Solo hiking will soon be banned from Nepal’s national parks in an attempt to reduce risks for the tens of thousands of adventurers who annually flock to the Himalayan country.

KATHMANDU – A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status. The Himalayan nation is one of the first in Asia to allow it. “After ...

Solo hiking will soon be banned from Nepal’s national parks in an attempt to reduce risks for the tens of thousands of adventurers who annually flock to the Himalayan country.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status. The Himalayan nation is one of the first in Asia to allow it.

FILE- Same-sex couple Surendra Pandey, right, and Maya Gurung, who got married six years ago, pose for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday ...

KATHMANDU — When Suman Hamal was growing up in his hometown of Putalibazar in Nepal’s Syangja district, he saw birds of different species and sizes fly around in his neighborhood.

In August, Nepal’s communist government, led by K.P. Sharma Oli, who has close ties to Beijing, formally requested that China convert the $216 million airport loan into a grant.

A twin-engine propeller plane crashed on approach to the city of Pokhara, with 72 people on board. By Bhadra Sharma and Karan Deep Singh Bhadra Sharma reported from Kathmandu, Nepal, and Karan ...

Yarbrough still completed her City Council duties while in Nepal by attending meetings virtually, sometimes as early as 5 a.m., due to the time difference. “For a few weeks, I wasn’t getting ...

Amid frustration with the political status quo and lackluster economic situation, thousands of Nepalis are calling for the king to return. The monarchy in Nepal was abolished in 2008.