Ukraine drones strike St Petersburg oil terminal Ukraine launched one of its deepest drone strikes inside Russia overnight, targeting energy and military facilities in St Petersburg just as the city prepared to host President Vladimir Putin’s flagship economic forum.Meanwhile, Russian authorities accused Ukraine of carrying out a separate drone strike on a passenger bus in…

Nepal’s tourism industry is facing one of its most serious controversies in years after police uncovered a $20 million insurance fraud scheme linked to Mount Everest trekking routes. Authorities say a network of guides, trekking agencies, helicopter operators and medical personnel worked together to exploit international travellers by deliberately inducing illness and orchestrating unnecessary emergency…

Admiration for Adolf Hitler should be morally unthinkable anywhere. Yet in parts of Pakistan, his name still surfaces in conversations with a strange tone of respect. The reaction can be startling for Europeans who encounter it. The German journalist Hasnain Kazim described precisely this experience in a widely discussed essay in Der Spiegel, where he…