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Nepal's disaster authority said initial losses from last week's Himalayan glacial flood total 387.5 billion rupees ( USD 2.56 billion), with USD 52.6 million needed for recovery over the next four months
The South Korean government is reviewing options to dispatch naval and air support assets to assist international freedom-of-navigation efforts in the Strait of Hormuz, though the presidential office emphasized that no final decision has been made
Iranian forces launched renewed missile and drone strikes against US military positions at Kuwait's Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base and UAE's Al Minhad Air Base, while US Vice President JD Vance confirmed Washington is investigating an alleged US airstrike that killed four at a wedding in Kuhestak
Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New York City's Muslim community, now accounting for approximately nine percent of the city's population, has evolved from facing intense post-9/11 discrimination
US Vice President JD Vance stated during a White House press briefing that he would not characterize the six-month conflict with Iran as a war
Yemen's government and Houthi forces clashed on Thursday near Bab al-Mandab, with 13 government troops reported killed.
