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Rapper-turned-politician looks set for landslide Nepal poll win

Kathmandu – Nepal’s centrist party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah looked set to win by a landslide in parliamentary polls, according to Election Commission trends...

Nepal votes in key polls post uprising

KATHMANDU -- Nepal voted on Thursday for a new parliament in a high-stakes showdown between an entrenched old guard and a powerful youth movement,...

Nepal readies for elections post-uprising

KATHMANDU—Nepal set up polling centers on Wednesday for one of its most hotly contested elections since the end of civil war in 2006, six...

Death toll from Nepal protest violence rises to 51—police

Kathmandu, Nepal—At least 51 people were killed during violent anti-corruption protests in Nepal this week, police said Friday in an updated toll, as the full...

No Filipinos hurt in Nepal unrest — DFA

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through its Embassy in New Delhi and its Honorary Consulate General in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday announced it...

British climbers summit Everest in record bid

Kathmandu, Nepal—A British team of veteran ex-special forces soldiers summited Everest on Wednesday, expedition organizers said, in a bid to fly from London, climb the...

2 swept away by avalanche

KATHMANDU—Nepali mountaineers on Tuesday searched for two people swept away by a powerful avalanche on the world’s 10th highest mountain Annapurna, officials said. The 8,091-meter...

Face-off

Pro-monarchy demonstrators pelt stones on Nepal police during a protest to demand a Hindu state in Kathmandu on Friday, March 28, 2025. The Himalayan...

Powerful tremors shake Nepal’s capital Kathmandu

Kathmandu, Nepal— Powerful tremors shook Nepal's capital Kathmandu just before dawn on Tuesday, an Agence France Presse (AFP) reporter said, as a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck...

PH Volcanoes men’s, women’s teams bag golds in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, Nepal—The Philippine Volcanoes men’s and women’s rugby teams made history by both securing gold medals at the Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Trophy tournament...

Monsoon rains kill 126 in Nepal

KATHMANDU—Residents of Nepal’s flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes on Sunday to survey the wreckage of devastating floods that have killed at least...

Nepal’s KP Sharma Oli appointed new prime minister

Kathmandu, Nepal—Nepal's president appointed Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli as prime minister for a fourth time on Sunday, after his communist party forged a coalition...

Body of guide of missing Koreans found in Himalayas

Kathmandu -  Search teams looking for the bodies of four South Koreans killed in a Himalayas avalanche have found the frozen corpse of their...

SoKors among 7 missing in Himalayan avalanche

Kathmandu, Nepal—An avalanche in Nepal’s Annapurna region has left at least seven people missing, including four South Koreans and three Nepalis, officials said Saturday. The...
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