BEIRUT, Jan 12, 2016 (AFP) – At least 12 children and three adults were killed in a Russian air strike that hit a school in Syria’s Aleppo province on Monday, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the three adults included...
BEIJING, Jan 11, (AFP) – A Chinese diplomat urged “calm and restraint” between Saudi Arabia and Iran during a visit to both countries last week, China’s government said Monday.Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic ties with Iran earlier this month after angry protesters ransacked and...
Kathmandu, Jan 11: King Prithvi Narayan Shah, the unifier of modern Nepal, was remembered today on the occasion of the National Unity Day and his 293rd birth anniversary. The late king’s statue in front of the west gate of the Singha Durbar was garlanded...
Kathmandu, Jan 11: Nepali Congress Vice-President Ramchandra Poudel has said that the problems surfaced in the Tarai would be resolved soon. While receiving a memorandum submitted by the Reporter’s Club here today, leader Poudel said that the problems seen in Tarai would be resolved...
Nepalgunj, Jan 10: UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday claimed that India has incurred moral and political loss with its unofficial blockade of essential supplies to Nepal which he added was much more than what Nepali people have suffered. “Nepali people are...
YANGON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — A huge fire which broke out at Mingalazay Market in Myanmar’s Yangon on Saturday has engulfed three floors of the building and destroyed 1,638 shops, according to an official estimation published here on Sunday. The loss caused by the...
Achham, Jan 10: A woman here has been arrested on the charge of murdering her husband. Dhanadevi Saud, a resident of Tali in Makatikot VDC-5 in the district was arrested after her 36-year-old husband Lal Bahadur Saud was found dead in the kitchen with...
Kanchanpur, Jan 10: With the dip in temperature in the North Pole, the Siberian birds have spotted in the wetlands of the Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in the recent days. The migratory birds of different species have started to arrive in the area to escape...
Bardibas, Jan 8: CPN (UML) general secretary Ishwar Pokharel has said that the Tarai issues were more created than genuine. He added that such situation occurred as political parties could not explain the features of new constitution to the people. Pokharel blamed some external...
Rautahat, Jan 8: One person was killed and other 12 were injured in a road accident near Dhansar Bridge along the East-West Highway in the district this morning, police said. The accident took place when a bus (Na 5 Kha 272) hit a stationary...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 8, 2016 (AFP) – Facebook announced Thursday that the number of people using its Messenger application monthly has shot past 800 million, with more features on the way to win even more fans. “The Messenger team’s mission is to make Messenger...
NEW DELHI, Jan. 7:(Xinhua) — Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away Thursday morning after a brief illness, at India’s premier hospital – All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, officials said....