Rescuers have been digging through ice and snow on a mountain in Nepal to find the bodies of seven climbers killed by an avalanche.

A new wave of protests is unfolding worldwide, driven by young people expressing discontent with their governments.

Severe rainfall in Nepal has triggered landslides, lightning strikes, and flooding, killing at least 44 people on Sunday.

Nepalese authorities have lifted the curfew in the country’s capital and surrounding areas as calm returned following the appointment of the Himalayan nation’s first woman prime minister in the wake of protests this week that left at least 51 people dead.

Nepal’s president has appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister.

Protests against Nepal’s short-lived ban on social media grew increasingly violent as demonstrators set government buildings and politicians’ homes on fire and attacked some leaders.

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak.

The renowned mountain guide who used xenon gas treatment to put clients on top of Mount Everest and return them home within a week defended his technique, saying it is making climbing Mount Everest not just faster and safer, but also better for the environment by cutting down on garbage and waste.

Rescuers in the freezing, high-altitude Tibet region in western China searched a second day for any remaining victims of a deadly earthquake that struck near a holy city for Tibetan Buddhists, before shifting their focus to resettling the survivors.

A court in southern Nepal has convict a controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” on charges of sexually assaulting a minor.

Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time.

Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then-King Gyanendra Shah to give up the throne and clear the way for a republic.

An unknown number of sacred statues of Hindu deities were stolen and smuggled abroad in the past.

A strong earthquake has shaken northwestern Nepal, and officials say at least 128 people are dead and dozens more injured as rescuers search mountain villages.

All six people on board a helicopter carrying Mexican tourists have died when it crashed near Mount Everest in Nepal.

One of the greatest mountain guides says he’s not ready to retire after climbing Mount Everest for a record 28th time.

The first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Mount Everest has returned from the mountain pledging to dedicate the rest of his life to helping people with disabilities.

Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time, beating his own record less than a week after setting it.

A British mountain guide has returned to Nepal’s capital after scaling Mount Everest for a 17th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide.

One of the greatest mountain guides has regained his title for the most climbs of Mount Everest after scaling the peak for the 27th time.

A Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time, matching the record set by a fellow Nepalese guide for the most ascents of the world's highest peak.

Nepal's newly elected president has taken took the oath of office in Kathmandu.

The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorders recovered from the Jan. 15 plane crash in Nepal are being sent to Singapore for analysis to identify the cause of the crash that killed all 72 people on board.

The twin-engine aircraft that crashed in Nepal and killed all 72 on board was co-piloted by Anju Khatiwada.

Nepalese authorities are returning to families the bodies of plane crash victims and are sending the aircraft’s data recorder to France for analysis as they try to determine what caused the country’s deadliest air accident in 30 years.

Voters in Nepal lined up to elect members of Parliament in hopes that a new government would bring political stability and help with development of the Himalayan nation.

An earthquake in the mountains of west Nepal rocked the Himalayan nation early Wednesday.

A famed extreme skier from the United States who was killed after falling from one of the world’s tallest mountains was on Sunday given a traditional funeral at a Sherpa cremation ground as Buddhist monks officiated over a ceremony attended by family, friends and government officials.

The body of a famed U.S. extreme skier who fell from the world’s eighth-highest mountain has been recovered.

Rescuers searching a mountainside in Nepal have recovered the bodies of 21 of the 22 people who were on board a plane that crashed a day earlier.

Authorities in Nepal say rescuers have narrowed a possible location of a passenger plane with 22 people on board that is feared to have crashed in the mountains.

An experienced Nepalese Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time breaking his own record for the most climbs of the world’s highest peak.

Schools in Nepal are demanding the government open up physical classes that were shut down for weeks as the number of COVID-19 cases began to decline.

Nepal’s capital has shut schools, ordered citizens to carry vaccination cards in public, banned religious festivals and instructed hotel guests to be tested every three days as it battles its biggest COVID-19 outbreak.

Nepalese authorities are searching for dozens of people missing in this week's heavy rains, floods and landslides, as survivors complain they are yet to receive any government help.

Nepal's health minister says the country has significantly reduced coronavirus infections after its worst outbreak but is in desperate need of vaccines.

