Survivors of Nepal Flood Left in Stunned Disbelief: ‘They All Died, and I Lived’
A visit near the border with Tibet laid bare the effects of a swollen river’s furious speed. Miles of devastation were left behind in a flash flood th...
Rafael Manuel’s Film ‘Filipiñana’ Makes a Golf Course a Villain
The movie “Filipiñana” pits a country club’s members against its staff, using a golf course to explore the Philippines’ deep divides over land and cla...
In Nepal, a Catastrophe So Sudden There Was No Time to React
The collapse of part of a mountain created a flash flood of a scale and speed no one had imagined, survivors said. Hundreds died, at least, and many m...
Climate Change Raises Risk of Disasters Like Nepal Floods
Glaciers and permafrost in the Himalayas are melting faster as temperatures rise, though scientists are still studying the exact causes of this week’s...
Speed of Nepal’s Flash Floods Likely Overwhelmed Warning System, Experts Say
Scientists and disaster response researchers said Nepal’s early flood warning system relied on a conventional network of river gauges in this remote r...
Greenlandic Women Will Finally Get Money for Forced Contraception
For decades, Denmark implanted intrauterine devices in women in Greenland in an effort to keep down the island’s population. On Thursday, the governme...
Speed of Nepal’s Flash Floods Likely Overwhelmed Warning System, Experts Say
Scientists and disaster response researchers said Nepal’s early flood warning system relied on a conventional network of river gauges in this remote r...
Backing Off French Issue Could Restart U.S. Trade Talks, Canadian Official Says
The minister in charge of trade with the United States was responding to comments by Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, to a Canadian broa...
Ratko Mladic, Murderous ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Dies at 83
A general during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, he was convicted in the killing of some 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, Europe’s deadliest massacre since ...
Qatari Prime Minister Travels to Tehran as Iran War Nears Six-Month Mark
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has been a key mediator in the conflict, even as his country has blamed Tehran for hundreds of missile and dr...
Survivors of Deadly Nepal Flood Recall Its Devastating Force
Survivors described the terrifying speed and power of the “boulders, sand and thick sludge” that killed hundreds and wiped out villages on the border ...
Where Drones Cannot See, the Ukraine War Is a Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse
Russian troops are trying to infiltrate the vast, overgrown reservoir basin of a dam they blew up three years ago as Ukrainian soldiers hunt them at c...
Rescuers in Nepal Face Devastated Roads and Tough Terrain After Deadly Flood
The deadly Himalayan torrent damaged roads and dozens of bridges. The devastation was impeding the search for survivors and relief deliveries, aid gro...
Why Some in Canada Want Out of the F-35 Deal With the U.S.
A year into a government review of the purchase of as many as 88 F-35s, one premier says buying American warplanes makes no sense in the face of Presi...
Democratic Socialists Are the Toast of the Party in Uruguay
The success of progressive candidates in the United States is inspiring leftists abroad struggling under pressure from the Trump administration and it...
Saudi Arabia Appears to Be Preparing for a New War With the Houthis
Analysts say that weeks of Houthi attacks on Saudi targets have brought the kingdom and the Iranian-backed militia to the brink of full-blown conflict...
‘A Huge Paradox’: Nepal Region Hit by Flood Is Known for Development and Disasters
The region has experienced an economic boom even as natural disasters have repeatedly struck, including a flood that killed more than 160 people on We...
