Daily Excelsior

Kathmandu, Jan 21: Four ministers, part of the Cabinet led by caretaker Prime Minister Sushila Karki, have filed their nominations to contest the March 5 general elections in Nepal after resigning from their posts. Science and Education Minister Mahabir Pun has filed his nomination from Myagdi district, after he quit on Tuesday to contest the parliamentary election as an independent candidate. On Monday, Communication Minister Jagadish Kharel and Sports Minister Bablu Gupta had quit the minister

Kabul, Jan 20 (AP) The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistans capital that killed at least seven people, including a Chinese national. The cause of the blast was still under investigation, authorities said Tuesday. The militant group said in a statement posted on its Aamaq news agency late Monday that a suicide bomber entered a restaurant frequented by Chinese nationals in the city and detonated an explosive vest during a gathering

Jerusalem, Jan 20 (AP) Israeli crews have begun bulldozing a United Nations headquarters in east Jerusalem as Israels government tightens restrictions on humanitarian groups that provide aid to Palestinians. UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, said on X that Israeli forces had confiscated staff devices and forced them out of their headquarters in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. This is an unprecedented attack not only against UNRWA and its premises. It constitutes a serious viola