A blast has ripped through a night market packed with customers in President Rodrigo Duterte’s home city of Davao in southern Philippines, killing at least 12 people and wounding 60 others. A presidential spokesman said on Friday that the blast took place at the open-air market in Davao City, 960km south of ... Read More »

Tourism is the backbone of Nepal’s economy but has been struggling with the long-standing political instability and with natural disasters in each of the previous two years, including the 2015 earthquake whose anniversary is on April 25. Nagarkot, Nepal (dpa) – Subba Tamang, his wife and two children have spent ... Read More »

As more than a foot of rain deluged the nation’s fourth-largest city, inundating homes, shutting down major highways and leaving at least four people dead, Houston’s mayor said there was no immediate solution. Heavy flooding has become nearly an annual rite of passage in the practically sea-level city, where experts ... Read More »