A new EU directive will require measurements of ultrafine particles around pollution hotspots.

Environment

Ship pollution may be more harmful than road traffic emissions: Study

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World

Egyptian TV presenter Sarah Khalifa sentenced to death in drugs case

The hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street in central Kolkata which caught fire

Nation

Kolkata’s Bangladesh patient crisis deepens as hotels shut

New York's World Trade Centre under attack on 11 September 2001

Opinion

9/11 at 25: What America chooses to forget

Lamps lit at a vigil for flash flood victims in Kathmandu.

World

Nepal Police warns against keeping, selling valuables found after flash floods

Volunteers and relief workers prepare meals for flood-affected residents in Nuwakot district.

World

Nepal tightens media rules in flood zones, foreign journalists need accreditation

Road blocked by mud and stones after heavy rain in Hunan, China.

World

Mudslide, landslide leave 2 dead, 10 missing in China’s Jiangxi

Vessels sail through the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions.

World

Iran strikes back in Hormuz: Six vessels targeted as Gulf tensions boil over

A military alliance would place some of the country’s future decisions in the hands of other members

World

Bangladesh warned against joining ‘Makkah Pact’ military alliance

Russian president Vladimir Putin with US president Donald Trump

World

US envoys Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Moscow in fresh push for Russia-Ukraine peace

Balendra Shah

World

Nepal PM Balendra Shah to raise climate compensation at UN General Assembly

Gen Asim Munir (Photo Courtesy: @Peace4allpak/Twitter)

World

Pakistan’s biggest military command overhaul since 1976 puts Munir at the top

Connected farming technology could allow hostile actors to obtain sensitive information

World

Chinese components in connected farm equipment pose risk to UK food security: Report