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
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Nepal flood survivors are using a makeshift zipline to cross the swollen Trishuli River, after devastating floods swept away roads and bridges
Nepal's flood death toll has risen to 1,252, with 4,216 people still missing, as rescue operations continue on a war-footing across mountain districts
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Netanyahu says Israel is "not retreating" from Gaza during his first visit there since the ceasefire, vowing troops will stay on the Yellow Line
Nepal flood death toll has risen to 1,204, with thousands still missing, as rescue teams keep searching devastated Himalayan communities a week on
Xi Jinping told Egypt's Sisi that external interference in the Middle East should be opposed, during his first Cairo visit in a decade of ties
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Chinese President Xi Jinping at Ittihadiya Palace on Wednesday for bilateral talks focused on expanding BRICS cooperation, securing Suez Canal trade routes, and navigating economic pressures amid the US-Iran war
With more than 4,400 people still missing, international rescue teams are using heavy drilling and blasting equipment to reach over 600 workers trapped in flooded hydroelectric tunnels along the Trishuli River
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The total death toll from the Himalayan glacial outburst flood passed 1,003 on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, as search teams worked desperately to reach nearly 100 workers trapped in flooded hydroelectric tunnels across northern Nepal
Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah declared the fatal Himalayan outburst flood an extraordinary, climate-driven event as regional deaths reached 955, with 939 fatalities in Nepal alone
