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As Nepal faces increasing political instability, the country's parliament is holding a presidential election. The country sees frequent changes in government.

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Prabal Gurung was thinking deep this season. He installed a mirrored square runway reflecting an opulent blue light display at the main branch of the New York Public Library for a fashion week show Friday exploring the Buddhist concept of "anichya," or impermanence. In short, Gurung explained, New York Fashion Week for him was a “magical, mystery journey. There was an oversized sweater in an ivory and yellow butterfly knit and a pink and scarlet embroidered cocoon coat. Kelsea Ballerini, who stunned in a yellow gown by Gurung at the Grammys, was among his front row guests.

Prabal Gurung installed a mirrored square runway reflecting an opulent blue light display at the main branch of the New York Public Library for a fashion week show Friday.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — (AP) — An earthquake in Nepal rattled villages in remote Himalayan mountains on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring many more, officials said. The 5.9 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Bajura district hit in the afternoon, sending people fleeing their houses, according to the chief district officer, Puskar Khadka. He said one person was confirmed dead but details were still sketchy because many of the villages are accessible by foot. News reports said the earthquake could be felt in cities and towns across the border in India. Earthquakes are common in Nepal, which is mostly covered by mountains and home to most of the highest peaks in the world.

An earthquake in Nepal has rattled villages in remote Himalayan mountains, killing at least one person and injuring many more

Authorities in Nepal have handed to relatives the bodies of 60 of the 72 people killed in a plane crash last week

An official in Nepal says the new airport where a Yeti Airlines plane was attempting to land when it crashed over the weekend, killing all 72 on board, did not have a functioning instrument landing system that guides planes to the runway

Two Americans were among those who died in an airplane crash that killed 72 people in Nepal, a State Department spokesman confirmed.

Cell phone video shows Yeti Airlines passenger Sonu Jaiswa smiling as the plane approached the runway in Nepal on Sunday. That's when the plane tilted to the left and quickly crashed. (Jan. 17)

The Yeti Airlines crash left no survivors, authorities said. Among the victims is Anju Khatiwada, a pilot who lost her husband in a plane crash in 2006.

A video has emerged showing the final moments onboard a Yeti Airlines flight in Nepal before it crashed while attempting to land in the tourist town of Pokhara.

France will receive the black box recovered from a Nepali aircraft that crashed this weekend and killed all 72 people on board, the worst disaster for the country in 30 years.

Anju Khatiwada used money from her husband's insurance policy after he died in 2006 to pay for her own pilot training.

Officials believe everyone on board was killed when the Yeti Airlines passenger plane, flying from India to Nepal, went down suddenly on approach to landing.

Pilots say Nepal can be a challenging place to fly, but conditions at the time of the crash were good, with low wind, clear skies and temperatures well above freezing. DID THE PLANE STALL? “I'd suggest that the aircraft has entered into an aerodynamic stall,” he said after reviewing the video just before the crash. CONCERNS ABOUT THE NEW AIRPORTHome to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, Nepal has a history of air crashes. According to the Safety Matters Foundation's data, there have been 42 fatal plane crashes in Nepal since 1946.

Yeti Airlines flight 691 crashed Sunday just before landing in Nepal’s tourist city of Pokhara, the gateway to a popular hiking area in the Himalayas, after a 27-minute trip from Kathmandu.

Pilots say Nepal can be a challenging place to fly, but conditions at the time of the crash were good, with low wind, clear skies and temperatures well above freezing. A dramatic video shot on a smartphone from the ground shows the last moments before the plane crashed in a gorge about 1.6 kilometers (a mile) from newly opened Pokhara International Airport. The aircraft's nose is noticeably high before the left wing suddenly drops and the plane falls out of sight of the video, indicating a likely stall, said Amit Singh, an experienced pilot and founder of India's Safety Matters Foundation.

A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people. Local resident, 33-year-old, Diwas Bohora said he was sitting on the terrace of his home and started filming the moment he saw the plane at a low altitude.

Rescuers were trying to recover the last four bodies from a gorge after a Yeti Airlines flight crashed Sunday in Pokhara, authorities said.

