Poor weather and avalanches are continuing to prevent emergency workers from reaching remote villages, two weeks after a massive magnitude-7.8 earthquake devastated parts of Nepal. One man has been trekking in to remote villages and reporting his findings back to aid agencies since the earthquake struck on April 25. “The highest village in Makalu region was around 4,000 metres and ...

The execution of a Filipina drug convict by an Indonesian firing squad will not be delayed despite last-minute appeals by the Philippine government, the Attorney-General said on Tuesday. Indonesian President Joko Widodo earlier met with a migrant workers’ group to discuss the case of Mary Jane Veloso, who is one of nine people set to be executed on Tuesday night. ...

A powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, and officials warned that a local tsunami was possible. The 7.4-magnitude quake struck about 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of the town of Kokopo in northeastern Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 63 kilometers (40 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey reported, downgrading its original estimate that the quake ...

Nepali police and local volunteers found the bodies of about 100 trekkers and villagers buried in an avalanche set off by last month’s devastating earthquake and were digging through snow and ice for signs of dozens more missing, officials said on Monday. The government began asking foreign teams to wrap up search and rescue operations, as hope of finding people ...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their new baby daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. The names will be seen as a triple homage to her grandfather Prince Charles, great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, and late grandmother Diana. The child was born on Saturday, a sister for one-year-old Prince George. Kate gave birth within three hours of being admitted to hospital. ...

Two gunmen who opened fire at an exhibition and cartoon contest in Texas featuring depictions of the Prophet Mohammed have themselves been shot dead at the scene. The two armed suspects drove up to the front of the building in a car as the Mohammed Art Exhibit in Garland was coming to an end and began shooting at a security ...

Filipina maid Mary Jane Veloso was saved from the firing squad in Indonesia at the eleventh hour after her alleged human trafficker surrendered on the day of her execution. Veloso, who was escaping a desperately poor life in the Philippines, was arrested in 2010 in Yogyakarta with 2.6 kilograms of heroin in the lining of her suitcase. The mother of two ...

Eight prisoners, including Bali nine organisers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, have been executed in Indonesia. The ninth condemned prisoner, Filipina maid Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, was given a last-minute reprieve from the firing squad. The executions were carried out at 12.35am local time (3.35am AEST) on Nusakambangan prison island. But it took up to 27 minutes for all the prisoners to die, ...

A new UN envoy was looking to kickstart peace talks inYemen as battles raged Sunday between Iran-backed rebels and pro-government forces a month after the launch of Saudi-led air strikes. The Shiite Houthi rebels, who have overrun large parts of the country and forced President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi to flee abroad, have demanded an end to the air strikes ...

The United States is concerned a group of Iranian cargo ships may be carrying advanced weapons to Yemen, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday, as he called on Iran to avoid “fanning the flames” of the conflict with arms deliveries. Asked whether he thought weapons were on board the Iranian ships, Carter said: “We’re certainly concerned about that.” “And ...