Nepal

Yet another climber has died on Mount Everest, bringing the total deaths on the mountain to 13 in 2019 alone. Overcrowding has been reported near the summit and mountaineers suggest that the growing commercialisation of expeditions, the lack of experience and bad weather contribute to the problem.

Austrian climber David Lama has completed the first solo climb of Lunang Ri in Nepal.

Austrian alpinist David Lama has safely returned from the first ever ascent of Lunag Ri (6907M) peak in the Himalaya in an epic solo effort

Locally made robots took over waiting duties in a Kathmandu restaurant.

Japan's Ibasei has installed six small turbines in Nepal, and transferred the technology, bringing light to the darkness of schoolchildrens' classrooms and their homes.

The role of living goddess means the four-year-old must live in a temple and away from her family home until she reaches puberty.

Three years on from Nepal's devastating twin earthquakes many thousands remain homeless. The EU is helping to accelerate the building of quake-resistant houses.

Only 20% of homes eligible for rebuilding completed

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday at the medieval city of Bhaktapur for the annual Sindoor Jatra, a festival that marks the beginning of the Nepali New Year and celebrates the arrival of Spring.

Miscommunication over the landing runway may be to blame for the Kathmandu plane crash that killed at least 49 people.

A Bangladeshi aircraft carrying 67 passengers and four crew crashed on landing at Nepal's Kathmandu airport on Monday, March 12

Millions of voters in Nepal are going to the polls in the first democratic elections since the civil war ended and the monarchy was abolished.

Little Trishna Shakya will live in Kathmandu's temple palace until puberty hits and it's time to retire.

While all eyes have been on the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Harvey, more than 1,000 people have been killed as a result of devastating floods across Asia

With the media focus on the chaos wrought by Hurricane Harvey in the US, floods have killed many more people in Africa and Asia this year, as climate change worsens extreme weather worldwide.

Heavy monsoon rains have triggered deadly landslides and floods

Travellers waded through deep water at Janakpur Airport in Nepal on Sunday (August 13) after landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rain killed

Members of Nepal's LGBT community made their mark at a popular festival in the conservative Hindu-majority country

An 85-year-old man from Nepal, who was attempting to become the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, has died.

A Taiwanese hiker who was rescued after being stranded in the Himalayas for 47 days has returned home.

The "Swiss Machine" died in a fall while preparing to climb Mount Everest in Nepal.