting...
Women in Gaza struggling to overcome damage inflicted by Israel’s war
Al Jazeera : Palestinian Rasha Abu Sbeaka narrowly survived two years of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, making it through four bombings and twice having...
Venezuela vows to protect its coast from US covert ops
Agencies : Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said Saturday the country is conducting military exercises to protect its coast against any potential “covert operations” as...
Nepal interim PM adds popular youth figures to cabinet
Agencies : Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushila Karki expanded on Sunday her interim cabinet which was formed in the wake of youth-led uprising last month, inducting...
Suspects arrested over the theft of jewels from Louvre museum
Agencies : Suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a...
Sudan’s RSF says takes full control of Darfur’s El-Fasher
AFP : Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said on Sunday it had taken full control of El-Fasher, the last major urban centre in western Darfur...
China sends endangered golden monkeys to Europe in new wave of “animal diplomacy”
NN ONLINE: Endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys from China have made their European debut, with the rare primates now serving as global envoys much like...
Trump co-signs Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire agreement
NN ONLINE: US President Donald Trump co-signed a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia in Malaysia, the first stop on his Asia tour which...
Kurdish PKK says withdrawing all forces from Turkey to north Iraq
NN ONLINE: The Kurdish militant PKK said Sunday it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq, urging Ankara to take legal...
$100 million Louvre heist could turn France’s Crown Jewels into global icons
NN ONLINE: The recent $100 million theft at the Louvre has thrust France’s historic Crown Jewels — long admired domestically but little known internationally...
Year-long funeral starts for Thailand’s former queen Sirikit
NN ONLINE: The year-long funeral ceremony of Thailand’s former Queen Sirikit started Sunday, with grieving royalists set to salute the procession bringing her remains...