A huge blizzard swept the slopes of Mount Everest over the weekend, trapping hundreds of climbers and forcing rescue workers to conduct high-altitude evacuations. The timing of the blizzard was ...
Palm Jumeirah of Dubai's Palm Islands, seen from space.Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2024The International Space Station has the best view of some of Earth's most iconic landmarks.Astronauts can see ...
NEW DELHI—Back-to-back student-led uprisings in Bangladesh and Nepal have toppled governments there, signaling a generational shift in South Asian politics. From Colombo to Dhaka to Kathmandu, Generation Z is emerging ...
It’s a safe bet that absolutely no one had “Nepali citizens hold a meaningful state election on an online gaming server” on their 2025 bingo card. Yet after days of ...
The Nepal protests, a so-called Gen Z revolution, began as a social media campaign targeting “#NepoKids.” Those are the privileged offspring of Nepal’s corrupt political class. Photos of politicians’ children ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Nepal’s descent into political instability, Israel targeting Hamas leadership in Qatar, and the sentencing of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigns amid deadly anti-government protests, a U.S. firm strikes a deal with Pakistan on ...
Since the Trump administration began to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), many commentators have seen an opportunity for China. They argue that Beijing will “fill the ...