Australia’s second-largest city will emerge from its fourth pandemic lockdown Friday.

Hundreds of climbers are making the final push to the Mount Everest summit with only a few more days left in the season, saying they are undeterred by a coronavirus outbreak in base camp.

An expert guide says a coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff.

A repatriation flight is rescuing dozens of Spanish nationals who have been stranded in Nepal since a lockdown was imposed in the Himalayan nation to curb the spiking COVID-19 cases.

China has canceled attempts to climb Mount Everest from its side of the world’s highest peak because of fears of importing COVID-19 cases from neighboring Nepal.

Chinese state media say China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending on Nepal’s side of the mountain.

A Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 25th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak.

Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal are warning of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals are running out of beds and oxygen.

The all-Nepalese mountaineering team that became the first to scale Mount K2 in winter cheer as they arrive at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)KATHMANDU – A team of 10 Nepalese climbers who became the first to scale the world’s second-highest peak during the harsh winter season received a hero’s welcome on return home to Nepal on Tuesday. “As a team we feel really proud; we feel really honored. The Nepalese team made sure that all 10 members reached the summit at the same time. We felt like it has to be justice for every team member," Purja said.

A Nepalese protester burns an effigy of prime minister Khadga Prasad Oli in front of the parliament building in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Nepals president dissolved Parliament on Sunday after the prime minister recommended the move amid an escalating feud within his Communist Party that is likely to push the Himalayan nation into a political crisis. Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli decided to dissolve Parliament at a Cabinet meeting Sunday and immediately presented his recommendation. Oli became prime minister after his Nepal Communist Party won elections three years ago. Oli's party and the party of former Maoist rebels had merged to form a strong communist party to win the election.

FILE - In this May 27, 2019, file photo, a bird flies with Mount Everest seen in the background from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal. China and Nepal have jointly announced on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, a new height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. China and Nepal agreed this week on a new standard height for Mount Everest, the rugged Himalayan peak that straddles their border. GEOLOGICAL UPS AND DOWNSThe mountain’s height changes. HAWAII'S UNDERWATER GIANTHow high above sea level is just one way of measuring a mountain's height.

China and Nepal have jointly announced on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, a new height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. (Tashi Tsering/Xinhua via AP, File)BEIJING – China and Nepal jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest on Tuesday, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. The height of Everest, which is on the border between China and Nepal, was agreed on after surveyors from Nepal scaled the peak in 2019 and a Chinese team did the same in 2020. A survey team from China then conducted measurements in the spring of 2020 while all other expeditions were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. China and Nepal will establish an “even closer community of a shared future to enrich the countries and their peoples,” Xinhua quoted Xi as saying.

A police cordon line is set at a fire site, top center with broken windows, in Hong Kong Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. City authorities said a fire in a crowded residential district in Hong Kong has "caused a number of deaths and injuries". (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)HONG KONG – Authorities in Hong Kong said at least seven people were killed and 11 injured in a fire at an apartment building that may have started at a gathering of people from the city's Nepalese community. The Hong Kong government said four men and three women died. Deadly fires used to be a regular occurrence in Hong Kong, one of the world’s most densely populated cities, but have dwindled in recent years as the government implemented stricter fire safety measures.

The old palace courtyard packed with hundreds of thousands of people each year during the Indrajatra festival is deserted, the temples are locked and all public celebrations are banned by the government to curb the coronavirus. Many in this Himalayan nation believe they would anger the gods by shunning the rituals — which would cause catastrophe. Even violent clashes broke out between police and devotees defying government orders during a separate chariot festival south of Kathmandu. During the festival, Kumari, a girl revered as the living goddess, is taken around the core part of Kathmandu in a chariot pulled by devotees. “We have disappointed the gods and we need to keep the gods happy so we all can be happy and prosper," he said.

FILE - In this June 20, 2020, file photo, protesters lie on the ground demanding better handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kathmandu, Nepal. In a rare show of young people humbling a powerful government to action in Asia, they got one. But not before hundreds of protesters were doused with water cannons, some beaten with police batons and others detained. The government also agreed to provide better personal protective equipment to front-line health workers treating COVID-19 patients and regular consultations with health experts. The protesters say they will return to the streets if the government falls back on its promises.