By Abhaya Raj Joshi KATHMANDU — Nepal’s government recently launched its new conservation action plan for snow leopards, ...

Most visitors don’t consider the Himalaya a wildlife destination, but the world’s highest mountains hold a surprising amount ...

is the highest mountain in the world. Located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border, its local names are "Sagarmatha" in Nepali and "Chomolungma" in Tibetan, both translating to "Mother of ...

Over 1,000 foreign tourists bound for Lukla in Solukhumbu have been stranded in Manthali for the past two days due to adverse ...

Flights to and from Tenzing Hillary Airport in Lukla, located in the Solukhumbu district, have been suspended for two ...

Everest, also called Sagarmatha in Nepali and Chomolungma in Tibetan, is situated on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was named for George Everest, a 19th ...

By Robin George Andrews Mount Everest is many things. It’s called Chomolungma in Tibetan, and Sagarmatha in Nepali. It’s an iconic part of Earth’s topography, a potentially lethal climbing ...

On Sunday, China and Nepal kicked off an anti-terrorism joint army exercise, with a type of ball-shaped reconnaissance drone making its debut. An opening ceremony was held for the Sagarmatha ...

Every year, more than 450 climbers from around the world get permits from the Nepal government to climb Mt ... region, which hosts the Sagarmatha range too, is unprecedented and largely irreversible.

Kathmandu — An 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer on Wednesday broke the record for the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter (26,246-foot) peaks, his team said. Nima Rinji ...

The Chinese fence traces a furrow in the Himalayas, its barbed wire and concrete ramparts separating Tibet from Nepal. Here, in one of the more isolated places on earth, China’s security cameras ...