The city has the world’s worst air quality, but the government is yet to take action Kathmandu Valley made a record of having worst air quality in the world, with AQI standing at above 400 μg/m3

Transparency International has released its 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index which measured perceived public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories on a scale of 0 to 100 where 0 means “highly corrupt” and 100 means “very clean”.

The Kerala floods were the worst in over a century

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 1:  Johanna Konta won 12 games in a row to brush aside 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams 6-1 6-0 in San Jose.

The European Union’s proposed reform of copyright law has reached a critical stage as the one of its key legislative measures approaches its European Parliament vote of approval.

It's hard to imagine the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen could get any worse than it already is.

ROME, April 11: The Barcelona midfielder was left dejected after Tuesday's stunning quarter-final exit at the hands of the Serie A side

Across the world, 49.3 percent of people live in some form of democracy with only 4.5 percent living in full democracies. That’s according to a new study spanning 165 countries conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

TOKYO, Feb 6: Asian markets were rattled Tuesday by the miseries on Wall Street, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index briefly dipping more than 7 percent, but investors seemed to be taking the gyrations in stride.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: While the government has failed to tackle increasing air pollution, Nepal stands the fifth worst country in the world in curbing air pollution, according to Environmental Performance Index (EPI)’s latest rankings. Nepal ranked 176 out of 180 countries.

With a submarine crewed by 44 sailors missing off the coast of Argentina, we recall some of the worst submarine disasters in history.

Countries that are peaceful is where women well-being is highest in the world, while those that are unstable or embroiled in conflict are the most dangerous for them, according to the 2017 Global Women, Peace and Security Index.

Number of victims of the worst mass shootings in the US in recent history

BHUBANESWAR, August 27: The death toll from floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal has climbed above 1,200, officials said on Friday, as rescue workers scramble to provide aid to millions of people stranded by the worst such disaster in years.

SYDNEY, August 9: Former Australia quick Damien Fleming says England's top six contains some of the worst batsmen he has seen play test cricket and believes the home pace attack will run through them in the Ashes series at the end of the year.

Over the last ten years, the Irish county with the highest rate of drink driving convictions was Monaghan, and by some margin. In that period, over four percent of licenses had at least one such conviction.

Despite differences in individual politics and any number of other preferences, one thing many people agree on is how much they loathe getting stuck in traffic.

KATHMANDU, March 18: Nepal ended its 24-year long international trophy drought in football clinching the AFC Solidarity Cup title last year. It was also the first continental trophy of the country. In the same year, Nepal’s football team had bagged a gold medal in South Asian Games (SAG) hot on the heels of its successful title haul of Bangabandhu Gold Cup held in Bangladesh.

Best and worst countries for air pollution

NEW YORK, Dec 30: Pop sensation Justin Bieber has been votes as the Worst Celebrity Neighbor of 2016.

LONDON, Nov 17: London is one of the worst cities in the world for quality of life, safety and personal happiness, according to a new survey of expatriates as reported by The Independent.

Africa’s elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Sunday, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching.

World's worst driving for drunk driving

Richmond, United States, July 4: Rolling Stone magazine published a story in November 2014 describing in chilling detail a student's account of being brutally raped by seven men at the University of Virginia. Several days later the magazine's editors received an email from the reporter with the subject line "our worst nightmare."

ORLANDO, Fla, June 13: The last of the bodies were slowly removed late Sunday from a popular Orlando gay club after a gunman sprayed the helpless crowd with bullets, killing 49 people and devastating a city famous for family-friendly theme parks.