More than 90,000 people are estimated to be directly affected by the Himalayan landslide and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the Red Cross said yesterday, as aid officials voiced fears of further flooding.

The number of people missing in Nepal and China leaped to more than 2,400 Friday, underscoring the scale of the disaster days after a tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept away villages and killed hundreds.

Mediators in the Iran war are stepping up efforts to get the Strait of Hormuz reopened, with Tehran agreeing to draw up a list of conditions to restore normal traffic after a Qatari emissary pressed the Iranians to respect freedom of navigation.

Russia launched waves of drones at Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and surrounding region yesterday, damaging warehouses and homes in a second consecutive day of strikes Ukrainian officials said were an attempt to derail daily life for millions of residents.

Norway’s King Harald died yesterday aged 89, the palace said, and amidst widespread mourning and tributes his 53-year-old son Haakon immediately succeeded him on the throne.

Two days after the catastrophic flood tore through Nepal, the numbers tell only part of the story.

The new king chose the personal motto 'Everything for Norway'

Veteran Mauritanian diplomat pledges to turn member states’ trust into action

Wednesday's catastrophic flood caused by a glacier collapse killed 489 people in Nepal and five in China's Tibet

His 53-year-old son Crown Prince Haakon automatically succeeds him on the throne

'Something’s happened to Sole Bazaar and Betrawati — people are saying there’s nothing left. Everyone’s out on the road. There are videos of them panicking.'

Discussions involve about a third of Venezuela's total proven reserves of 300 billion barrels

A lake formed by debris blocking the Bhotekoshi River is rising and at risk of bursting, warns Nepal's disaster management authority

A large barrier lake has formed in Nepal, with Chinese authorities warning that the lake is already overflowing and could breach as more water flows into it over the coming days.

An “unknown projectile” struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, causing a fire that has since been put out, a British maritime agency said early yesterday.

A glacial collapse caused seismic activity and “catastrophic” downstream impacts in Nepal and Tibet, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said yesterday.

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died, Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported yesterday.

Russia hammered the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities with missiles and drones early yesterday, officials said, targeting warehouses, ports, and energy and industrial facilities in an hours-long assault that dragged into the morning.

Anxious relatives crowded the corridors of a Kathmandu hospital yesterday as they searched for missing family after devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 270 people.

More than half of the world’s soils are in poor condition, threatening global food supplies and biodiversity, while proven measures to improve soil health are not being implemented, said a UN report released yesterday.