There have already been several victims among the many expatriate communities. The first death in the Jewish state from an Iranian missile was that of a Filipino caregiver. The conflict has also spread to the seas, with a seafarer killed on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman. A Pakistani, a Nepalese and a Bangladeshi citizen are the three people killed in the United Arab Emirates.
After Generation Z’s anti-corruption demonstrations in September 2025 led to the fall of KP Sharma Oli's government, the Himalayan country is set for an election campaign with an unprecedented mix of old parties and young candidates seeking radical change. Former King Gyanendra is also running with a pro-monarchist party, presenting himself as a guarantor of stability.
The religious sister is the first female director of Caritas Nepal. She spoke to AsiaNews about her social work and missionary commitment in a country ravaged by landslides, floods, and earthquakes, where many people live at a subsistence level in inaccessible places, between tropical forest and the Himalayas. In rural groups and cooperatives, women represent 60-70 per cent of participants.
Nepal's anti-corruption commission has indicted 55 former politicians and officials and the state-owned China CAMC Engineering of inflating the costs of Pokhara International Airport, built with a Chinese loan as part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, but currently without regular international flights. The investigation is testing the new caretaker government, which does not want to jeopardise ties with Beijing.
At least nine people have died in two separate incidents in just a few days. For local sources, “it will take time” to recover some of the bodies due to weather conditions. Weather phenomena like cyclones are increasing the risk of avalanches. Changes in snowpack stability, greater precipitation, and accelerated glacier melting are the main dangers.
A journey among the expectations of young people who, in the name of fighting corruption, forced to the departure of Sharma Oli's government. “Deep inequalities” are at the root of the protests, said Sister Durga Shrestha (Caritas Nepal). Now the challenge is to generate “structural changes.” For Jesuit Father Ekka, the education system must be a priority.
