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Nepal is “on a war footing” as it tries to help survivors following Saturday’s earthquake, its prime minister says. Sushil Koirala said the government was doing all it could but was overwhelmed. The UN has estimated that eight million people have been affected – more than a quarter of the population. Foreign aid is arriving but being hampered by congestion ...

Saudi Arabia has arrested 93 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State (IS) and foiled several plots, the interior ministry has announced. The official Saudi Press Agency reported that the arrests had taken place since December and that the suspects included 65 Saudi nationals. The group had set up training sites in a remote area of the al-Qassim region and ...

Nepal’s police say at least 3,617 people have been confirmed killed in Saturday’s earthquake, including 1,302 in the Kathmandu Valley alone. In addition, 6,515 people were injured nationwide, the police department said in a Tweet. So far 18 people have also been confirmed dead in an avalanche that swept through the Mount Everest base camp in the wake of the ...

A man looks at his home which was damaged by a shell which landed from a nearby missile base after the base was struck by a Saudi-led coalition air strike, near Sanaa April 23, 2015. REUTERS A man looks at his home which was damaged by a shell which landed from a nearby missile base after the base was struck ...

Details have emerged about the capsize of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean on Sunday that killed more than 800. Prosecutors in Italy say the captain, who survived and faces multiple homicide charges, crashed the boat by mistake against a merchant rescue ship. The capsize is the deadliest recorded in the Mediterranean, the UN says. The International Organisation for Migration ...

The first woman bus driver in India’s capital Delhi has told BBC Hindi that her priority is to ensure the safety of her female passengers. Vankadarath Saritha, 30, received messages of support from passengers on her first day in the job – but also had to deal with malfunctioning doors. Her appointment comes at a time of growing public anger ...

South Africa’s army will be deployed to volatile areas to prevent attacks on foreigners, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has said. The army was intervening because an “emergency” had developed, she said. Foreign governments have strongly criticised South Africa for failing to protect their nationals. At least seven people have been killed and 5,000 left homeless since the attacks started about ...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has sworn in 16 new ministers – nearly completing his cabinet after months of delay. All of those who have been sworn in at a ceremony in Kabul are new faces. For the first time four of them are women. But the crucial post of the defence minister remains empty because of disagreements in the unity ...

Indonesia’s military has launched an anti-terrorism operation on the eastern island of Sulawesi to crack down on militants with suspected links to Islamic State, the armed forces chief said on Monday. General Moeldoko said the military was helping police to track down radicals, highlighting government concern over Indonesians pledging loyalty to IS and returning to the world’s most populous Muslim ...

David Cameron has described the latest boat disaster in the Mediterranean as a “dark day” for Europe. The prime minister blamed “appalling human traffickers” for the drownings and said a “comprehensive” approach was needed to tackle the problem. Up to 700 migrants are feared to have been on board the boat that capsized off Libya’s coast on Saturday night. Labour ...