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IMEC appears to be driven more by strategic imperative to counter China than by a desire to synergise cooperation

American mountaineer and Nepali guide die in Tibet avalanche, two missing and one injured on Mount Shishapangma

Israeli tourists and Egyptian guide killed by Egyptian policeman in Alexandria amid ongoing Gaza conflict

Violent torrents struck Sikkim state on Wednesday after a high-altitude glacial lake suddenly burst

UAE to host COP28 climate summit scheduled to take place in Dubai in Nov, Dec

Two years on from the fall of Kabul, an Afghan cyclist & her journalist sister found solace & empowerment at Berlin

‘Illegal’ Afghan nationals welcomed by some quarters at home, international groups criticisize against the move

ICC says organisers working to secure visas after complaints from Pakistan board

US President Biden extends support to Israel, warns no enemy of Tel Aviv should exploit attacks

Nearly 200 Palestinians killed in Israeli air blitz on Gaza

In current clashes, Israeli media reports gunbattles between Palestinian fighters and Israeli security forces

Israel said it was "on a war footing" and began its own strikes against Hamas targets in Gaza

Statement comes after Hamas launches unprecedented attack into Israel

Death toll has risen to 44

Residents and shopkeepers fled buildings when first quake hit around 11:00 am; no reports of casualties yet

Over 200 Israelis killed, several taken hostage as Hamas launches combined ground, air and sea offensive

Blaze extinguished after several hours, authorities say

Climate scientists warn that similar disasters will become an increasing danger across the Himalayas

The military “neutralised” 26 Kurdish militants in northern Syria, the defence ministry said

There was no immediate official reaction from Tehran, which calls the protests Western-led subversion

Camera to monitor Lhonak Lake's level, weather instruments was installed last month

Illness is a scourge in Asia,Latin America, causing an estimated 20,000 deaths each year

England and New Zealand opened the tournament before a largely empty stadium

The incident comes with Washington hoping that Turkey will ratify NATO membership for Sweden

Green Climate Fund funnels grants, loans for developing countries

China angered India when it released a map showing state of Arunachal Pradesh to be a part of southern Tibet

Indian police investigate NewsClick, alleging efforts to create an incorrect map of India and sabotage elections

Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi was of the view that Afghan claims were "factually incorrect".

As of Thursday evening, 98 people were missing, 17 of whom were army personnel, says state chief secretary V.B. Pathak

India demands further reduction in Canada's diplomatic presence amid dispute over murder of Sikh separatist

Thousands of rural community health workers in Pakistan, India, and Nepal demand higher wages and labour rights

'In fact, one-fifth of this village has died in a single terrorist attack,' says regional Governor Oleh Synehubov

Syria's defence minister attended the graduation ceremony but left minutes before the attack

No immediate reports of damage, casualties after tremors in Cagayan province

Turkey warns of potential increased air strikes on Kurdish targets in Syria and Iraq after Ankara attack

2023 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for ultra-short light pulses, enabling insights into electron movement

'Due to sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim, a flash flood occurred in the Teesta River,' Indian army

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov win the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quantum dots

A 16-year-old Iranian girl is in a coma after an alleged confrontation with authorities over the hijab law

Twelve infants died in one day at a hospital in Maharashtra, India, sparking accusations of negligence and an inquiry

Killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar has thrust Delhi's secretive RAW into the global spotlight

Iran's Khamenei warns against normalising ties with Israel, while Israel's PM Netanyahu remains optimistic

Indian police raid NewsClick and journalists' homes in foreign funding probe, raising media freedom concerns

We’ve given away all we can afford and other countries should step in, says senior military officer

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurred with Nepal epicenter at 2:51 p.m., says National Center for Seismology of India

136 killed, 144 injured in 65 militant attacks across the country last month, says Islamabad-based think tank

Maharashtra forms inquiry committee to probe deaths in Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Hospital in Nanded district

Threatens to revoke diplomatic immunity of diplomats told to leave who remain after October 10

Bangladesh grapples with its worst-ever dengue outbreak, over 1,000 deaths and 200,000 confirmed cases this year

Nobel Medicine Prize awarded to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman for mRNA tech in Covid-19 vaccines