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Activist: Smiling NKorean defectors told of misery

South Korea: Before they were detained in Laos and sent home, a group of young North Korean defectors smiled and teased each other as they

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Venezuela frees US spy

Venezuela: A U.S. filmmaker jailed for alleged espionage in Venezuela was expelled from the country and returned to the United States in a gesture that could signal a thaw in

Obama names outspoken Rice as his security adviser

WASHINGTON: Defying Republican critics, President Barack Obama named outspoken diplomat Susan Rice as his national security adviser Wednesday, giving her a larger voice in U.S. foreign policy despite accusations that

Seven dead in Taplejung landslide

TAPLEJUNG: Seven persons of a family have been buried in a landslide at Thukimba-6 in Taplejung district. Four others have gone missing in the landslide. The landslide caused by heavy

Fire breaks out in Nepal’s five-star hotel

KATHMANDU: A fire broke out in the Lazimpat-based Hotel Shangri-La just on Wednesday evening. The fire was started from the kitchen of the five-star hotel located in the heart of

Pakistani parliament elects Nawaz Sharif as PM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament elected Nawaz Sharif as prime minister on Wednesday, marking a historic transfer of power in a country that has undergone three military coups. Now Sharif faces the

Election needed to end political vacuum

NUWAKOT: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Arjun Narsingh KC has said that KC the current political vacuum should be ended through the election. Talking to media here today, KC said the

Two buried in clay mound in Dhankuta village

DHANKUTA: Two members of a family were buried in a clay mound while sleeping at Mahabharat VDC-2 in Dhankuta district this morning. The VDC is some 50 km to the

Threshold not needed in CA poll, RPP Chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa says

KATHMANDU: Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa has said that the CA election should be conducted in the previously prepared legal provision adding that the new conditions just ahead

At least 7 killed in Surkhet bus accident

KATHMANDU: At least seven passengers were killed and dozen other injured after a bus met with an accident at Nepa VDC-8 in Dailekh district along the Karnali Highway today. The