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At least 100 people killed in Nepal floods

Dozens more were still missing on Sunday after two days of intense rainfall, which has inundated the valley around the capital Kathmandu.

Nasrallah’s killing by Israel puts Mideast on the edge

KABUL (SW) – Lebanon has announced three days of mourning after a huge Israeli air strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs the previous day killed the

Israel’s military claims it has killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

The Iran-backed Hezbollah has yet to issue any statement on the status of Nasrallah, who led the group for 32 years.

Saudi Arabia forms global alliance to push for two-state solution in ME

Saudi Arabia has formed a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the country’s foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.

Thousand words in single frames: Best of last week’s news in pictures

The feature photo by Phil Noble, Reuters, shows that Pat McFadden, Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East, prepares to attend an interview at the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, England.

43 dead, millions without power as US devastated by deadly storm

Tropical Depression Helene brought life-threatening flooding on Friday to wide sections of the US Southeast, where at least 43 people have been killed by a storm that swamped neighborhoods, triggered mudslides, threatened dams and left more than 3.5 million homes and businesses without power.

Israel eyeing ‘swift ground offensives’ in Lebanon

As Israel and Hezbollah traded fire after the United States and its allies failed to secure a halt, an Israeli official said on Friday that any ground operation against Hezbollah would be swift.

At least 120,000 tourists visit Panjshir, Parwan, Kapisa in a year

Local officials from Panjshir, Parwan, and Kapisa reported that at least 120,000 domestic and international tourists have visited the historical sites and tourist attractions in these three provinces over the past year.

Islamic Emirate claims human rights are ‘safeguarded’ in Afghanistan

Hamdullah Fetrat, the deputy spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, has claimed that human rights are safeguarded in Afghanistan and that there is no “discriminatory treatment” against anyone.

U.S. leads calls for 21 day ceasefire in Lebanon

The United States, the European Union and Arab nations were among those who released a joint statement late calling for an immediate 21-day cease-fire across the Israel-Lebanon border between Israel and Hezbollah.

Russia threatens war with NATO as Ukraine nears to get long-range missiles

Russian President Vladimir Putin has that if any Western nation that is a nuclear power were to aid Ukraine in a conventional attack on Russia, it would be considered a “joint attack on the Russian Federation.”