Updated: Mar 5th, 2026 Voters in Nepal went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new government in the country’s first election since a youth-led uprising forced the fall of the administration of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli in September last year. Among the prominent contenders is Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician widely known as ‘Balen’. He is...

Updated: Mar 5th, 2026 Representative Image Millions of people across Cuba were left without electricity on Wednesday after a major blackout affected large parts of the island. The outage continues as the country faces severe fuel shortages along with economic pressure from the United States. Officials said the blackout began after an unexpected shutdown at one of the country’s main...

Islamic Republic of Iran Armed forces has denied reports that it launched any missile toward Turkey. In an official statement, the  armed forces said there was no missile activity targeting Turkish territory and no threat to the neighboring country. The statement was released to clarify media reports that suggested possible missile movement in the direction of Turkey. Iranian officials said...

Updated: Mar 5th, 2026 Representative Image Hours after a torpedo from a US submarine attacked an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday claimed it struck a US tanker in the Gulf, as per reports.  The Iranian state media said the US ship was set on fire.  The conflict has intensified further, marking...

representative image The United States tested a nuclear-capable missile on Tuesday night as the war in the Middle East entered its sixth day. The missile, called Minuteman III, was launched from “Vandenberg Space Force” Base in California. Officials said the test was routine and not directly connected to the current conflict with Iran. The launch was carried out by the...

Updated: Mar 5th, 2026 The United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Wednesday voted to subpoena Pam Bondi for a deposition over the United States Department of Justice’s handling of its investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and its compliance with a law mandating the public release of related documents, as per reports. The motion reportedly passed by...

The UK government will stop issuing study visas for students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan from this month. This comes amid a rise in widespread visa abuse in the country. It will also stop issuing skilled work visas to Afghans. The UK Home Office said in a statement on Tuesday that “an ‘emergency brake’ on visas has been imposed...

Republican senators on Wednesday voted down an attempt to halt Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran, signalling early backing for a conflict that has rapidly expanded across the Middle East with no clear US exit strategy, as per reports. The proposed legislation, a war powers resolution requiring congressional approval for further military action, reportedly failed by 47 votes to 53....

Parliamentary polls began in Nepal at 7 am on Thursday for the House of Representatives, with voters queuing at polling centres across the country to cast their ballots.  The elections are being held to elect 275 members of the lower house – 165 through the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) system and 110 through the proportional representation system. Some of the country’s noted...

Updated: Mar 4th, 2026 Iran has claimed to have struck one of the United States’ most critical missile early-warning assets in the Middle East, marking a sharp escalation in the ongoing regional conflict.  According to Iranian sources, the attack targeted the highly advanced AN/FPS-132 ballistic missile early-warning radar system stationed in Qatar, often described as America’s “eye in the sky”...