India, Pakistan summon diplomats after naval collision
Reuters, New Delhi
17 September 2026 South Asia
Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 billion: Foreign ministry
AFP, Kathmandu, Nepal
11 September 2026 Natural Disaster
Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
Reuters, Kathmandu
4 September 2026 Natural Disaster
Nepal’s deadly floods halt electricity exports to Bangladesh
The Kathmandu Post/ANN
3 September 2026 South Asia
Deadly flash floods: Nepal demands compensation from US, China, India
The Kathmandu Post/ANN
3 September 2026 South Asia
Sri Lanka-US agents bust Pakistan drug network
AFP, Colombo
3 September 2026 South Asia

Pak court suspends order seeking

A Pakistani court yesterday suspended an order seeking to ban the YouTube channels of more than two dozen critics of the government including former Prime Minister Imran Khan, a defence lawyer said.
11 July 2025

Armed men kill nine bus passengers in Pakistan

Authorities retrieved from Pakistan’s mountains the bullet-ridden bodies of nine passengers kidnapped by armed men in a spate of bus attacks in the troubled southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said on Friday.
11 July 2025

Pak father kills daughter over TikTok account

Pakistan police yesterday said a father shot dead his daughter after she refused to delete her account on popular video-sharing app TikTok.
11 July 2025

Floods kill 8 on Nepal-China border

At least eight people were killed and over two dozen were missing after the Bhote Koshi River flooded, washing away the “Friendship Bridge” that links China and Nepal, officials said yesterday.
8 July 2025

Pakistan building collapse site cleared with 27 dead

Pakistan rescuers have concluded a three day-long rescue operation, recovering 27 bodies from a building that collapsed in the mega port city of Karachi, officials said yesterday.
7 July 2025

Myanmar clashes force thousands to flee to India

The remote hill state is already hosting more than 30,000 refugees from Myanmar
7 July 2025

Death toll in Pakistan building collapse rises to 27

Rescue teams were in the final stages of clearing the wreckage of a five-storey building that collapsed in Pakistan's mega city of Karachi killing 27 people, officials said Sunday
6 July 2025

Pak building collapse toll hits 16

Rescue teams in Pakistan worked in searing heat and humidity yesterday to recover residents trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed, killing 16 people.
5 July 2025

Pakistan building collapse kills 6

A five-storey building collapse in Pakistan yesterday killed at least six people and left six injured, police said, with rescuers searching through the rubble for trapped victims.
4 July 2025

Pak army kills 30 militants

Pakistan’s army said yesterday it had killed 30 militants attempting to cross the border from Afghanistan over the last three days, after a suicide attack killed 16 soldiers in the same region.
4 July 2025

Escaped lion attacks woman, children in Pakistan street

An escaped pet lion chased a woman and two children down a busy street in Pakistan’s Lahore, police said yesterday, with dramatic footage showing the big cat leaping a wall before pouncing on them.
4 July 2025

Russia becomes first country to recognise Taliban government of Afghanistan

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to recognise the Taliban government of the country.
4 July 2025

Thailand set for another acting PM after cabinet reshuffle

Thailand's king is scheduled Thursday to swear in a new cabinet in a reshuffle that will see a third person in a week take on the role as the country's prime minister
3 July 2025

Blast kills four Pakistani officials

An explosion in northwest Pakistan yesterday killed at least four local government officials and police officers, a police official told AFP.
2 July 2025

5.3-magnitude quake hits central Pakistan

A magnitude-5.3 earthquake struck central Pakistan on Sunday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey
29 June 2025

Pakistan flash floods kill 32

Heavy rain and flash flooding across Pakistan have killed 32 people including 16 children since the start of the monsoon season this week, disaster management officials said.
28 June 2025

Suicide blast kills 16 soldiers in Pakistan

A suicide attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed 16 soldiers and wounded more than two dozen people, including civilians, local government officials and police officers told AFP yesterday.
28 June 2025

Pakistan teen influencer killed after ‘rejecting’ man

Pakistani police yesterday said a 17-year-old TikTok star was shot dead by a man who had repeatedly contacted her online.
3 June 2025

Pak, India close to completing border troop reduction

Pakistan and India are close to reducing the troop build up along their border to levels before conflict erupted between the nuclear-armed neighbours this month, a top Pakistani military official told Reuters yesterday, although he warned the crisis had increased the risk of escalation in the future.
30 May 2025

Visit visa scandal: Nepal’s minister defends himself as calls grow for his resignation

The visit visa scam has stirred up mainstream and social media as the roles of home minister Lekhak and his private secretariat come under increasing scrutiny.
26 May 2025