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Thousands of Palestinians protest in West Bank

JERUSALEM: Thousands of outraged Palestinians took to the streets of the West Bank on Thursday, joining funeral processions and demonstrations after two protesters were killed

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Book on Narayan Gopal and Gopal Yonjan hits bookstands

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Finance Minister Shankar Koirala, who is also a literary figure, today said that he was fed up with writing budget as writing poems and literary piece was his

Two Nepalis missing in Malaysia

KHOTANG: Two migrant workers of Khotang district have gone missing in Malaysia for two weeks. Aswin Sigdel, 26, of Dandagaun-6 and Pradeep Khatri, 23, of Temma-9, in the district, have

5 Nepalis self-immolate in India; three dead

KATHMANDU: Five members of a Nepali family set themselves on fire at the office of Rajkot Municipal Corporation in India, leaving three of them dead. The family feared eviction from

NC lauds 1 pc threshold provision

KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress (NC) has lauded the Election Commission’s provision of making mandatory to secure at least one percent vote for any political party of total valid votes to

HLPC to sit for talks with dissenting parties

KATHMANDU: The high-level political committee (HLPC) led by UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda formed to assist the election government has decided to hold talks with the dissenting political

Sex, murder and conspiracy sheds new light on Edward VIII – Book

LONDON: King Edward VIII may be best known for giving up the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, but it wasn’t the first time his love affairs posed a

Maoist leaders asked to return weapons

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Interim Election Council today has directed the former rebel leaders to submit their weapons to the government authorities by May-mid. Leaders of Nepal’s hardliner communist party CPN-Maoist have

Taliban attack Afghan courthouse, leaving 53 dead

KABUL, Afghanistan: Insurgents wearing Afghan army uniforms launched a suicide attack and stormed a courthouseWednesday in a failed bid to free Taliban inmates, killing at least 44 people, half of

U.S. to send missile defenses to Guam over North Korea threat

SEOUL/WASHINGTON: The United States said it would soon send a missile defense system to Guam to defend it from North Korea, as the U.S. military adjusts to what Defense Secretary