For the first time since the pandemic, China is allowing foreign climbers to access Mount Everest via Tibet.
Adrian Ballinger, who has summited Everest eight times, is one of the Western guides who prefers the Tibet route to the top of the world's (...)
Police in eastern India have arrested three men for the alleged gang rape of a foreign tourist and assault of her husband, as they hunt for four more suspects in a case that highlights the country's decades-long struggle to curb sexual violence (...)
At least a dozen Indians have been duped by agents into fighting for Russian forces in the country's war with Ukraine with reports saying one of them was killed in a missile strike.
Hemal Ashwinbhai from Gujarat state died in a missile attack last (...)
2023 was an extraordinary year for OMODA, marked by the sensational debut of the OMODA E5 at the global brand launch event in April, followed by the boundary-pushing expansion showcased at the user conference in October, and capped off with a (...)
A controversial spiritual leader, whose supporters believe he is the reincarnation of Buddha, has been arrested in Nepal over sexual abuse charges, according to local police.
Ram Bahadur Bomjan, popularly called 'Buddha Boy' in local media, was (...)
A plane crash in Nepal that killed 72 people, including two infants, was most probably the result of its pilots mistakenly cutting the power, said a report by government-appointed investigators.
This caused a loss of thrust that led to an (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday announced his plan to set up a panel aimed to ensure the move from fossil fuels towards renewable energy is just, sustainable and benefits all countries.
The UN chief made this announcement in an (...)
Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua was crowned the 2023 Miss Universe at the culmination of the annual beauty pageant, which took place on Saturday night in El Salvador's capital, San Salvador. Anntonia Porsild of Thailand placed as first (...)
For a long time, people living in two densely populated Asian capitals have suffered the toxic smog that blanket their cities.
On some days, when the smoke draped Delhi and Beijing — both teeming cities with more than 20 million people — in an (...)
Nepal has banned China's TikTok because its content "was detrimental to social harmony."
The decision comes days after the country introduced a new rule requiring social media firms to set up liaison offices in the country.
TikTok, which has around (...)
United Nations teams in Nepal are responding to the devastating earthquake in the west of the country, amid reports that over 150 people have been killed and hundreds more injured.
The powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the remote and rural (...)
More than 150 people have been killed after an earthquake struck remote western Nepal on Friday.
Security forces have been deployed to help rescue efforts in the rugged districts of Jajarkot and West Rukum, 500km (310 miles) west of (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called on the world to "stop the madness" of climate change as he visited the Everest region in Nepal where melting glaciers are putting entire communities at risk of extinction.
Nepal has lost almost (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres began his official visit to Nepal by extending deep condolences to the families of the 10 Nepalese students killed in the terror attacks by Hamas in Israel, and once again called for the protection of all (...)
The United Nations on Saturday ramped up appeals for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza after another night of ground incursions and intense bombing left healthcare facilities without electricity and civilians across the ravaged enclave virtually "cut (...)
After more than 48 hours of the type of intense, door-to-door fighting unseen in Israel for decades, the country's military has retaken control of all the communities around Gaza that gunmen from Hamas had infiltrated, the Israeli military (...)
The bright orange hotel sticks out as far as the eye can see — but unfortunately for its owner Bishnu Sharma, there is hardly anyone there to see it.
His hotel offers breath-taking mountain views from the town of Lumbini in Nepal — Buddha's (...)
A massive teachers' strike in Nepal has entered its third day, disrupting classes for millions of students across all public schools.
About 110,000 teachers are protesting an education reform bill in parliament.
They are against proposals to give (...)
China has told India to "stay calm" over a new Chinese map that Delhi says lays claim to its territory.
India protested after Beijing released the map showing the north-eastern Arunachal Pradesh state and the disputed Aksai Chin plateau as China's (...)
For decades, Nepal has allowed its ethnic Gurkha soldiers to join the Indian army under a special agreement. The practice came to an abrupt halt last year after India introduced a controversial new army hiring plan, straining ties between the two (...)
Torrential rains and unabated construction are frequently triggering disasters in India's Himalayan region.
But an unusual increase in rainfall is making the terrain even more dangerous.
Landslides and flash floods have already killed dozens in the (...)
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador and legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has called for increased investments in children's education and nutrition programs, to help them achieve their full potential.
Tendulkar was on a visit to (...)
Officials from two cities in Nepal have said they will not allow Bollywood films to be screened until an "objectionable" line is deleted from a new Indian movie.
The makers of Adipurush say the film is inspired by the Hindu epic Ramayana.
The (...)
With an estimated 3.5 billion people living in "climate hot spots", related peace and security risks are only set to heighten, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council on Tuesday, warning that (...)
The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is "out of control", according to the head of one of the world's biggest nursing groups.
The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana's health system is struggling (...)