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Nepal ex-PM Oli gives defiant message after release from custody

Nepal ex-PM Oli gives defiant message after release from custody

Nepal's ex-prime minister KP Sharma Oli offered a defiant message on Thursday after he was released from custody following questioning over his alleged role in a deadly 2025 crackdown on protesters. Oli and former interior minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested on March 28, a day after Prime

AI disinformation turns Nepal polls into 'digital battleground'

AI disinformation turns Nepal polls into 'digital battleground'

Slick AI-generated disinformation has flooded election campaigns in Nepal, which votes Thursday in the first polls since deadly protests triggered by a brief ban on social media overthrew the government. The September 2025 protests were driven by tech-savvy youth angry at job shortages and flagrant corruption by an