Category: World

Himalayan Flood Catastrophe: Death Toll Tops 750, Thousands Still Missing as Nepal and China Scramble to Find Survivors A catastrophic glacial collapse near the Langtang Lirung peak on Wednesday sent a wall of water, ice and rock downstream onto communities along the Nepal-China border, and by Sunday the death toll in Nepal had climbed to…

US, South Korea and Japan Confirm War Drill Days After North Korea Threatens Retaliation Officials in Seoul announced Friday that the United States, South Korea and Japan will proceed with the trilateral “Freedom Edge” military exercise starting September 7 for a five-day run in waters off South Korea’s Jeju Island, describing the drill as defensive…

Nepal’s Flood Death Toll Tops 500 as Nepal and China Trade Blame Over Data The death toll from Wednesday’s catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-Tibet border reached 579 confirmed dead, with roughly 2,500 people still missing across both countries — 1,924 in Nepal and 558 in China, according to state media — as rescue crews continued…

Norway’s King Dies as a Scandal-Battered Monarchy Faces Its Future King Harald V of Norway died Friday at Oslo University Hospital’s Rikshospitalet at age 89, days after being admitted on August 17 for treatment of a blood infection. He was immediately succeeded by his son, now King Haakon VIII, ending a 35-year reign in which…

‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladić Dies in Custody, Reopening a Reckoning That Was Never Finished Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of genocide for his role in the 1990s Bosnian war, died Thursday at a hospital in The Hague while serving a life sentence. He was 84 [1]. Mladić commanded Bosnian Serb…

Israel Expels Dutch Diplomats Over Settlement Boycott, Then Turns on Its Own Diplomats Too Israel has expelled Dutch representatives from the International Support Center for Gaza, the U.S.-led hub in Kiryat Gat that coordinates implementation of the Gaza ceasefire, after the Netherlands passed legislation banning trade in goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank,…

Glacier Collapse Sends Deadly Flood Wall Through Nepal and Tibet, Leaving 1,300 Missing A glacier collapse high in the Himalayas triggered flash floods that tore through valleys along the Nepal-Tibet border early Wednesday, sending a wall of water and debris through towns and villages. Nepali police say at least 469 people have been killed and…

Israel Weighs Booting the UK From Its Own Gaza Ceasefire Command Center Israel is considering expelling British officials, and possibly German and Italian representatives as well, from the International Gaza Support Center (IGSC), the U.S.-led multinational hub in Kiryat Gat that monitors the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Financial Times reported Thursday [1, 2].…

Locked Exits, Dead Newborns: Islamabad Hospital Fire Exposes Rot in Pakistan’s Health System A fire tore through the nursery of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad early Wednesday morning, killing 14 newborn babies out of 15 housed in the ward. Hospital officials say the blaze, which broke out around 6:45 a.m. on…

Glacial Collapse Buries Himalayan Border Towns, Leaves Nearly 1,500 Missing A wall of glacial rock, ice and mud collapsed into a Himalayan river along the Nepal-Tibet border early Wednesday, sending flash floods tearing through towns and trekking routes in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts and China’s Gyirong county. The U.S. Geological Survey determined the disaster…