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UPDATED: Powerful fatal earthquake in Tibet; Tremors also felt in Nepal, Bhutan and Northern India
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday, Chinese authorities said, killing at least 100 persons and shaking buildings…
EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Kathmandu, Nepal
Farmers plant rice in a paddy field during the beginning of monsoon season in Tinpiple village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal.…
Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 strikes Nepal, tremors felt in New Delhi
An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck Nepal on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, sending tremors out as far as India's capital,…
UPDATED: Nepal finds black boxes of aircraft after deadliest crash in 30 years
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Searchers found the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday from a…
UPDATE – At least 68 killed in Nepal’s worst air crash in 30 years
KATHMANDU, Jan 15 (Reuters) - At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal,…
Charles ‘The Serpent’ Sobhraj freed from Nepal prison
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say is responsible for a string of…
Death toll from western Nepal landslide rises to 22
KATHMANDU, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Nepal battled against torrential rains to pull out bodies from the wreckage of homes buried…
Britain to recruit health workers from Nepal to offset labour shortage
Britain will recruit health professionals from Nepal under its first labour agreement with the Himalayan country, officials said this week, helping Britain…
Nepal calls November election as economy stumbles
KATHMANDU, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Nepal's government said on Thursday it will hold a parliamentary election on November 20 amid concerns over…
Nepal says bodies of all 22 victims of plane crash recovered
The bodies of all 22 people, including 19 passengers and three crew members, who were on board a plane that crashed into…