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Sunday, September 27, 2026
IndoDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)

Nepal's hydropower ambitions face climate reality check

Nepal's hydropower boom has long been touted as a cornerstone of economic growth and renewable energy, but the devastating flood in August exposed its vulnerability.

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IndoDaily Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal tunnel survivor wants to help post-flood rebuild

Pulled alive 10 days after catastrophic floods trapped him in a tunnel, Nepali hydropower worker Kabir Maharjan is determined to h...

IndoDaily Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia hold talks after Houthi attacks

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan held military chiefs of staff talks to support the kingdom as Yemen's Houthis ramp up attacks on...

IndoDaily Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Rich nations should foot climate bill, says Nepal minister

Wealthy nations must do their fair share to help countries that are least responsible for the climate crisis, yet bear its brunt, ...

SeedDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Italy winemakers hail bumper harvest but cut output

Wine growers in Italy's Piedmont region are celebrating a bountiful harvest despite the extreme heat but warn they have to cut pro...

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IndoDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
India's 'Tree Father' plants for a greener future

With Delhi's choking haze hanging overhead, Peepal Baba presses a young tree into the earth, continuing a nearly half-century mission to restore India's vanishing green cover.

IndoDaily MILITARY Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Pakistan PM calls Houthi Mecca attacks 'red line' at UN

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said at the UN Friday that further attacks on the Islamic holy city of Mecca would be a "red line" for Islamabad.

IndoDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal PM says floods 'a warning to the world' about climate change

Nepal's catastrophic flooding last month "was a warning to the world" about the rising dangers of climate change, Prime Minister Balendra Shah told the United Nations on Thursday, ...

IndoDaily CHINA Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal flood victims look to PM Shah to press climate case at UN

As Nepal's prime minister heads to the United Nations seeking climate justice, survivors of the catastrophic floods that tore through Himalayan valleys are counting on the young le...

AfricaDaily MILITARY Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Strikes hit Sudan cities as army chief defiant after US visa snub

Two Sudanese cities were targeted by strikes on Sunday, witnesses told AFP, a day after army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan vowed to press ahead with the years-long war against a riv...

DisasterDay ENVIRONMENT Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain, high winds

Heavy rain and strong winds battered the northeastern United States on Saturday as an unusually powerful autumn storm intensified, leaving tens of thousands without power and US me...

PolicyDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi strike on Yemen's Taiz kills seven: Houthi media

A Saudi airstrike on Taiz in southwest Yemen killed seven people and wounded dozens more, Houthi media reporte...

PolicyDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Houthis say Saudi strikes on Yemen's Taiz leave dozens of casualties

Saudi airstrikes on Taiz in southwest Yemen caused dozens of casualties in an area controlled by the Houthis, ...

PolicyDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
US Treasury chief claims successes in isolating Iran

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Saturday that he had sent envoys around the world to pressure countri...

PolicyDaily Sep 27, 2026 (AFP)
Iran stands firm on Hormuz plan after US rejection

Iran stood firm Sunday on its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, despite US President Donald Trump...