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War Elephants to face neighbours in World Cup qualifiers
Associated Press, Published on 17/07/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand’s national football team will face three other Southeast Asian nations -- Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia – along with top-seeded United Arab Emirates in Group G of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
Nepal crash followed confusion over plane's path
Associated Press, Published on 13/03/2018
» KATHMANDU: A plane crash at Nepal's main airport killed 49 of the 71 people on board, police said Tuesday, as an investigation was ordered into the cause of an accident that occurred after apparent confusion over landing instructions.
Nepal's communist party leader named next prime minister
Associated Press, Published on 15/02/2018
» KATHMANDU, Nepal: The leader of Nepal's communist party was named the Himalayan nation's new prime minister Thursday, a day after the results of parliamentary elections were finalised.
China's new Silk Road hits political, financial hurdles
Associated Press, Published on 11/01/2018
» BEIJING: China's plan for a modern Silk Road of railways, ports and other facilities linking Asia with Europe hit a $14 billion pothole in Pakistan.
US orders 200,000 'special protection' Salvadorans to leave
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, forcing nearly 200,000 to leave the country or face deportation, officials said Monday.
Cambodia upholds jail term for Australian in surrogacy case
Associated Press, Published on 08/01/2018
» PHNOM PENH: An appeals court on Monday upheld the prison sentence of an Australian woman convicted of providing commercial surrogacy services in Cambodia.
Nepalese vote in 1st local elections in 20 years
Associated Press, Published on 14/05/2017
» KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Nepalese were voting Sunday for representatives in municipal and village councils for the first time in two decades, a sign that the country's fractious democracy may be stabilising.
US reps, Dalai Lama pinpoint China sore spot Tibet
Associated Press, Published on 10/05/2017
» DHARMSALA -- As President Donald Trump appears to be warming to China, a bipartisan group from the US House of Representatives took aim Wednesday at one of Beijing's sore spots: Tibet.
Maoist crimes go unpunished
News, Associated Press, Published on 30/08/2016
» The image of the teacher's body tied to a tree and riddled with bullets still haunts his son 14 years later. Communist militants allegedly dragged the Nepalese man from the class he was teaching and then killed him for refusing to give part of his salary to fund their bloody rebellion.
Virtually no rebuilding progress one year after earthquake
News, Associated Press, Published on 22/04/2016
» The violence of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake left countless towns and villages across central Nepal in a shambles. Almost one year later, a shambles they remain.