Nepal says 'intensifying' efforts to free hundreds believed trapped in hydropower tunnels

Residents gathered on higher ground for safety on Sunday (August 30) as river water levels rose in Roshuki Bazar in Nepal.  Drone footage on Saturday (August 29) showed the extent of damage at a village that was hit by the floods.

By Sahana Bajracharya, Gopal Sharma, Laurie Chen and Ethan Wang CHITWAN, Nepal/BEIJING, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Nepal and China raced ⁠on ⁠Sunday to find thousands of people missing after a glacier collapse ⁠unleashed a catastrophic mudslide across the Himalayas,

Poor weather temporarily hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal as the search for thousands of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered i

U.S. forces have struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in the first military action in a month,, a U.S. official said Sunday. Semiofficial news outlets in Iran reported sounds of explosions near Larak island on the strait.

Iran threatens retaliation after U.S. military action near the Strait of Hormuz, as a new Venezuela oil deal takes center stage.

Iran said Monday it attacked US military targets in Jordan in retaliation for the first American strikes on its territory in a month, marking a fresh flare-up in the six-month war.The exchange of

US forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months.

Google Maps has changed the name of "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" for U.S. users to reflect President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the lake, according to a Google statement. Trump announced on Thursday that he was changing the name of the smallest of the five Great Lakes,

Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for users in the United States, reflecting a recent order by President Donald Trump that changed the name of the lake,

Google has renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America on its maps following President Donald Trump’s executive order on Thursday amid an escalating trade war between the two longtime allies. The name change is only visible to American users,

Multiple Canadian websites displayed maps with Lake Ontario renamed as Lake America a day after Google Maps announced the change to align with an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump. The change was only supposed to affect U.

After a divisive national debate, Icelanders rejected a proposal to resume negotiations on joining the bloc, according to the national broadcaster.

Iceland is headed toward rejecting a referendum to restart negotiations to join the European Union, according to the national broadcaster

Iceland's voters rejected restarting negotiations to join the European Union in a referendum that pitted concerns about geopolitical stability against keeping national control of Iceland’s prized fisheries,

A referendum asking voters in Iceland to approve the restart of negotiations with the European Union to join the economic bloc was too close to call early Sunday morning. As the counting continued, the vote on whether to engage in talks was nearly even,

The U.S. government agreed to take a 35% passive stake in a private company with centurylong rights to 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil. Here's how the unus

Trump said a pact with Venezuela will allow the U.S. to control billions of barrels of oil, lowering gas prices for Americans and doubling reserves.

There’s a lot that’s not immediately clear about President Donald Trump’s deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s vast oil reserves

President Trump said the U.S. will begin "topping out" its strategic petroleum reserve with Venezuelan oil under last week's agreement. But that's unlikely to provide much relief to Americans facing sustained high gas prices.

Kyiv-Area Survivor Recalls Russian Strike That Killed 38 By Kateryna Besedina and Anna Voitenko MYLA, Ukraine, Aug 30 (Reuters) - ⁠Glass ⁠crackles as Liudmyla Polianychko walks through ⁠her shattered home outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv,

The death toll from a Russian strike on a warehouse west of Kyiv, the war’s deadliest attack so far this year, rose to 38 with four people still missing

The deadly strike comes amid 72 hours of near constant drone strikes across Ukraine, severely disrupting daily life.

Ukraine's president is ordering a criminal investigation after a Russian drone slammed into a warehouse near Kyiv in one of the war's deadliest attacks this year.