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Aid still scarce in Nepal’s remote villages as anger grows
With help still not reaching some isolated villages a week after Nepal's devastating earthquake, a top international aid official said Saturday that more helicopters were needed to get assistance to the farthest reaches of this Himalayan nation.
India rushes over 8 thousand tents to quake-hit Nepal
"In addition to above, 7,700 tents are being sent via the railway route to Nepal to assist the Nepalese authorities," the statement said.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signs up first two partners for coalition government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made strides toward forming a new government, signing coalition deals with two parties, a week before the deadline to present a cabinet.
Nature seems to be against us: rain hampers Nepal rescue teams
Rescue teams toiled in pouring rain on Thursday in the debris left by last week's devastating earthquake in Nepal, but officials said the chances of finding any more survivors were bleak as the death toll neared 5,500.
Car bombs, suicide attack kill at least 22 in Iraq
Another six people were killed and 17 others wounded when a car bomb went off near Khilani Square in central Baghdad, police and medical sources said.
Nearly half of Americans threatened by earthquakes
Nearly half of Americans 150 million people are threatened by possibly damaging ground shaking from earthquakes, scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have warned.
22 climbers dead in quake-triggered avalanche on Mount Everest
More than 60 climbers were injured and hundreds of foreign adventurers, hikers and guides at the base camp were feared missing.
Barack Obama pokes fun at political friends and foes at White House dinner
Obama's comedy routine at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner included a sly dig at Hillary Clinton, the current front-runner to be the Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential election.
Earthquake: Government asks media houses to exercise restraint
Thousands were dead in the powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake and over a dozen aftershocks that jolted Nepal and adjoining areas on Saturday.
Injured flown from Everest, aftershock triggers new avalanches
Nepal's worst earthquake in 81 years, at 7.9 magnitude, killed at least 2,000 people on Saturday.
Earthquake: President says India committed to assist Nepal
"Deeply distressed at loss of life & property due to earthquake in Nepal," he said in a tweet.
Watch: CCTV camera catches the intensity of Nepal earthquake
A massive earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude struck 80 km (50 miles) east of Pokhara in Nepal on Saturday, causing some buildings in the capital Kathmandu to collapse, witnesses said. According to a home ministry official the death toll has reached 876 in...
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Over 150 killed in magnitude-7.9 earthquake in Nepal
Witnesses and media reports said the quake tremors lasted between 30 seconds and two minutes.
