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A building stands damaged and surrounded by piles of mud, uprooted trees, and debris along the swollen Trishuli River, at Devighat, in Nuwakot district, Nepal, on September 4, 2026. The region was struck by devastating flash floods and mudslides following a high-altitude glacier collapse in late August. | Photo Credit: PTI The United Nations (UN)…
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Ranking Member U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday (September 4, 2026) by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given to Reuters, a development that follows reports that commercially available location…
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A Red Cross convoy escorts four released prisoners who were held in Israeli prisons as they arrive in the southern village of Mansouri, Lebanon, Friday, September 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israel’s military has cleared Hezbollah fighters holed up in tunnels under the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Israel…
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Rishi travelled from Nepal’s Kavre district to Rasuwa in search of his brother, Ang Thung Tamang, a truck driver who went missing after the flash flood on August 26. With no answers, Rishi began searching for his brother himself, eventually reaching Syaphru in Rasuwa. This is the story of a family caught between hope, uncertainty…
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Tamil women hold portraits of their missing relatives during a protest demanding justice for the missed ones near the Chemmani mass graves in the former war zone of Jaffna. File | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka needs to do more to protect human rights, advance accountability, and end the “long legacy of impunity”, the United…
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File image of Namal Rajapaksa (C), son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s main anti-graft body arrested lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Friday (September 4, 2026) in connection with a corruption probe into a 2013 Airbus aircraft purchase. The Commission to Investigate…
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File image of Namal Rajapaksa (C), son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s main anti-graft body arrested lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Friday (September 4, 2026) in connection with a corruption probe into a 2013 Airbus aircraft purchase. The Commission to Investigate…
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Gloria Steinem, undercover as a Playboy Bunny for her investigative journalism piece “The Bunny’s Tale”. Published – September 04, 2026 05:00 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link
Right-wing party Brothers of Italy’s leader Giorgia Meloni. File. | Photo Credit: AP Giorgia Meloni on Friday (September 4, 2026) celebrates her hard-right government becoming the longest-lasting in Italy’s postwar history, with a rally in Bari expected to draw thousands of supporters, while protesters demonstrate nearby. Italy’s first leader will have been in charge of…
A regional data-sharing mechanism is urgently needed to manage the escalating risks of glacial outbursts in the Himalayas, says Safi Ahsan Rizvi, an expert risk analyst, former adviser to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer with extensive experience in disaster management and risk reduction. He argues that…