Nine Singaporeans are still missing and unaccounted for more than a week after devastating floods in Nepal.

The men were named as Sanjay Shah, 30, a mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, 45, a mechanical supervisor.

More than one week after devastating floods tore through Nepal, some of the hardest hit areas remain cut off by road.
CNA flew by helicopter along the Trishuli River to see the magnitude of the devastation.

September will be a crucial month, Indonesia’s forestry minister has cautioned, with experts saying the country may not have reached the peak of this year’s fire season yet.

A 500-strong WhatsApp group of engineers is helping Nepal rescuers search hydropower tunnels buried by the Aug 26 flash flood. About 900 people are reported missing from six hydropower plants.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung may discuss options on the Strait of Hormuz when he meets French President Emmanuel Macron next week, the official said.

From screening for tuberculosis to monitoring newborns, AI is reaching rural India amid healthcare workforce shortages. But scaling it means fitting the technology into already stretched workers’ routines.

Canada is betting that it can turn economic pain into political pressure on the American president ahead of the midterm elections, says Kevin Chen from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.

The country is using its superpower of scaling and building supply chains to challenge the global industry, says Zijing Wu for the Financial Times.

More than 70,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta over two days in July, as Pedro Sanchez says Spain sees no solid proof that Morocco orchestrates the surge.

Communities near the epicentre of the catastrophic glacial mountain collapse in Nepal remain cut off, with destroyed roads, bridges and hydropower dams.

The drug-smuggling operation involved flight attendants and other Vietnamese living in France who transported concealed synthetic drugs to Vietnam.

Sarawak residents have endured heavy haze for days as smoke from Indonesia's Kalimantan blankets the area.

From India's prized mangoes to olives taking root in Pakistan, farmers are finding new ways to produce food in a hotter, less predictable world.

More than two decades after ASEAN adopted its transboundary haze agreement, experts say its 2030 haze-free goal could be hard to achieve without stronger enforcement and accountability.  

France’s new law imposes fees on certain ultra-fast fashion items that will eventually reach almost 20 euros per garment.  

Schools in the cities of Fuzhou and Quanzhou halted in-person activities as Typhoon Saudel made its third landfall in China on Fujian's coast on Thursday (Sep 3) morning.