China on Monday dismissed claims linking its massive hydropower projects in Tibet to the August 26 flash flood disaster in Nepal, calling them “malicious speculation”. “We noted that experts and official institutions of China and Nepal have made some...

Nepal has begun temporarily burying unidentified flood victims as prolonged exposure to water and decomposition make identification increasingly difficult. So far, 903 bodies have been recovered, while 4,200 people remain unaccounted for, the government said on Monday. Medical teams...

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has warned citizens to exercise heightened caution when travelling to China after a Taiwanese man alleged that his son was subjected to six hours of questioning in Shanghai over his previous employment with Amnesty...

"Everything is gone, sir, nothing is left... The helicopter brought us yesterday. Everyone is fine... All the money kept for an operation is gone, everything is gone," the resident said.

Sadhguru also called for greater cooperation among the Himalayan nations to respond collectively to disasters affecting the fragile mountain region, stressing that the Himalayas transcend political boundaries.

The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rose to 903 on Monday, with more bodies being recovered and nearly 4,250 people still missing following the disaster, authorities said. Bodies have been recovered from all eight affected districts as...

As Nepal assesses the damage from the devastating flashfloods near its border with Tibet, Beijing’s restrictions on access to the affected region have come under scrutiny, raising broader concerns over the availability of timely information and hydrological data to...

Five-year-old Ishara Tamang lies in a hospital bed in Kathmandu, injured and separated from her family, after surviving the flashfloods that devastated Rasuwa district on the Nepal-Tibet border. She was rescued from the floodwaters in Khalte, a village in...

The death toll from the devastating flashflood in Nepal rose to 788 on Sunday as rescue teams searched for more than 2,500 missing people and India intensified its assistance with specialised tunnel rescue and forensic teams. According to the...

“Everything was here before, but now there is nothing left,” said Nayan Tiwari, one of many residents returning to flood-hit Galchhi in central Nepal to recover whatever belongings remain and to restore homes that once held their everyday lives....