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Floods, landslides kill 59 people in Nepal

Kathmandu, Sep 28 (PTI) Floods and landslides caused by incessant rain killed at least 59 people and injured 36 others in Nepal, officials...

Hamas says Nasrallah ‘assassination’ will only strengthen resistance

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Saturday it mourned Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah following his killing in an Israeli airstrike,

Kyiv says Russian attacks on medical centre in Ukraine’s Sumy kill 9

KYIV (Reuters) - Russian forces hit a medical center in Sumy in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday morning then struck again as the building was being evacuated, killing a total of nine people,

Pakistan: Education in schools halted as teachers in Rawalpindi call for strike over inadequate compensation

Rawalpindi , September 28 (ANI): The inability of the Pakistani government to pay adequate compensation to its retired and on-roll teachers has forced the...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah confirms leader Nasrallah killed

DUBAI (Reuters) -Lebanon's Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed. The group said in a statement it would continue its battle against Israel "in support of

Japan’s ex-chief cabinet secretary Kato to be next finance minister, Kyodo says

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's former chief cabinet secretary Katsunobu Kato will become the next finance minister when incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, forms his new cabinet next week, the Kyodo

Hezbollah confirms Nasrallah is killed after Israeli strike

By Ari Rabinovitch and Maya Gebeily JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been killed, the Iran-backed group said on Saturday, confirming his death after the Israeli

Health care barriers worsen New Zealand’s lung cancer problem—Māori patients pay the price

Half of all general practices in the country have closed their books to new patients, leaving 2.9 lakh patients reliant on emergency departments for their health care.

‘More dangerous incarnation of Osama bin Laden’. Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah chief ‘killed’ by Israel

Nasrallah, 64, kept out of the public eye for many years, fearing assassination by Israel. It was under his leadership that Hezbollah was able to drive Israel out of south Lebanon.

Digital gender divide in South Asia is more than just a social issue – it’s an economic one

Without internet connectivity, women miss out on employment opportunities and job training, unable to access government programmes, and excluded from critical health and financial services.

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You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?