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FILE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pull a man out of an elevator as he and his daughter attempt to leave following a hearing in immigration court, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. Photo: AP

Judge bars immigration arrests at US courthouses in a setback for Trump

A judge on Tuesday barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, ordering an end to a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year.

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FILE - Health workers wearing protective suits tend to an Ebola victim kept in an isolation tent in Beni, Congo, July 13, 2019. Photo: AP

A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recorded

Africa’s top public health body on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far.

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In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) on Friday, April 17, 2026, rescuers inspect the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed in Sekadau, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo: BASARNAS via AP

Helicopter crash on Indonesia's Borneo island kills 8

A helicopter flying between palm oil plantations on Borneo Island crashed, killing the eight people on board, Indonesian officials said Friday.

17 Apr, 2026

Paramilitary soldiers take positions at the U.S. Consulate after protesters stormed the building in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, March 1, 2026. Photo: AP

At least 9 killed as protesters storm US Consulate in Pakistan over killing of Iran's supreme leader

At least nine people were killed and about two dozen were wounded in violent clashes with police and paramilitary forces Sunday after hundreds of protesters stormed the U.S. Consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, authorities said.

01 Mar, 2026

Firefighters try to control a massive fire that was broke out in a multi-story shopping mall in overnight, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. Photo: AP

Death toll in Karachi shopping plaza fire rises to 10 as search continues for dozens missing

The death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, rose to at least 10 after rescuers recovered four more bodies from the badly damaged building during an overnight search for dozens of people reported missing, officials said Monday.

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NRNA Thailand, Nepal Embassy distribute flood relief to hard-hit communities in Songkhla

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A powerful earthquake kills at least 20 people and injures hundreds in northern...

03 Nov, 2025

'Lovebugs' return in swarms to South Korea and blanket a mountain peak

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A week of heavy rains and floods across Pakistan kills 46 people including 13 family...

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Fire rips through dormitory at girl's school in Kenya, killing at least 16 students

A fire ripped through a dormitory in a girls' boarding school in central Kenya on Thursday, killing at least 16 students, a government official said, in the latest such incident to afflict the East African nation.

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4 crew members eject safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho

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Rescue workers clear the rubble of a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Photo: AP

Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.

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Dust storms and lightning kill at least 96 people in northern India

Dust storms, heavy rain, and lightning damaged homes and other structures and killed at least 96 people in northern India, officials said Thursday.

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Thailand's Thaksin released from prison after serving 8 months for abuse of power

Thailand ’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose 21st-century political odyssey sharply divided Thai society for decades, was released from a Bangkok prison on Monday after serving eight months of a one-year sentence for a corruption-related charge.

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An explosion at a fireworks plant in China kills at least 26 people and injures dozens of others

An explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, state media reported Tuesday, prompting the halting of all firework manufacturing near the site.

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Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran after a “catastrophic deterioration” of her health, her foundation said Friday.

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Habeas Corpus petition filed in Supreme Court challenging UML leader Bishnu Paudel's arrest

A habeas corpus petition has been filed at the Supreme Court challenging the arrest of CPN-UML Vice Chair Bishnu Paudel, calling his detention illegal.

Two stolen cultural antiquities repatriated from US to Nepal

Nepal has secured the return of two valuable cultural antiquities from the United States following their recovery by American authorities.

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The meeting of the House of Representatives, originally scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed by a day and will now be held on Friday.

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The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) continued its downward trend on Wednesday, falling by 14.45 points, or 0.54 per cent, to close at 2,660.02 points.

Govt eyes 52-hectare 'Tiger Sanctuary' in Chitwan for problem tigers

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Bharatpur Hospital has tied up with private hospitals to keep CT scan services running after its own machine broke down, leaving roughly 50 patients a day in need of an alternative.

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Heatwave shuts all 163 schools in Nepalgunj for three days

With temperatures touching 40 degrees Celsius, Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City has ordered all 163 schools in the area shut for three days starting Wednesday.

Over 3,300 Kathmandu vehicles now under camera, GPS watch

Step onto a public vehicle in the Kathmandu Valley these days, and chances are you're being watched - for your own safety, officials say.

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