Their fingers were stiff from the cold, and two musicians got altitude sickness. But the music atop a Himalayan peak in Nepal was inspired by a sensational view as the group laid claim to the record for highest musical performance.
They even had an (...)
Nepal's opposition parties said they will team up to topple the government, as they accused the prime minister Wednesday of having no moral or legal grounds to stay in power ahead of new elections.
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's opponents say (...)
Nepal's Cabinet will hold a meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming, which is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas, an official said Monday.
The Cabinet will meet at the Everest base camp later this month, just (...)
Nepal's political parties struggled on Friday to form a new coalition government to pull this Himalayan nation out of a crisis sparked by the prime minister's attempt to fire the country's army chief.
President Ram Baran Yadav overruled Prime (...)
Three Sherpa brothers are hoping to set a new record by spending 24 hours at the top of the world set out Sunday for the summit of Mount Everest.
The trio, Pemba Dorje, 31; Nima Gyalzen, 23; and Phurba Tenzing, 20, boarded a plane in Katmandu, (...)
