KATMANDU, Nepal – A standoff between Nepal’s king and the political elite could lead to the communist rebels taking over the Himalayan nation, the U.S ambassador said Wednesday. Ambassador James ...

Tso Rolpa glacial lake at 4,580m has grown seven times in size in the past 60 years due to global heating. Photo: RASTRARAJ BHANDARI A new report out this week warns that hundreds of glacial lakes in ...

It is now looking doubtful if countries around the world can cut their greenhouse gas emissions as agreed in Paris six years ago, so that global temperature rise will be limited to 1.5 Celsius by 2050 ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. KATHMANDU, NEPAL – Heavy rains and the coming monsoon season in Nepal are bringing greatly ...

With Nepal’s newest international airport set to open at the start of 2023, there’s still no concrete plan to relocate a nearby waste landfill site. The site attracts a host of birds, including ...

(New York, February 9, 2005) — Nepal is plunging deeper into a massive human rights crisis following last week’s seizure of power by King Gyanendra and the Royal Nepalese Army, Human Rights Watch said ...