'The flood is coming': How a Nepal principal saved 900 students

Rajendra Dawadi was inside his school near Nepal's Trishuli River with around 900 students last week when a colleague delivered an urgent warning
6 September 2026

Hotel crackdown in Kolkata puts Bangladeshi patients in a fix

A sweeping safety crackdown by the Kolkata administration following a deadly hotel fire has left Bangladeshi patients and their families struggling to find affordable accommodation while seeking medical treatment in the city.
6 September 2026

Trump envoys in Moscow, with ‘an idea of peace’

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were in Moscow yesterday and were expected to head to Kyiv the next day, with Russia and Ukraine vowing not to strike each other’s capitals during talks on ending more than four years of war.
6 September 2026

Retaliation for missile attacks

The United States yesterday said it struck and destroyed three Iranian oil tankers in response to attempted missile attacks on naval vessels, in the latest exchange of fire since renewed hostilities flared between the foes.
6 September 2026

Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood

Chinese man also rescued alive from hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa district
5 September 2026

Rescuers continue grim search for Nepal flood survivors

So far, 1,294 bodies have been recovered in Nepal, according to the disaster agency, with 5,053 people missing
5 September 2026

Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight

The devastating Himalayan glacial floods have raised broader questions about who should bear the costs and responsibility for the impacts of climate-related disasters.
5 September 2026

Africa bigger, US smaller - UN adopts new map

The new map -- known as the Equal Earth cartographic projection -- improves "the accuracy of the cartographic representation of the world," the resolution said
5 September 2026

US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports

US Middle East forces reportedly targeted using location data
5 September 2026

US midterms begin with chaos over mail-voting crackdown

North Carolina became the first state authorized to begin sending out ballots, formally launching an election season that culminates on November 3 and will determine control of Congress for the final two years of Trump's term
5 September 2026

Nepal hydropower tunnel: ‘Miracle’ as 2 pulled alive after 9 days

Rescuers pulled two survivors from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on Nepal’s Trishuli River yesterday, nine days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through its valley, killing at least 1,325 people and leaving over 5,500 missing.
5 September 2026

Malaysia declares haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo

Only essential services to operate in affected area as authorities extend cloud seeding
4 September 2026

UN appeals for $50 million for Nepal flood victims

UN warns survivors face disease risks and harsh winter conditions
4 September 2026

World food prices at highest since 2022 as supply risks mount, FAO says

FAO index rises 1.9% in August, with cereal and sugar prices leading gains
4 September 2026

Italy's Meloni throws party to celebrate record tenure

Italy's first leader will have been in charge of the same administration for 1,413 days -- one more than billionaire media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi
4 September 2026

Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion

In the first four months of early recovery, the estimated cost to build roads and temporary shelters, provide drinking water and restore power would be around $52.6 million
4 September 2026

How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal's tunnel rescue efforts

The messaging group, set up by engineers before the flood, has become a valuable tool alongside helicopters and heavy machinery in the race to find survivors
4 September 2026

Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal

A person was just safely rescued from the tunnel of Trishuli 3A, followed by a second shortly after
4 September 2026

Trump's White House releases deportation video games

Players can deport migrants and build a border wall in those games
4 September 2026

US, China gear up for space warfare

In June, a secretive unmanned Chinese spaceplane closely monitored by US military analysts released a small satellite hundreds of miles above Earth in an orbital region crowded with commercial and military satellites. The object then looped around another Chinese satellite before returning towards the spaceplane, according to US space-tracking firm LeoLabs.
4 September 2026