Every dog has its day, and for canines in Nepal that phrase could not be more literal. The five-day Nepalese Hindu festival of Tihar started this week and the second day is known as Kukur Tihar or "day of...

(Nine climbers died when a violent snowstorm destroyed their camp on a Himalayan peak in western Nepal) A five-member South Korean expedition team and four Nepali guides were at the base camp of Mount Gurja when the storm struck,...

(Ms Karki has been the country's top judge) Nepal's first female chief justice has been suspended after the two largest parties in the ruling coalition filed an impeachment motion against her. They accuse Sushila Karki of delivering biased verdicts and...