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There were at least 22 deaths and several injuries in western Nepal as a result of a landslide triggered by heavy rains, officials said on Saturday. As rescue workers searched the disaster site to try to find another ten missing
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released eight wild Cheetahs, which had become extinct from India, in Kuno National Park. Cheetahs which have been brought from Namibia are being introduced in India under Project Cheetah, which is world’s first inter-continental
As a result of exceptionally heavy rains in hilly central Italy, flash floods swept through several towns on Friday, killing at least ten people and leaving at least four others missing. There were dozens of survivors who climbed up into
Despite a ceasefire agreement reached between the two countries’ presidents, Kyrgyzstan accused Tajikistan of shelling again late on Friday, forcing thousands of people to flee a deadly border conflict. In a meeting in Uzbekistan on Friday, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov
A meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place in an ancient Silk Road city on Thursday. The meeting will discuss the Ukraine conflict, tensions over Taiwan, and their growing partnership. The Chinese president
As Typhoon Muifa made landfall at Zhoushan in eastern China on Wednesday, powerful gales and torrential rains battered the port city, which local media described as the strongest cyclone to hit the Yangtze River Delta in a decade. According to
In the face of deepening energy crises in Europe, the Paris mayor has announced that the Eiffel Tower will soon be turning off its lights more than an hour earlier at night to save electricity. According to Mayor Anne Hidalgo,
Three more bodies have been discovered under the rubble at the site of the collapsed building in Jabal Al Weibdeh in Amman and evacuation efforts are underway. According to the Public Security Directorate (PSD), there were five fatalities and seven
In unusually harsh language, South Korea warned North Korea on Tuesday that using its nuclear weapons would lead to its “self-destruction,” days after North Korea legislated a new law allowing it to use its weapons preemptively. South Korea typically avoids
The European Parliament’s Bureau has appointed Alessandro Chiocchetti to be the institution’s new Secretary General. January 1 will mark the start of the new Secretary General’s tenure. According to a statement from the EP, Secretary General Klaus Welle’s resignation will