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Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their bare hands on Saturday, searching for survivors after the country’s worst earthquake in eight years killed 157 people and shook buildings as far away as Delhi.The 5…
Another deadly earthquake in western Afghanistan has increased the death toll to more than 3,000 people, according to Taliban officials. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit an area 28km (17 miles) south of Herat’s regional capital and came after another e…
Homes were destroyed, bridges collapsed and at least 14 people were killed in the Indian state of Sikkim after heavy rain caused a glacial lake to burst its banks, triggering floods in a mountain valley. Video footage showed the muddy flood waters surg…
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a shooting at a busy luxury mall in the centre of Bangkok, Thai police said. Emergency services said at least three people were killed and three injured in the incident at the Siam Paragon shopping centre at ab…
At least 59 people have died in bomb attacks on two mosques in Pakistan as the country held a public holiday to celebrate the prophet Muhammad’s birthday. In the most serious incident, a suicide bomber killed at least 54 people who were gathering for a…
The Azerbaijani military routed Armenian forces in a 24-hour blitz last week, forcing authorities to agree to lay down weapons after three decades of separatist rule. Azerbaijan introduced a blockade 10 months ago, leading to desperate shortages of sup…
At least 20 people have been killed and almost 300 injured in a powerful explosion at a fuel storage depot in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Thousands of ethnic Armenians streamed out of the territory after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control…
Several hundred refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have crossed into Armenian territory, as a historic evacuation begins that could lead to a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians while Azerbaijan appears on the brink of taking control of the breakaway region.Th…
Armenian separatists in the Nagorno-Karabakh region held talks with a delegation of Azerbaijani government officials on Thursday, after they agreed a ceasefire that ended a 24-hour military operation by Baku. Under the terms of the ceasefire Armenian f…
A ceasefire agreement has been reached a day after Azerbaijan launched a new military offensive against the local Armenian government in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan’s defence ministry announced the start of the operation on Tues…
Justin Trudeau has said there is “credible evidence” India is responsible for the alleged assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent Canadian Sikh leader, a claim Delhi dismissed as “absurd”.The Canadian prime minister told the House of Commons…
Smoke seen in the Nagorno-Karabakh mountains after Azerbaijan announced an operation targeting Armenian military positions. The Azerbaijan defence ministry said the operation began hours after four soldiers and two civilians died in landmine explosions…
Homeworkers in an all-female cooperative in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu – known as India’s knitwear capital – took part in a photography project where they were given cameras to document their work. All the women belong to the Anukatham union, which is fightin…
Talks between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, began on Wednesday at the Vostochny cosmodrome, the Russian state news agency Tass reported. Kim pledged ‘unconditional support’ for Russia’s military action…
Kim Jong-un has arrived at a cosmodrome in Russia’s far east for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Continue reading…