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Kathmandu: Voters in Nepal started to reach polling booths in all 165 constituencies amid tight security to cast their vote in the crucial general election, the first since a violent Gen Z protest that toppled the K P Sharma Oli-led government last year. More than 18.9 million eligible Nepalese are exercising their franchise to elect the 275-member House of Representatives from among the 3,406 candidates vying for 165 seats under direct voting, and 3,135 candidates vying for 110 seats through proportionate voting. The voting started at 7 am and will conclude at 5 pm. The counting will start immediately after…

Kathmandu: Amid tight security, Nepalese on Thursday started to reach polling booths to cast their vote in crucial general elections, the first since a violent Gen Z-led protest that toppled the K P Sharma Oli-led government last year. More than 18.9 million eligible Nepalese will be exercising their franchise to elect the 275-member House of Representatives from among the 3,406 candidates vying for 165 seats under direct voting, and 3,135 candidates vying for 110 seats through proportionate voting. Voting started at 7 am and will conclude at 5 pm The voting started at 7 am and will conclude at 5…

Beirut: Amid escalation of tension between Israel and Iran, three people have been killed in two Israeli strikes on vehicles on Beirut’s airport highway, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. The strikes late Wednesday came after a third day of Israeli bombardments in response to renewed Hezbollah attacks. In the meantime, Israeli army attacked Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon’s Tripoli, north Lebanon’s biggest city. Israel's military issued warnings to Beirut’s residents Israel's military issued warnings to residents of dozens of border villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate "immediately" on Wednesday as airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut intensified and Hezbollah claimed more attacks. Lebanon…

Tehran: The conflict between Iran and the US–Israel alliance continues to intensify, marking the sixth straight day of direct military confrontation with no immediate signs of de-escalation. The death toll from US-Israeli strikes on Iran has crossed 1,000 over five days, while nearly 60 people have been killed in Lebanon, around a dozen in Israel, and six US soldiers have also lost their lives. Israel carried out fresh attacks on Iranian targets and renewed airstrikes against Hezbollah positions in Lebanon, including in and around Beirut, as Iran responded with counterstrikes against Israeli and US interests across the Gulf region. Follow…

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday rated the US military's performance in the war with Iran as about "15 out of 10," asserting that Tehran's leadership is being rapidly decimated and pledging to continue operations with Israel. Trump's comments came as the conflict expanded on its fifth day, with a US submarine sinking an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka and fresh blasts across the Middle East. 'US in a very strong position now': Trump  "We're doing well on the war front, to put it mildly. Somebody said on a scale of 10, where would you rate…