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File photo of Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki. Photo: Collected

Reluctant leader: Karki agrees to guide Nepal through crisis, vows six-month term

Her appointment comes after more than 70 people were killed during anti-corruption protests which ousted the Nepal's government

A member of the Armed Police Force (APF) stands guard in front of the main gate of the vandalised Parliament as a man takes photos through the closed gate of the vandalized Parliament during the candlelight vigil in memory of people who died during the protest against anti-corruption triggered by a social media ban, which was later lifted, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

Nepal's deadly protests hammer tourism sector as arrivals fall 30%

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Pakistan military kills 31 militants, as presence increases

Several areas were washed away after heavy rains triggered a cloudburst in Dehradun on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Photo: PTI

Shops washed away, hotels destroyed: Scary videos show damage across Dehradun, India

Representational image. Photo: Collected

India, US to hold trade talks in New Delhi on Tuesday, negotiator says

Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel, along with Vice President Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav and interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki, poses for a picture with newly appointed Finance Minister Rameshore Khanal, Energy Minister Kulman Ghising, and Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal after administering the oath of office, at "Shital Niwas", the presidential building that was ransacked and burned by the protesters, in Kathmandu on 15 September 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal's new interim ministers sworn in after protests

Myanmar Rohingya refugee children wait in a queue to collect food a refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: KM Asad/ Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020

Students killed at Myanmar boarding school as junta escalates air war

Sudan Gurung, 36, founder of Hami Nepal, shouts as he returns after a brawl during their press conference, following last week's deadly anti-corruption protests, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Young activists who toppled Nepal's government now picking new leaders

A woman walks past a wall sprayed with graffiti outside the torched Parliament building in Kathmandu Photo: Pedro PARDO / AFP

'No regrets': Wounded Nepali protesters proud at change

Nepal's former Chief Justice Sushila Karki looks on during the launch of her autobiography "Nyaya" at a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 22, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Violence in Gen Z protests are criminal acts, offenders to face justice: Nepal PM Karki

File photo of Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki. Photo: Collected

New Nepal PM vows to end corruption, says will serve only six months in office

Gul Rasheed, 60, inspects a damaged car following a storm that caused heavy rains and flooding, in Bayshonai Kalay, Buner district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, August 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

IMF says Pakistan's flood spending, budget agility to be reviewed

Taliban security personnel stand guard near a damaged car two days after air strikes by Pakistan in Paktika province on 26 December 2024. File Photo: AFP via BSS

Twelve soldiers killed in Pakistani Taliban attack: Officials