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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.
The co-pilot of the Yeti Airlines flight that crashed in Nepal earlier this week had a husband who died while flying for the same airline years earlier.
Authorities have recovered the black box from the regional passenger plane that crashed moments before it landed in Nepal, killing at least 68 people.
One of the world's leading aviation experts has offered a theory for what caused a regional passenger plane to crash moments before it landed in Nepal, killing at least 68 people
Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Nepal, has been ordered to be released because of poor health, good behavior and having already served most of his sentence.
The body of Hilaree Nelson has been found and taken to a forensic laboratory in Kathmandu for an autopsy after the renowned US ski mountaineer died during an expedition in Nepal.
China has opened Mount Everest's northern slope to a few dozen mountaineers who will be tested for the coronavirus and must keep their distance while ascending the world's highest peak.
A team of Nepalese climbers on Saturday made history by scaling the world's second highest peak — Pakistan's K2 — in the winter season, a local Alpine Club official said.
A Nepal government expedition to Mount Everest has removed 11,000 kilograms of rubbish and four dead bodies from the world's highest mountain, officials have said.
American Donald Cash and Indian Anjali Kulkarni both died on the world’s tallest mountain during a period of clear weather that saw hundreds of climbers stuck in a bottleneck of mountaineers.
A window of favourable weather conditions saw more than 200 mountaineers seek to rush to and from the mountain’s 8848-metre-high peak, sparking a bottleneck effect.