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KATHMANDU, Nepal (GPI)-- Female entrepreneurs in Nepal say they face many challenges, the largest being a lack of financial assistance from the government and nongovernmental organizations. There are an estimated 30,000 female entrepreneurs in Nepal. Female entrepreneurs who receive free trainings seek to empower other craftswomen by hiring them, marketing their crafts and offering alternative business funding.
MONTREAL, May 22 (UPI) -- More than a million Montreal-area residents were advised to boil water Wednesday following reports of discolored water coming from taps, authorities said.
MUSCAT, Oman, May 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, meeting with leaders in Oman, hailed the Raytheon Co.'s $1.6 billion contract for an Omani air defense system.
BEDFORD, Nova Scotia, May 22 (UPI) -- Police are investigation allegations a teacher taped students' mouths shut at a Bedford, Nova Scotia, elementary school, school officials confirmed.
KENT, England, May 22 (UPI) -- Investigation by British groups on the U.S. government's terrorist detention activities has shed new light on the CIA's methods, researchers said.
LONDON, May 22 (UPI) -- A man was killed with a sharp instrument and London police shot and wounded two alleged attackers in what officials said appeared to be a terrorist attack.
LILONGWE, Malawi, May 22 (UPI) -- Malawi President Joyce Banda met the first point on her austerity plan, selling the presidential jet for $15 million, officials said.
PARIS, May 22 (UPI) -- Paris police arrested a woman who staged a mock suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral one day after far-right figure Dominique Venner killed himself in a protest.
BEIJING, May 22 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent one of his closest advisers to Beijing Wednesday as a "special envoy" amid signs of a fraying alliance, officials say.
VATICAN CITY, May 22 (UPI) -- An Italian restaurateur climbed down from his perch atop the St. Peter's Basilica dome in Vatican City overnight, police said.
TUNIS, Tunisia, May 22 (UPI) -- Police arrested 274 people over three days for alleged involvement in clashes between Tunisia's police and the militant Ansar al-Sharia, officials said.
CHONGQING, China, May 22 (UPI) -- Chinese authorities have charged six people with extortion in connection with a scandal involving secretly recorded sex videos, prosecutors said Wednesday.
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 22 (UPI) -- Explosions in southern and western Afghanistan killed four people and wounded five others, local authorities said Wednesday.
BEREZNIKI, Russia, May 22 (UPI) -- A member of the Russian feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot said she would go on a hunger strike after not being allowed to attend a parole appeal hearing.
TORONTO, May 22 (UPI) -- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford must address published reports about a video purportedly showing him smoking crack cocaine, council members said.
MANAMA, Bahrain, May 22 (UPI) -- An Iranian unmanned aircraft was discovered in northern Bahrain near Saudi Arabia, the Bahraini interior ministry said in a statement.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 22 (UPI) -- Swedish police are blaming broken social networks for allowing a man to lie dead in his apartment for more than two years.
GROSSETO, Italy, May 22 (UPI) -- A judge in Italy has ordered a trial for the ex-captain who allegedly abandoned the Costa Concordia cruise ship after it hit a rock last year.
MALMO, Sweden, May 22 (UPI) -- Two women who drugged men they met on Internet dating sites to rob them were sentenced Wednesday in Swedish court to seven years in prison.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 22 (UPI) -- Four Turkish nationals each received 90 years in prison for serving tainted alcohol to a group of Russian tourists, killing five of them, officials said.
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