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17-09-2025 KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushila Karki has named three new ministers, just days after the dissolution of parliament was triggered by deadly protests. Karki, who on Friday became the Himalayan nation’s first female leader, made Om Prakash Aryal home minister, Rameshwar Prasad Khanal finance minister and Kulman Ghising energy …

17-09-2025 MINSK/ MOSCOW: Russia has showcased some of its advanced weapons while conducting a joint military drill with Belarusian troops amid heightened tensions with NATO countries following alleged violations of the airspaces of Poland and Romania by Moscow. Approximately 7,000 troops, including 6,000 Belarusian soldiers, participated in exercises held at …

17-09-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has warned Hamas against moving the Israeli captives in Gaza above ground to hinder Israel’s military campaign, renewing his call for their release. Trump wrote in a social media post on Monday that he had read a news report indicating that Hamas would …

17-09-2025 DOHA, QATAR: For almost two years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone out of his way to avoid agreeing to a Gaza ceasefire. In November 2023, a deal saw the release of 110 captives taken during Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel but a week later, Netanyahu refused …

17-09-2025 DUBLIN: Conor McGregor has announced he is withdrawing from the race to become Ireland’s next president. The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) star hit out at Ireland’s “fixed” democracy, which he said only allowed “establishment-approved candidates” to get on to the ballot. He posted on social media; “following careful reflection …

16-09-2025 OREM, UTAH: The Utah trade school student jailed on suspicion of fatally shooting right-wing activist Charlie Kirk faces formal charges next week, according to the governor, from an act of violence widely seen as a foreboding inflection point in US politics. Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested on Thursday night …

16-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation (INCPIY=ECI), opens new tab accelerated to 2.07% in August as food prices inched higher over the previous month but stayed well within the central bank’s tolerance band, leaving room for another interest rate cut this year. Annual retail inflation quickened from a …

16-09-2025 OREM, UTAH/ ARIZONA: A memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will be held on 21 September at State Farm Stadium in Arizona, a venue which can seat more than 60,000 people. Turning Point USA, the organization Kirk co-founded, made the announcement on social media, inviting the public to …

16-09-2025 LONDON/ KABUL: An American woman detained by the Taliban alongside a British couple has told the BBC they are “literally dying” in prison and that “time is running out”. Faye Hall was arrested with Peter, 80, and Barbie Reynolds, 76 on 1 February when returning to Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, …

16-09-2025 WASHINGTON/ MASCOW: US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to impose tougher sanctions on Russia but only if NATO countries meet certain conditions which include stopping buying Russian oil. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he said he was “ready to do major sanctions on …