Nepal

Latest Stories

A doctor looks after a patient injured in an earthquake, evacuated from his village and brought to a hospital in Nepalgunj, Nepal, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. Helicopters and ground troops rushed to help people hurt in a strong earthquake that shook northwestern Nepal districts just before midnight Friday, killing more than hundred people and injuring dozens more, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Krishna Adikari)

Quake shakes northwest Nepal, killing at least 128 and injuring dozens. Officials fear toll to rise

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Nepal's sherpa guide Tenjen Sherpa, 35, who with Norwegian climber Kristin Harila climbed the world's 14 tallest mountains in record time, poses during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Sherpa and Harila shattered the record for the fastest climb of the 14 mountains more than 8,000 meters (about 26,000 feet) high when they topped Mount K2 in Pakistan late last month. The previous record was 189 days, and the pair did it in 92 days. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Record-setting Sherpa guide sets a new climbing goal for the world’s highest peaks

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa, 48, poses for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 15, 2023. Pasang Dawa, plans to climb the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) high Mount Everest next year in an attempt to again match the record set by a fellow Sherpa guide. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Veteran Sherpa guides to compete next season for Everest ascent record

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Airman 1st Class D'elbrah Assamoi, from Cote D'Ivoire, signs her U.S. certificate of citizenship after the Basic Military Training Coin Ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, in San Antonio, April 26, 2023. The U.S. military has struggled to overcome recruiting shortfalls and as a way to address that problem, it's stepping up efforts to sign up immigrants, offering a fast track to American citizenship to those who join the armed services. The Army and the Air Force have bolstered their marketing to entice legal residents to enlist. (Vanessa R. Adame/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Join the military, become a U.S. citizen: Uncle Sam wants you and vous and tu

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Hari Budha Magar, former Gurkha veteran and double amputee climber who scaled Mount Everest, greets the crowd upon arrival at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. The former Gurkha veteran had lost both his legs in Afghanistan when he accidentally stepped on an improvised explosive device in 2010. Magar, who was a soldier in the Gurkha regiment, was born in a remote mountain village in Nepal and later was recruited by the British army. He now lives with his family in Canterbury, England. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Double amputee Everest climber pledges to work for benefit of people with disabilities

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Spanish climber Carlos Soria, arrives at the Hams hospital after being rescued from Dhaulagiri mountain region in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 18, 2023. The 84-year-old climber attempting to become the oldest person to summit all the world's highest peaks was rescued Thursday after he was injured. Soria was attempting to scale Mount Dhaulagiri but was hurt on his way to the top. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

84-year-old climber rescued from mountain in Nepal while seeking record

Associated Press

Family members react as an injured Indian climber Anurag Maloo who was rescued from Annapurna region is airlifted to Medicity hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The Indian climber who fell into a 300-meter (980-foot) crevasse on Mount Annapurna on Monday was rescued Thursday. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Family joins rescued Indian climber being treated in Nepal

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

In this Oct. 24, 2014, file photo, trekkers watch the sun rise over the Annapurna Range, right, in central Nepal, as viewed from Poon Hill, above the village of Ghorepani. Rescuers on Sunday, April 26, 2020, recovered the bodies of two South Korean trekkers who were missing since January when an avalanche buried them in Nepal’s mountains, officials said. An army helicopter flew the bodies of one male and one female to Pokhara from the Annapurna Trekking Circuit, said Nepalese army official Maj. Gen. Gokul Bhandari. (AP Photo/Malcolm Foster, File)

Nepal to implement countrywide ban on solo hikes

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

People observe a candlelight vigil in memory of victims of a plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday as rescue workers resumed the search for six missing people a day after a plane to a tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 66 of the 72 people aboard in the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades. (AP Photo/Bikram Rai)

Families mourn Nepal plane victims; data box sent to France

By Anish Bhattarai and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Nepalese rescue workers and civilians gather around the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Authorities in Nepal said 68 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara. It's the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades. (AP Photo/Krishna Mani Baral)

Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site

By Anish Bhattarai, Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

Rescuers scour the crash site in the wreckage of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan.16, 2023. Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday as rescue workers resumed the search for six missing people a day after a plane to a tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 66 of the 72 people aboard in the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades.(AP Photo/Yunish Gurung)

Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site

By Anish Bhattarai and Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

Nepalese rescue workers and civilians gather around the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Authorities in Nepal said 68 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara. It's the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades. (AP Photo/Krishna Mani Baral)

68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in Nepal resort town

By Upendra Man Singh and Sheikh Saaliq and Anish Bhattarai - Associated Press

Leader of the communist party in Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, greets the gathering after announcing his resignation as prime minister, in line with an agreement made with his coalition partner party, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The leader of former communist rebels has become Nepal's new prime minister with the support from his ex-opponent and other smaller political parties. The announcement was made by the office of President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Sunday after the Maoist communist party leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal met her to stake his claim for the prime minister following last month's elections. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, file)

Leader of ex-communist rebels becomes Nepal’s new PM

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Buddhist monks perform rituals during the funeral of famed American extreme skier Hilaree Nelson in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Oct.2, 2022. Nelson had died last week on Mount Manaslu while coming down from the top of the summit the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) world's eighth-highest mountain. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Hilaree Nelson, famed U.S extreme skier, gets traditional Nepalese funeral

Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, Mount Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)

COVID-19 crisis worsens in Nepal; hospitals reject new patients

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this aerial photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, base camp is seen on May 25, 2020. China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending from Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday, May 10, 2010. (Purbu Zhaxi/Xinhua via AP)

China to draw ‘separation line’ on peak of Mount Everest

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2020, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese surveyors hike toward a higher spot from the base camp on Mount Qomolangma at an altitude of 5,200 meters. China has opened the spring Everest claiming season from the northern approach amid strict measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. A total of 38 people have been issued permits to climb the world’s highest peak, known as Qomolongma in Tibetan, between March 31 and May 20, state media reported Friday, May 7, 2021. (Jigme Dorje/Xinhua via AP, File)

China opens Everest’s north side to 38 virus-tested climbers

Associated Press

Family members watch as Nepalese army personnel in PPE suits salute to pay tribute to the COVID-19 victims before cremating their bodies near Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 7, 2021. Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

US allows diplomats, embassy families to leave Nepal

Associated Press

A Sri Lankan couple receive the vaccine for COVID-19 at a municipal health centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 30, 2021. For many weeks, the number of daily COVID-19 infections in the island nation of Sri Lanka stood below 200. But last week, the figure suddenly surged and reached 1,466 on Thursday, the highest ever in a single day since the start of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Virus surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Lukas Furtenbach, an ace mountain guide speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, April 23, 2021. Furtenbach became the first to test positive for COVID-19 in Mount Everest base camp. Erlend Ness told The Associated Press in a message Friday that he was confirmed infected on April 15 and was flown to Kathmandu. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Norwegian climber 1st to test positive on Mount Everest

By BINAJ GURBACHARYA - Associated Press