KATHMANDU: Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on Mount Everest last year but whose remains could not be moved due to bad weather, an official said Thursday, reports AFP. A team of Nepali climbers retrieved the bodies of Goutam Ghosh and Paresh Nath from the balcony, an…

KABUL: Supporters of two Afghan MPs who missed a domestic flight from Kabul blocked an airport runway with rocks, forcing the plane to return for the lawmakers, officials said, reports AFP. The Kam Air flight was abruptly forced to fly back from central Bamiyan province earlier this week, triggering…

BEIJING: China on Thursday accused the US of trespassing after an American warship sailed near a reef claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea, the first such operation by President Donald Trump's administration in the disputed waterway, reports AFP. The row comes during a period of warming relations…

Dubai: Bahrain and Egypt on Thursday apparently joined Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in blocking access to websites run by the pan-Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera, part of a growing regional dispute with Qatar after an alleged hack of its state-run news agency, reports AP. The alleged…

London: An Indian woman who alleges she was forced by a Pakistani man to marry him at gunpoint has returned to India, a day after a court in Islamabad…

Wellington: California-based company Rocket Lab said Thursday it had launched a test rocket into space from its New Zealand launch pad, although the rocket didn't reach orbit as hoped, reports AP. The company said its Electron rocket lifted off at 4:20 p.m. Thursday and reached space three minutes…

Berlin: Barack Obama received a rock-star welcome in Berlin as he appeared at a public debate Thursday with Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom he praised as one of his "favorite partners" during his presidency, reports AP. Security was tight in front of the German capital's iconic Brandenburg…