A leading Slovak mountain climber has died while descending a 7,234m (23,730ft) peak in Nepal, after completing the rare feat of scaling the mountain's perilous eastern face.
Ondrej Huserka fell into a crevasse on Thursday, after he and his climbing (...)
Six migrants have died after soldiers in Mexico opened fire on a vehicle carrying a group of 33 people who were traveling in the south of the country.
The Mexican defense ministry said another 10 migrants were injured in the incident on Tuesday (...)
Major floods and landslides in Nepal have killed at least 148 people and injured more than 100 across the Himalayan nation, police have reported.
They say more than 50 people were still missing on Sunday, after two days of intense rainfall which (...)
Continuous rainfall has caused severe flooding in Nepal's capital, killing at least 32 people, with another 12 reported missing, police said on Saturday.
The torrential rains, which began Friday night, are expected to continue throughout the (...)
More than 70,000 people fighting in Russia's military have now died in Ukraine, according to data analyzed by the BBC.
And for the first time, volunteers — civilians who joined the armed forces after the start of the war — now make up the highest (...)
The pilot who survived a deadly plane crash in Nepal was saved after his cockpit was sheared off by a freight container seconds before the rest of the aircraft crashed in flames.
Captain Manish Ratna Shakya, the sole survivor of the disaster that (...)
At least 18 people were killed after a plane crashed and caught fire while it was taking off from Nepal's capital of Kathmandu on Wednesday.
The pilot, who is currently receiving treatment in hospital, is the only survivor of the fatal (...)
Rescuers are searching for more than 60 missing people in Nepal after a massive landslide swept two buses into a river.
Some spoke of their terrifying ordeal, with one saying he was "thrown out of the window of the bus into the river".
Only three (...)
Deadly flash flooding due to sudden heavy rains has inundated India's capital, replacing one of the worst heat waves in Delhi's history that sent temperatures soaring well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
An observatory in New (...)
At least 10 people have died in flooding and landslides across Himalayan regions of India and Nepal following heavy rainfall on Thursday, according to local officials. The severe downpours have also left 2,400 tourists stranded in the northeastern (...)
Dozens of Indians have reportedly been duped by agents into fighting for Russian forces inside Ukraine
India says two of its nationals who had been recruited by the Russian army have been killed in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The Indian foreign (...)
For the first time since the pandemic, China is allowing foreign climbers to access Mount Everest via Tibet.
Adrian Ballinger, who has summited Everest eight times, is one of the Western guides who prefers the Tibet route to the top of the world's (...)
Police in eastern India have arrested three men for the alleged gang rape of a foreign tourist and assault of her husband, as they hunt for four more suspects in a case that highlights the country's decades-long struggle to curb sexual violence (...)
At least a dozen Indians have been duped by agents into fighting for Russian forces in the country's war with Ukraine with reports saying one of them was killed in a missile strike.
Hemal Ashwinbhai from Gujarat state died in a missile attack last (...)
2023 was an extraordinary year for OMODA, marked by the sensational debut of the OMODA E5 at the global brand launch event in April, followed by the boundary-pushing expansion showcased at the user conference in October, and capped off with a (...)
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.
Ram Bahadur Bomjan, popularly called 'Buddha Boy' in local media, was (...)
A plane crash in Nepal that killed 72 people, including two infants, was most probably the result of its pilots mistakenly cutting the power, said a report by government-appointed investigators.
This caused a loss of thrust that led to an (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday announced his plan to set up a panel aimed to ensure the move from fossil fuels towards renewable energy is just, sustainable and benefits all countries.
The UN chief made this announcement in an (...)
Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua was crowned the 2023 Miss Universe at the culmination of the annual beauty pageant, which took place on Saturday night in El Salvador's capital, San Salvador. Anntonia Porsild of Thailand placed as first (...)
For a long time, people living in two densely populated Asian capitals have suffered the toxic smog that blanket their cities.
On some days, when the smoke draped Delhi and Beijing — both teeming cities with more than 20 million people — in an (...)
Nepal has banned China's TikTok because its content "was detrimental to social harmony."
The decision comes days after the country introduced a new rule requiring social media firms to set up liaison offices in the country.
TikTok, which has around (...)
United Nations teams in Nepal are responding to the devastating earthquake in the west of the country, amid reports that over 150 people have been killed and hundreds more injured.
The powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the remote and rural (...)
More than 150 people have been killed after an earthquake struck remote western Nepal on Friday.
Security forces have been deployed to help rescue efforts in the rugged districts of Jajarkot and West Rukum, 500km (310 miles) west of (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called on the world to "stop the madness" of climate change as he visited the Everest region in Nepal where melting glaciers are putting entire communities at risk of extinction.
Nepal has lost almost (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres began his official visit to Nepal by extending deep condolences to the families of the 10 Nepalese students killed in the terror attacks by Hamas in Israel, and once again called for the protection of all (...)
