Bolivia : Evo Morales has accepted an offer of political asylum in Mexico a day after resigning as president of Bolivia amid election fraud protests. In a tweet, he said it hurt to be leaving Bolivia but he would return with more “strength and energy”. Mexico’s Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, confirmed Mr Morales had boarded…
Australia : Two Australian states have declared a state of emergency as bushfires bring a “catastrophic” threat to heavily populated areas of the nation’s east. At least three people are dead and thousands have been displaced by three days of dangerous weather conditions in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland. But officials say the worst…
Kong kong : A policeman has shot a protester during another day of violent demonstrations in Hong Kong. Footage posted on Facebook showed the officer drawing his gun before grappling with a man at a roadblock. When another man approached wearing a face mask, the officer fired at him, hitting him in the torso. As…
Dhangadhi : The Sudurpaschim provincial state minister for industry, tourism and environment, Prakash Rawal, has resigned. Recently, the Kanchanpur District Court had registered a case against the ruling Nepal Communist Party leader among 16. The defendants have been accused of forging share transaction documents to embezzle property worth Rs 157 million belonging to Jana Jyoti…
Kathmandu : The state affairs and good governance committee of the federal parliament has asked Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to attend a committee meeting to discuss the issue regarding the newly publicised map of India. The committee secretariat asked the Prime Minister to attend the meeting scheduled for Monday. The committee wants to take…
Berlin : US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned of the dangers posed by Russia and China, and called on Nato to grow and confront “the challenges of today”. On a visit to Berlin, Mr Pompeo said methods used by China to suppress its own people would be “horrifyingly familiar” to East Germans. And…
Bengal : More than two million people in India and Bangladesh have been evacuated as Cyclone Bulbul hits the Bay of Bengal. The storm made landfall at midnight local time (18:30 GMT) on Saturday, near Sagar Island in Indian West Bengal, and is expected to unleash surges as high as 7ft (2m). Two people have…
Ayodhya : For more than a decade, he sat in musty courtrooms, representing a Hindu God in one of the country’s most contentious and deadly disputes. In court papers, Triloki Nath Pandey, is described as the “next friend” of the infant Lord Ram. The deity was one of the litigants in the long-running dispute over…
North Korea : North Korea has fired two unidentified “projectiles” into the sea, the South Korean military says. According to Japan’s Defence Ministry, the objects “appeared to be ballistic missiles”. If confirmed as a missile test, it would be the North’s 12th such launch this year. That missile was, in theory, able to carry a…
Kathmandu : Kathmandu District Court will on Thursday decide if former Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara needs to be further remanded in custody or not. Mahara, who has been charged with attempt to rape, after an official complaint was filed against him by the victim, a parliament secretariat staffer. The district court has extended his custody…
