Nepal’s Supreme Court has recognised the faction led by Gagan Thapa as the official Nepali Congress, dismissing a challenge from the group led by former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. A division bench of Justices Saranga Subedi and Nripa Dhwoj Niroula yesterday upheld the Election Commission’s decision to validate the party’s Central Working Committee formed under Thapa’s leadership following a special general convention held in Kathmandu in January. Thapa was elected as

Iran has threatened to completely close Strait of Hormuz if US attacks Iranian power plants. In a statement, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that the Strait of Hormuz will be completely closed and will not be opened until the destroyed Iranian power plants are rebuilt. The IRGC’s statement comes after US President Donald Trump warned that if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, America will hit and obliterate various Iranian power pl

Donald Trump’s top counter-terrorism official, Joe Kent has resigned over the war in Iran, urging the president to reverse course. In a letter posted on social media, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said that Iran posed no imminent threat to the US and claimed the administration started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. The White House dismissed the letter, saying the President had compelling evidence that Iran was going