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'No land left at all': Nepal flood survivors detail a transformed landscape

News September 4, 2026

Sheltering with relatives or in temporary camps, survivors of devastating floods in Nepal say they can no longer rebuild their homes after the landscape was violently transformed, leaving them focused...

81 dead in Yemen clashes as Houthis push towards key strait: sources

News September 4, 2026

Clashes between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces have killed 81, military and medical sources said on Friday, as the rebels push towards territory bordering a chokepoint in the strategic Red Se...

New York's Muslims reclaim their city 25 years after 9/11 attacks

Sports September 4, 2026

Asad Dandia was eight when he watched the Sept 11, 2001 attacks on television at his Pakistani-immigrant parents’ home in New York. Then came the backlash — years of Islamophobia as Americans proc...

Ex-Pakistan coach Jason Gillespie tells Aaqib Javed to 'look in the mirror' over cricket team sackings

News September 4, 2026

Former Pakistan Test coach Jason Gillespie said on Friday chairman of selectors Aaqib Javed needs to “look at himself in the mirror” with the national team “playing with fear”. In a shock move...

2 trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal more than a week after catastrophic flash floods

News September 4, 2026

Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on Friday, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said. Rescuers cheered a...

FIFA blasts UEFA 'smear campaign', fights World Cup plan disclosures

News September 3, 2026

FIFA has accused UEFA of a “smear campaign” and a “fishing expedition” after European football’s governing body asked US judges to force it to hand over documents related to its failed World...

Iran attacks US targets despite Trump threats

News September 3, 2026

Iran attacked US military bases in Kuwait on Thursday, despite US President Donald Trump threatening further strikes in a fresh flare-up six months into the war. The new clashes, which began with US r...

'World in danger zone': UN says El Nino likely to intensify, may become strongest ever recorded

Health September 3, 2026

El Nino could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the United Nations’ climate agency warned on Thursday, with the UN chief warning the world is in the “danger zone of extreme we...

US President Trump suggests renaming Strait of Hormuz as ‘Trump Strait’

News September 2, 2026

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz “Trump Strait”, despite the fact that the crucial waterway remains contested amid the war with Iran. “Now that we h...

Israel ready to remove Gaza population if US gives approval: defence minister

Health September 2, 2026

Israel has plans ready to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip but is waiting for the United States to figure out where to take them, the defence minister said Wednesday. “There is no real soluti...