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The US joining Israeli strikes would cause "hell for the whole region", Iran's deputy foreign minister said, BBC reported.

Saeed Khatibzadeh said this is "not America's war" and if US President Donald Trump does get involved, he will always be remembered as "a president who entered a war he doesn't belong in".

He said US involvement would turn the conflict into a "quagmire", continue aggression and delay an end to the "brutal atrocities". 

His comments came after the Soroka hospital in southern Israel was hit during an Iranian missile attack. Iranian state media reported that the strike targeted a military site next to the hospital, and not the facility itself, according to BBC.

The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions, BBC reported.

That's the stark warning from more than 60 of the world's leading climate scientists in the most up-to-date assessment of the state of global warming.

Nearly 200 countries agreed to try to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C above levels of the late 1800s in a landmark agreement in 2015, with the aim of avoiding some of the worst impacts of climate change.

But countries have continued to burn record amounts of coal, oil and gas and chop down carbon-rich forests - leaving that international goal in peril, according to BBC.

The meeting among Nepal’s top political leaders—Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal—has been postponed yet again.

Scheduled for 2 pm on Thursday, the tripartite talks were called off at the last minute.

This is the second postponement in as many days. A meeting originally called for Wednesday was canceled because Dahal was out of Kathmandu.

Though he returned on Thursday, the meeting was still not held.

According to sources, the decision to delay was taken after the scheduled time had already lapsed, reportedly at the Prime Minister’s initiative. 

The two judges—Khusi Prasad Tharu and Arjun Maharjan—who acquitted former Nepali Congress lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam in a murder case have been summoned by the Judicial Council.

In a meeting held on Thursday, the council decided to relieve them of their current responsibilities and bring them under review.

The Council had formed a one-member investigation committee comprising Supreme Court justice Binod Sharma.

Alam had been accused of orchestrating a deadly bomb-making operation at his residence in Rajpur Farhadawa, Rautahat, on the eve of the first Constituent Assembly elections in 2008.

At the time, he was a candidate and allegedly aimed to use the explosives to capture booths. However, the bomb exploded prematurely, injuring many.

The injured were reportedly burned alive by being thrown into a brick kiln furnace to destroy evidence. The Rautahat district court later convicted Alam and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

However, on May 28, a division bench of the Janakpur high court’s Birgunj bench, led by Judges Tharu and Maharjan, overturned that verdict and acquitted him of all charges. 

The Patan high court has issued an interim order instructing the government not to arrest journalist Dil Bhushan Pathak. The court had previously issued a short-term interim order, which has now been extended following a hearing from both parties. This means that the police cannot arrest Pathak until the final verdict is delivered in the case he has filed.

In another development, the Kathmandu district court has overturned an earlier order that had directed the removal of a news article from Bizmandu.com and Nepal Khabar. The decision came from a bench led by Judge Shyambihari Maurya, which rejected a petition for a restraining order filed by Santosh Narayan Shrestha, chairperson of the Securities Board of Nepal. With the petition dismissed, a previous order issued by Judge Pitambar Sharma requiring the removal of the news article has also been automatically annulled.

Nepal- Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Group on Thursday held an interaction with Ambassador of Pakistan to Nepal Abrar H. Hashmi. The interaction was attended by members of group, diplomats from Pakistan Embassy and Nepal-Pakistan Friendship and Cultural Association.  

Speaking on the occasion, Hashmi appreciated the longstanding and cordial relations between Pakistan and Nepal, rooted in shared cultural heritage, mutual respect, and regional affinity. He highlighted the deep people-to-people linkages and reiterated Pakistan’s desire to further expand relations between the two Parliaments and bilateral cooperation in trade, tourism, education, health, culture, climate resilience, according the press release. 

The Ambassador also briefed the Parliamentary Friendship Group on the latest developments in Pakistan’s economy and regional situation, emphasizing Pakistan’s vision for a peaceful and prosperous South Asia. He welcomed the interest of the Nepali Parliament in fostering parliamentary diplomacy and institutional linkages.

Members of the Pakistan-Nepal Parliamentary Friendship Group expressed appreciation for Pakistan’s consistent support to Nepal and expressed satisfaction over relations free of irritants and underscored the importance of parliamentary exchanges in deepening mutual understanding. They also emphasized exploring new avenues of collaboration, particularly economic, cultural, youth, women, marginalized groups, technical support and capacity-building.

With rising water levels in major rivers and accelerated snowmelt following the onset of the monsoon, power generation by hydropower projects in the country is gradually increasing, enabling the country to resume power exports to India and Bangladesh. 

According to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), daily exports have now reached 350 MW. Of this, 40 MW is being sent to Bangladesh via India, and the remaining is being exported to various Indian states including Haryana and Bihar. Since Sunday, NEA has been exporting 200 MW and 80 MW, respectively, to the Indian states of Haryana and Bihar. Additionally, it has been supplying up to 30 MW daily to the Indian power exchange market.

Nepal has received permission to export up to 940 MW in total—400 MW under a medium-term bilateral agreement and 540 MW through the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX). Although 125 MW is approved for export to Bihar, only 80 MW is currently being utilized. Similarly, exports to Haryana are expected to increase to the full 235 MW approval in the coming weeks.

NEA plans to resume export of the full 940 MW by the first week of July.

Electricity exports to Bangladesh resumed on Saturday night under a trilateral agreement between Nepal, India and Bangladesh. Nepal is now exporting 40 MW to Bangladesh via the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur 400 kV transmission line. The electricity is sourced from Trishuli and Chilime hydropower projects. NEA estimates this export will generate monthly revenue of Rs 250m for Nepal, or Rs 1.25bn over five months.

Nepal, India and Bangladesh signed a tripartite agreement for power exports to Bangladesh in October last year. To begin with, Nepal is exporting 40 MW. Bangladesh has expressed interest to develop a reservoir-type power plant in Nepal in partnership with Nepal for a long-term energy partnership.

Unlike Nepal-India energy trade, which is settled in Indian currency, Bangladesh is paying Nepal in US dollars. The cost per unit is 6.4 cents. Bangladesh also bears the transmission loss and costs incurred within India, while NEA covers the losses within Nepal.

In the first five months of 2024-25, Nepal exported electricity worth Rs 13.4bn to India.

Although Nepal has a total installed capacity of 3,602 MW, actual generation stands at around 2,300 MW right now. Domestic demand hovers around 1,900 MW.

The Narayangadh-Butwal road section along the East-West Highway has been completely obstructed since last night. 

According to the Nawalpur Police, traffic operation has been disrupted on the highway with the flood sweeping the diversion of the Binayi River in this section and the slippery road at Daunne. 

Information Officer of the Nawalpur Police, Deputy Superintendent of Police Madhu Nepal informed that the flood has washed away the diversion that was placed to pass the vehicles in lack of a bridge. 

Due to continuous rainfall, there has been trouble in operating vehicles on the Dumkibas-Daunne road section, he shared. 

DSP Nepal has urged the vehicle operators to use alternative roads for travel until improvement of road condition in the section. 

He suggested the vehicles from the east to the west should take route via Narayangadh, Muglin, Pokhara, Syangja, and Butwal and the vehicles moving west from Kathmandu should use the route through Muglin, Pokhara, Syangja, and Butwal to reach their destinations. 

Likewise, vehicles traveling east from the west are asked to use Butwal, Syangja, Pokhara, and Muglin routes to reach their destinations. 

Likewise, light vehicle operators are requested to know the condition of the road and use the Gaindakot-Pipaldanda route.