International

Tamil Nadu hospital fire kills 6, injures 30

KATHMANDU: A fire broke out late Thursday night at a private hospital in Dindigul,...

UN General Assembly overwhelmingly demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire...

New Zealand’s overseas visitor arrivals continue to rise

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s overseas visitor arrivals were 240,200 in October 2024, an increase of...

After 50 years of Assad cruelty, Syrians search for dead loved ones – and closure

KATHMANDU: On a painted wall outside Damascus’s Mustahed Hospital are photographs of the faces...

Israeli boy killed in bus attack in occupied West Bank

JERUSALEM: A 12-year-old boy was killed in a Palestinian shooting attack on an Israeli...

3 scouts die, 12 injured from electrocution in Philippines

MANILA: Three scouts died, and 12 others were injured after being electrocuted on Thursday...

Humanitarian aid to northern Gaza blocked for 2 months: UN

UNITED NATIONS: Humanitarian aid to north Gaza, where Israel launched a ground offensive on...

Toll from Zaporizhzhia strike in Ukraine rises to 10

KYIV, Ukraine: A Russian attack that struck two buildings in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region has...

Freight train derails in Japan’s Kagoshima

TOKYO: A freight train derailed on the JR Kagoshima main line in Satsumasendai City,...

Suicide bomb kills Taliban minister in Kabul

KATHMANDU: Taliban refugee minister Khalil Haqqani has been killed in a suicide bombing inside...