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KATHMANDU: A Nepali political party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide victory in the country’s first parliamentary election since Gen Z protests ousted the old leadership that has ruled the Himalayan nation for decades.The Rastriya Swatantra, or National Independent Party, formed only four years ago, had already won 103 of 165 directly elected seats and led in 21 other constituencies in the results published Sunday morning by Nepal’s Election Commission.Other political parties and independent candidates had won 27 seats in total so far. Officials were still counting the votes Sunday and final results were expected later in…

Officials say a ⁠candidate has been picked, based ⁠on the late supreme leader’s advice that his replacement should ‘be hated by the enemy’.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 8 Mar 20268 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThe ⁠clerical body that will choose Iran’s next supreme leader, following the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ⁠has reached a majority consensus, according to Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri.Iran’s Mehr news agency on Sunday quoted him as saying “some obstacles” still needed to be resolved regarding the process.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listUnder the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow appeared on Capitol Hill this past week to urge lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee to pass legislation to better combat child exploitation, trafficking, and abuse — describing the effort as a fight “for people who cannot fight for themselves” and in their “darkest hour of need.” Tebow, the founder and chair of his eponymous Tim Tebow Foundation, used the impassioned testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee to shore up support for the Renewed Hope Act of 2026, or bipartisan legislation that seeks to increase federal resources to…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a press conference on China’s foreign policy and external relations on the sidelines of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) on March 8, 2026 in Beijing, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China’s top diplomat Wang Yi underscored Sunday the benefits of interacting with the U.S., and signaled preparations are underway for a planned meeting between the two countries’ leaders amid differences over the war in Iran and trade tariffs.”The agenda of high-level exchanges is already on the table,” Wang told reporters in Mandarin Chinese, according…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Miami RedHawks men’s basketball team became just the fifth NCAA Division I program this century to go undefeated in the regular season after a thrilling overtime victory over Ohio Friday night. Miami (Ohio) capped off the regular season as the only remaining undefeated team behind the performance of ​​Eian Elmer, who scored a career-high of 32 points in the 110-108 victory, and star guard Peter Suder, who scored five of his 13 points in overtime.  Miami (Ohio) guard Trey Perry (1) drives to the basket during the second half against Ohio in…

Travis Smyth has beaten fellow Australian Jack Thompson on the sixth playoff hole to win the inaugural Japan-Australasia Championship.

JAKARTA: Three Indonesian crew members are missing after the United Arab Emirates-flagged tugboat Musaffah 2 sank in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday (Mar 6), Jakarta’s foreign ministry said in a statement.There have been numerous attacks on ships navigating the Strait of Hormuz since the US-Israeli war on Iran started on Feb 28.The Musaffah had seven crew members from Indonesia, India and the Philippines, the ministry said, adding that four survived and three others, all Indonesians, are missing.Before it sank, the boat experienced an explosion that caused it to catch fire, the statement said, adding that an investigation is ongoing…

new video loaded: Americans Struggle to Evacuate the Middle East a Week After StrikestranscriptBacktranscriptAmericans Struggle to Evacuate the Middle East a Week After StrikesOne week into the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, thousands of Americans remain stranded. Despite official promises of help, many say they’ve been left to navigate closed airports, canceled flights and uncertainty on their own.“It was a three-hour layover, and it just became a seven-day lockdown. I’m always quick to be like, OK, let me get on that list. Let me get on that thing. And they’ve just said that they’re working on getting everybody out. So this…

In a phone interview with CBS News late Saturday evening, President Trump dismissed threats from Iran’s top national-security official, Ali Larijani, who posted on social media earlier Saturday that Mr. Trump must “pay the price” for the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran. Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and a longtime confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has emerged as one of Iran’s most high-profile leaders in the wake of Khamenei’s Feb. 28 killing on the first day of the war. “I have no idea what he’s talking about, who he is. I couldn’t care less,” Mr. Trump told CBS News, adding that…

Colombians are voting to elect a new parliament ahead of presidential polls.About 41 million eligible citizens are called upon to cast ballots, as several parties also hold internal consultations to select their candidates for a presidential vote in May.Sunday’s elections are being held to renew 103 seats in the upper chamber, or Senate, of the bicameral Colombian Congress, and 183 seats in the lower chamber, or House of Representatives, for the 2026-30 term.The first preliminary results are expected on Sunday evening.President Gustavo Petro’s left-wing governing coalition, Historic Pact, became the strongest left-wing party in Congress in the 2022 election, but…