Nepal

Flash flood in Southeast Asia kills 157, hundreds of tourists missing, including one Israeli

Some 384 travelers, including 341 foreign nationals, were reported missing after torrential floods in Nepal. The Foreign Ministry said there is no concern that any Israeli tourists were killed.

Damaged houses following a flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 26, 2026.
Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attend a press briefing in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 1, 2026, providing details on the number and condition of Nepali citizens residing in conflict-affected Middle Eastern countries.

Nepal restarts Gulf work permits after Iran conflict halted labor migration

, Israeli Ambassador Yaron Mayer, celebrating his first Vietnamese new year.

Vietnam looks to Israel’s hi-tech industry for opportunity as diplomatic ties at a high - interview

An Israeli Jew worshipper prays during a Passover ceremony in Kathmandu on April 14, 2014. Jewish travellers in Asia came together to celebrate the Passover Seder in Nepal.

Nepal Chabad evicted from Jewish center over landlord's antisemitism fears


Haiti confirms case of cholera, investigates suspected cases

Haiti's Health Ministry said in a statement that one case had been confirmed in the Port-au-Prince area and that there were suspect cases in the town of Cite Soleil outside the capital.

 Haitians protest over rising fuel prices during a nationwide strike, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 26, 2022.

Grapevine September 23, 2022: Something personal

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 NEPALESE AMBASSADOR Kantal Rizal.

Bodies of all 22 victims of plane crash recovered - Nepal

Nepali soldiers and rescue workers had retrieved 21 bodies from the wreckage, strewn across a steep slope at an altitude of around 14,500 feet on Monday. They recovered the last body on Tuesday.

A general view of the Tara Air plane crash site during the rescue operation at Thasang, Nepal May 30, 2022.

Nepal authorities recover bodies of 20 out of 22 people on board crashed aircraft

The aircraft was on a 20-minute flight before losing contact with the control tower.

 THE IDF evacuates an injured person on a  stretcher for transport via helicopter to a  hospital, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 2015.

Nepal plane missing with 22 people on board, teams head site of fire

Police official said a land rescue-and-search team had been sent to the area near Mount Dhaulagiri, the world's seventh-highest peak.

  Tara Air DHC-6 Twin Otter, tail number 9N-AET, in Simikot, Nepal December 1, 2021. Picture taken December 1, 2021.

Passover: What was your most unique Seder? - opinion

‘For the shankbone, they had a part of a leg of some animal – complete with fur!’

 KATHMANDU: LOTS of coleslaw.

Flood deaths in India and Nepal cross 150

Some 42 people have died in the last week in the southern Indian state of Kerala, according to a statement from the chief minister's office.

Israeli firefighters sit in a rescue boat as they search for people at a parking lot that was flooded following heavy rainfall in Ness Ziona, November 21, 2020.

Grapevine October 6, 2021: The American component in Aliyah Bet

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Arjun Ghimire, Itsik Kamilian, Snjan Shakya, yitzhak Eldan

Grapevine September 24, 2021: More to Jewish culture in Poland than is generally realized

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MICHAL HERZOG, President Isaac Herzog, Avraham and Israel Maidanchik and Avraham's son.

Flash floods kill 10 people in Bhutan, seven missing in Nepal

The Bhutan villagers, who had been collecting cordeyceps, a fungus used in medicine, were sleeping when the floodwaters hit just after midnight.

A stream runs through the Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan, December 14, 2017.