US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) asserted that he does not expect the ongoing war with Iran, which started on February 28, to continue for &dhapos;very much longer&dhapos;, days after renewed US strikes on Iranian targets and amid a fresh escalation between the two sides. Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office, Trump … Read more
Washington, Sep 2 US Congresswoman Grace Meng led a moment of silence in the House of Representatives on Wednesday for the victims of the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet, saying nearly 1,000 people had died and more than 4,000 remained missing. Meng, a Democrat who represents a congressional district in Queens, New York, also … Read more
High above the swollen Trishuli River, flood survivors gripped a makeshift cable as Nepali soldiers and residents pulled them to safety on Wednesday, a week after one of the country’s worst disasters. The Nepal army installed a roughly 250-metre (820-foot) temporary cable crossing in Bidur, offering a precarious lifeline across the river after devastating floods … Read more
Stronger disaster preparedness and early-warning systems could have saved lives, as the death toll due to Nepal’s deadly flood on August 26 crossed the thousand-mark, stated the HiRISK report. The report found that there were pre-event indications of the avalanche in satellite images and of a crack propagating into the surface of the glacier before … Read more
Nepalese authorities on Wednesday urged people living in the central, western, and eastern parts of the Himalayan Nation to remain alert after water levels in three major rivers have crossed their alert levels following rainfall in different parts of the country. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology’s Flood Forecasting Division, the Sun Koshi … Read more
The death toll from the devastating flash floods that struck Nepal last week has climbed to 1,127, with search and rescue teams continuing to look for 4,858 people still missing, police said on Wednesday. The latest toll includes 348 bodies recovered from Chitwan, 217 from Nawalparasi East, 190 from Nawalparasi West and 155 from Nuwakot. … Read more
New Delhi [India], September 2 : A fifth Indian aircraft carrying emergency assistance has departed for Nepal with an 11-member specialised rescue team and 5. 5 tonnes of essential medicines, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. In a post on X, Jaishankar said, “The fifth Indian aircraft has departed for Nepal. It is … Read more
Mass burial has started in the capital, Kathmandu, as well, after the morgue ran out of space after one week of the devastating flood in Nepal. Security forces donned in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) carried the body bags and buried them in the Gorkarna forest area on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Amid the rainfall, … Read more
US-Iran Tensions: Four people, including a child, were killed and more than 50 injured after shrapnel from a US missile strike hit a residential home where a wedding was being held in southern Iran, according to the Iranian Red Crescent. The attack took place at Kuhestak in Sirik County of Hormozgan province, an area along the … Read more
Washington DC [US], September 2 : Washington has finalised a strategic agreement giving the United States a direct ownership stake in Venezuelan oil fields, previously influenced by Chinese and Russian corporations. Executed through the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital and partnered with a private operating firm linked to Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, the deal secures … Read more