Page 49 - World News

Nepal's former PM KP Oli arrested over Gen Z protest crackdown last year

Oli, also CPN-UML chair, was arrested at the Gundu area of Bhaktapur district, 12 km east of Kathmandu, early Saturday morning

FBI chief Kash Patel's photos, emails among data leaked by pro-Iran hackers

The email address the hackers claim to have compromised has been previously tied to Patel's personal details, and the leaked emails contain photos of Patel and others

Artemis II crew arrives in Florida ahead of Nasa's historic moon mission

Nasa astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, as well as Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen flew on Friday to Nasa 's Kennedy Space Center in Northrop Grumman Corp

Trump refers to Hormuz as 'Strait of Trump', says Iran keen to negotiate

Trump also claimed that Iran was under pressure and willing to negotiate, stating that Tehran had sent multiple shipments of oil as part of ongoing discussions

US signals to allies no immediate invasion of Iran, keeps options open

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday the US can achieve its objectives in Iran without the use of ground troops but their presence gives Trump options

Modi, Trump had a productive conversation: White House on Tuesday talks

According to a report, billionaire businessman Elon Musk also joined the phone call between Modi and Trump when the two leaders discussed the situation in West Asia

'China, India share far more common interests than differences': Chinese FM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made these remarks after meeting outgoing Indian Ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat in Beijing

2 students dead, 7 others injured in Tennessee school bus crash in US

The crash involving a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck, a Chevrolet Trailblazer and the school bus took place at about noon on Highway 70 in Carroll County

Rubio denies US asked Ukraine to cede Donbas for security guarantees

Rubio disputed Zelenskyy's recent comments and said the US has made no such stipulation in its talks with Ukraine

'Time for Saudi Arabia, Israel to normalise ties once Iran war ends': Trump

Significant headwinds remain, including Saudi Arabia's insistence that there needs to be a credible path to a Palestinian state before it normalizes ties with Israel

Iran to 'facilitate and expedite' humanitarian aid through Strait of Hormuz

Iranian envoy to UN, said Tehran has accepted a request to allow the safe passage of humanitarian aid and agriculture shipments through Hormuz

Iran war escalates as Israel hits nuclear sites, US troops wounded in Saudi

A month into the war, however, there appeared to be a breakthrough as Tehran agreed to allow humanitarian aid and agricultural shipments through Hormuz

Marco Rubio says US can achieve Iran objectives without ground troops

Rubio said recent deployments of thousands more troops to the region were intended to give Trump options to respond to contingencies in the conflict, but declined to go into operational details

Datanomics: Emigration to unemployment, a lot on the table for Nepal's PM

High unemployment, migration surge and heavy remittance reliance pose key economic challenges for Nepal's new PM Balendra Shah

US and Israel hit Iran's nuclear facilities as Tehran attacks Gulf

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz also said the country's military would escalate its assault on the Islamic Republic in response to the targeting of civilians

Oil may hit $200 per barrel if Iran war lasts till June, warns Macquarie

A conflict that stretches through the second quarter would result in historically high real prices, analysts said

Stocks resume slide as Donald Trump extension fails to calm markets

US Treasury yields hit highest since July as bonds fall

China probes US trade practices in response to Trump tariff moves

The Chinese investigations are the latest volley in a long-running trade war and could be bargaining chips to counter any possible new US tariffs

G7 meets amid wars as Rubio tries to sell US strategy to sceptical allies

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, meanwhile, said Britain also favoured a diplomatic path, acknowledging differences with the US

Nepal's new PM Balendra 'Balen' Shah a man of many firsts, takes oath

The 35-year-old is also the first person from the Madhes region to become the 47th prime minister of the nation