Nepal will vote today - a first since last year's Gen Z protests that toppled the government and led to the death of at least 77 people. The election will replace the interim government of Sushila Karki that has been leading the Himalayan country.

US President Donald Trump is using a preventative treatment for a red rash on his neck, according to his physician, but the White House declined on Wednesday to share further details about the condition.

Amazon on Tuesday confirmed it laid off staff across its robotics unit, with at least 100 white-collar jobs affected, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The US Senate on Wednesday rejected a resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump's authority to continue military strikes on Iran, in a narrow congressional show of support for a conflict launched without explicit approval from lawmakers.

Israel-Iran War live updates: An Iranian ballistic missile hit the United States' military base at Al-Udeid on Tuesday, Qatar's defence ministry said, as Tehran struck targets across the Gulf in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States and Israel were in a strong position in their war with Iran, vowing that they would "continue forward" against the Islamic republic.

A diplomatic tussle between the US and Spain over the war in Iran intensified on Wednesday when the governments exchanged contradictory statements over the possible use of Spanish military bases by US armed forces for operations in the Middle East.

France's President Emmanuel Macron said he urged Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to "refrain from a ground offensive" in Lebanon.

A United States submarine sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday. The incident occurred off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, far from the Persian Gulf where much of the current conflict has been concentrated.

Spain has agreed to cooperate with the US military, White House said, a day after President Donald Trump suggested imposing a trade embargo on Madrid over its refusal to allow US aircraft to use jointly operated naval and air bases in southern Spain.

Thirty years ago, a small faction of Nepal's communist movement launched what it called a "People's War."

Israeli experts have suggested that external assistance may have played a role, raising speculation about possible transfers of military know-how from Russia or China.

As Nepal prepares for the elections next month, the 2001 royal massacre remains one event still discussed and remembered.

IRIS Dena was returning from India after participating in the 2026 International Fleet Review in Visakhapatnam when it was reportedly attacked and later sank off the southern coast of Sri Lanka.

The number of ballistic missiles fired by Iran has decreased 86 per cent from the first day of the conflict, while drones launched by Tehran's forces are also down, General Dan Caine, the top US military officer, said Wednesday.

For the 2026 election, Gagan Thapa is contesting a seat in the House of Representatives.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he supported the strikes on Iran "with some regret" as they represented an extreme example of a rupturing world order.

Dubai's super-rich have started fleeing the glitzy business hub by any means necessary, paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to escape a regional war they fear has no end in sight.

Israel said Wednesday it had struck a major Iranian military compound in Tehran housing command centres of the Revolutionary Guards, the elite Quds Force and the Basij paramilitary force.

Israel had initially planned to strike Iran in mid-2026, but developments inside the Islamic republic and shifting regional dynamics brought the timetable forward to February, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday.