Nepal cracks down on social media accounts abusing flash flood survivors
Nepal’s prime minister has ordered a crackdown on online abuse directed towards victims of the Bhotekoshi flash floods that killed…
‘I had lost hope’: Chinese survivor recalls moment of rescue from hydropower tunnel in Nepal
After days of waiting anxiously, Lu Haitao’s family could finally breathe a sigh of relief when the Chinese man was…
Nepal’s rescuers pull out two more people alive from under debris 10 days after catastrophic floods
Nepal’s rescuers on Saturday pulled out a Chinese national and a 64-year-old woman alive from under debris, 10 days after…
The tragic deaths of women and babies across Afghanistan in wake of Trump’s aid cuts: ‘100 per cent preventable’
A newborn was admitted to Nangarhar Regional Hospital in eastern Afghanistan in February last year with sepsis and birth asphyxia,…
Two men rescued after faint voices heard coming from hydropower tunnel nine days after Nepal floods
Rescuers in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from a hydropower project tunnel, nine days into an operation to find…
Dozens of trapped workers could still be alive in ‘room-like’ structures inside Nepal’s tunnels, officials say
Rescue teams were racing against time to find workers trapped inside hydropower tunnels as experts expressed hope of them being…
‘Hero’ Pakistani nurse who risked own life to save baby from hospital fire says she ‘acted as a mother’
Razia Noreen and her colleagues had just checked on the 15 newborns in their care at the hospital nursery in…
China finishes rebuilding road to Nepal border just one week after devastating flash floods
The road leading to the Gyirong border crossing between China and Nepal has been fully restored, just a week after…
‘Miracle house’ that stood firm as floods devastated Nepal hailed as symbol of survival
Leer en Español A turquoise-coloured house in Nepal has become a striking symbol of survival after raging floodwaters, mud, and…
Fresh glacier collapse could unleash another surge in Nepal days after catastrophic floods, China warns
The latest satellite radar imagery by China has prompted warnings that glaciers that caused the flooding in Nepal remain at…