Day: August 27, 2026

Nepal Flash Flood Disaster: 160+ Dead and Hundreds Missing After Glacier Collapse on Tibet Border

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Nepal Flash Flood Disaster: 160+ Dead and Hundreds Missing After Glacier Collapse on Tibet Border

Nepal Flash Flood Disaster: 160+ Dead as Glacier Collapse Sends Wall of Water Across Himalayas By: News Desk | 27 August 2026 A catastrophic flash flood tore through Nepal’s northern Rasuwa district on August 26, sending a violent surge of water, mud, ice and rock down the Bhote Koshi corridor and into downstream communities. More than 160 people are now reported dead across Nepal and the adjoining Tibet region, while hundreds remain unaccounted for, including foreign tourists and pilgrims. The disaster has exposed a dangerous convergence of fragile Himalayan terrain,…

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Iran’s Hormuz Ultimatum: What Tehran Really Wants — and Why the Strait May Be the Key to Ending the US-Iran War

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Iran’s Hormuz Ultimatum: What Tehran Really Wants — and Why the Strait May Be the Key to Ending the US-Iran War

Iran is not simply “closing Hormuz” — it is turning the strait into the centrepiece of the negotiations By: News Desk | 26 August 2026 The latest Iranian warning over the Strait of Hormuz deserves closer scrutiny because the headline — “Iran will keep Hormuz closed until America accepts its conditions” — only tells part of the story. The more important development is what sits underneath it. Tehran is attempting to link navigation through one of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints to the implementation of a broader US-Iran understanding,…

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