Balen Shah’s party races toward landslide in Nepal Rapper Balen Shah’s party sweeps Nepal polls after protests The tea stall in Jhapa district had never seen anything like it. Old men who had voted since the monarchy days sat shoulder-to-shoulder with teenagers checking results on cheap smartphones, their faces lit by the glow of breaking […]
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First flight leaves Doha as Qatar reopens airspace Qatar has partially reopened its airspace, allowing limited evacuation and cargo flights to resume after days of disruption caused by the ongoing Iran war. Trump repeats demand for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ The eighth day of war dawned not with sunlight, but with the red glow of explosions
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Trump aide says Indians acted smart on Russian oil US lets India buy Russian oil already at sea The U.S. granted India a temporary 30-day waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil that was already loaded on ships, aiming to ease global supply pressures during the Iran conflict. The news crackled across phone screens
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Hezbollah clashes Israeli troops at Lebanon-Syria border; U.S. fast-tracks Israel arms sale Iran fires fresh strikes at Israel, Gulf on day seven The old woman’s hands trembled as she pressed them against the cool glass of her Tehran apartment window. Outside, the western sky, usually a canvas of soft twilight at this hour, was ripped
Rastriya Swatantra Party surges, leading in 47 Nepal seats. Nepal election sees around 60% turnout amid excitement. The tea stalls of Kathmandu were crowded on Friday morning, but the usual clamor of conversation had been replaced by something else—a hushed, electric focus on the radios crackling with updates. In a small shop near Ratna Park,
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India gets US waiver to keep Russian oil flowing. Middle East oilfields hit; Hormuz blockade threatens 20% global supply The news crackled through the corridors of power in New Delhi like a sudden burst of electricity, but its real impact was felt in the sprawling, sun-baked refineries of Jamnagar and the cramped, cluttered offices of
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Trump insists he must help choose Iran’s next leader. Trump rejects Khamenei’s son, demands role in Iran’s leadership choice. The sharp crack of a jet breaking the sound barrier over Tehran. The sky, a familiar, heavy grey, lit up not with the soft glow of dusk, but with the violent orange of anti-aircraft fire. On
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Oil climbs past $83 as tensions rattle markets. India relies heavily on Hormuz for oil imports. The phone in Rajesh Kumar’s small petrol pump on the outskirts of Delhi rang at 6:47 on Thursday morning. It was his supplier, and the news was delivered in the flat, weary tone of a man who had been
Iran vows revenge after US sinks warship nearby. The water off Sri Lanka’s coast turned cold long before the sun set on Wednesday. Not the temperature—that remained tropical, indifferent to human tragedy—but something deeper. The cold of absence. The cold of 100 souls swallowed by the Indian Ocean, their stories extinguished in a flash of
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Trump says Israel didn’t pressure him into war. The fluorescent lights of the White House briefing room hummed with their usual sterile energy, but the air itself felt different today. Charged. Confused. The president stood at the podium, and with a casual shrug, rewrote the narrative of a war. “If anything, I might have forced
