KATHMANDU, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The anti-graft protests in September that forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign caused more than $586 million in losses to Nepal's $42 billion economy, a ...

A landslide after heavy rains in Central Java killed 11 people, Indonesia's disaster management agency said on Saturday, adding that rescuers were searching for a dozen who are still missing. The ...

Violent demonstrations fuelled by frustration with the economy and corruption toppled Nepal's government and left dozens of people dead in September, but a video shared online of protesters attempting ...

New Delhi, India — The rattle of iron gates sounded like drumbeats as the crowd surged forward. A sea of bodies stormed through the barricades, which had stood as sentinels of power barely hours ago.

Kathmandu, Nepal – As Nepal burned on Thursday after two days of deadly unrest that ousted a government accused of corruption, thousands of young people gathered in a heated debate to decide their ...

Authorities in Nepal have lifted the curfew in the country's capital and its surrounding areas. The calm came in the wake of protests this week that killed at least 51 people and collapsed the ...

Sushila Karki, a former chief justice, was the choice of the student protesters whose mass rallies led to violent clashes and toppled the government. By Hannah Beech and Bhadra Sharma Reporting from ...

In 1971, Gil Scott-Heron warned that “the revolution will not be televised.” In Nepal, 54 years later, the revolution didn’t need to be. It was o social media, streamed, hashtagged, and VPN-routed.

What began as a Gen Z-led social media movement against the lavish lifestyles of “Nepo Kids” led to the ousting of a prime minister and the deadliest social unrest Nepal has seen in years. Plumes of ...

(Bangkok) – Police in Nepal used lethal force to suppress youth protests on September 8, 2025, that killed at least 19 people and injured over 300, Human Rights Watch said today. “The police shooting ...

Social media ban lifted after 19 killed in clashes Kathmandu airport shut as unrest spreads nationwide Himalayan country plunges into political turmoil Gen Z-led protests defy curfew, demand end to ...

The wife of former prime minister of Nepal Jhala Nath Khanal died Tuesday after she was burned alive when her home was set on fire amid violent anti-government protests in the country, regional media ...