An earthquake struck in Nepal in 2015 that ended up killing 9,000 people around Kathmandu. The earthquake took a lot of lives and destroyed homes and cities, because of this people are now facing debts that they need to pay. Ratna Awale is a survivor of the earthquake along with her husband and two sons, but unfortunately her home was… Read more »
Survivors of the 2015 quake that killed almost 9,000 people around Kathmandu now face another challenge they didn’t expect Ratna Awale counts herself lucky. She and her husband, Prem, and their two sons survived the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal on 25 April 2015 that killed almost 9,000 people. But her narrow four-storey home in Patan, a sprawling, historical city south of… Read more »
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh summoned the Myanmar ambassador on Wednesday to condemn “irresponsible remarks” made by Myanmar’s religion minister about Rohingya Muslims, and called for action against him, senior officials at the Bangladesh foreign ministry said. FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugee children walk along the road at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, November 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain Rohingya Muslims… Read more »
Tehran is sinking. This is not a metaphor connected to American sanctions or the drop in oil prices, but the conclusions of a recent study that analyzed satellite data about the Iranian capital. It found that some parts of the city are sinking into the ground at a rate of up to 25 centimeters (nearly 10 inches) a year. The… Read more »
At least two police officers have been killed following a suicide car bombing attack near a police post in Iran‘s southern port city of Chabahar, state television Press TV reported, quoting security and local officials. Press TV quoted Rahmdel Bamari, governor of Sistan and Baluchestan province, as saying that an “explosives-laden vehicle” targeted the police post on Thursday. “Police stopped the… Read more »