The Trump administration on Thursday said it will end the special immigration status that granted protection to some 9,000 Nepalese living in the United States after a 2015 earthquake rocked their homeland. The Department of Homeland Security announcement gives the immigrants until June 2019 either to leave the country or change their immigration status. The Obama administration granted the immigrants temporary protected status (TPS) after the earthquake killed more than 8,000 people. Officials extended the status for another 18 months in October 2016.

At least 50 people died when a Bangladeshi plane with 67 passengers and four crew members crashed Monday as it landed in Nepal, officials said. The twin-propeller Bombardier Dash 8, operated by US–Bangla Airlines, took off from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Witnesses said the plane crashed near the runway at the Kathmandu, Nepal, airport and burst into flames. Dozens of firefighters and rescue officials worked to assist the victims at the site of the crash. “We have recovered 50 dead bodies so far,” Bangladeshi army spokesman Gokul Bandar said. The country has yet to release an official death toll.

FLOODS: Abnormal seasonal flooding has killed 1,200 people across India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

Seasonal monsoon rains in South Asia have triggered floods resulting in the deaths of more than 950 people and adversely affecting nearly 40 million residents, authorities said Thursday. The extremely heavy rainfall in northern India, northern Bangladesh, and southern Nepal has caused landslides and washed away thousands of homes. The South Asia monsoon season runs from June to September, and authorities say the death toll could rise as the waters begin to recede.

Heavy monsoon rains over the weekend triggered landslides and floods, killing at least 173 people in northern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Millions of others have been displaced. The rains have damaged bridges and washed away thousands of homes. Soldiers and rescue workers in northern India pulled 46 bodies from buses covered by rocks and mud. Authorities said about 200,000 people took refuge in emergency camps in the state of Assam, northeastern India.

A district court in Nepal dropped a case last week against eight Christians who distributed a comic book telling the story of Jesus.

SYRIA: In Aleppo, haunting video footage (see above) from the week, for which there are no words.