Officials say search teams have retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice recorders of a passenger plane that plummeted into a gorge on approach to a new airport in the foothills of the Himalayas.

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Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who rushed to Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, set up a panel to investigate Sunday's plane crash.

A plane, operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines, was carrying 68 passengers, including 15 foreign nationals on a 27-minute flight when it crashed.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — (AP) — Authorities in Nepal said 68 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara. According to the Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety database, there have been 42 fatal plane crashes in Nepal since 1946. Last year, 22 people died when a plane crashed on a mountainside in Nepal. In 2012, an Agni Air plane flying from Pokhara to Jomsom crashed, killing 15 people. In 2014, a Nepal Airlines plane flying from Pokhara to Jumla crashed, killing all 18 on board.

In 2018, an ATR 72 operated by Iran’s Aseman Airlines crashed in a foggy, mountainous region, killing all 65 aboard. According to the Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety database, there have been 42 fatal plane crashes in Nepal since 1946. Last year, 22 people died when a plane crashed on a mountainside in Nepal. In 2014, a Nepal Airlines plane flying from Pokhara to Jumla crashed, killing all 18 on board. In 1992, all 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane were killed when it plowed into a hill as it tried to land in Kathmandu.

A plane carrying 72 crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reported Sunday.

NEW DELHI — (AP) — A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reported Sunday. The plane was carrying 68 passengers and four crew members, the newspaper reported, quoting a spokesperson for Yeti Airlines. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said the plane was flying from the capital, Kathmandu, to Pokhara in central Nepal, and urged security personnel and the general public to help with the rescue efforts. Images and videos shared on Twitter showed plumes of smoke billowing from the crash site as rescue workers and crowds of people gathered around the wreckage of the aircraft. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

The Yeti Airlines plane crashed on landing in Pokhara, a town popular with tourists.

A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reports

Missionaries help grow a Christian community in Nepal - even though converting people is illegal.

The election has revived a geopolitical question: Would Nepal, strategically perched in the Himalayas, tilt toward China or toward India and the United States?

PARIS — (AP) — Confessed serial killer Charles Sobhraj arrived in France Saturday after being released from a life sentence in a Nepal prison. Sobhraj, a 78-year-old French citizen, had been serving time for the deaths of American and Canadian backpackers in the 1970s. He arrived Saturday at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on a flight from Nepal via Qatar, his French lawyer, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, told The Associated Press. She said his murder conviction in Nepal was a “fabricated case, based on falsified documents.”She said Sobhraj will rest now that he is back in France. The French government did not respond to requests for comment on whether he could face judicial challenges in France.

Confessed serial killer Charles Sobhraj has arrived in France after being released from a life sentence in a Nepal prison

He'd served serving most of his sentence in Nepal for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers. His nickname stems from his reputation as a disguise and escape artist.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — (AP) — Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj was freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after serving most of his sentence for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers. The country’s Supreme Court had ordered that Sobhraj, who was sentenced to life in prison in Nepal, be released because of poor health, good behavior and having already served most of his sentence. Sobhraj's attorney Gopal Siwakoti Chitan told reporters that the request for the travel documents must be made by the immigration department to the French embassy in Nepal, which could take some time. However, his 2004 conviction in Nepal was the first time he was found guilty in court. Sobhraj was held for two decades in New Delhi’s maximum-security Tihar prison on suspicion of theft but was deported without charge to France in 1997.

Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj has been released from prison in Nepal after serving most of his sentence

Sobhraj was convicted for the murders of American tourist Connie Jo Bronzich and Canadian Laurent Carriere. Nepal's Supreme Court ordered his release due to his age and conduct.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — (AP) — Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Nepal, was ordered Wednesday to be released because of poor health, good behavior and having already served most of his sentence. The Supreme Court ruling also said he had to leave the country within the next 15 days but did not specify to where. He was serving two life sentences in Nepal for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers. Life sentences in Nepal are 20 years. Sobhraj was held for two decades in New Delhi’s maximum-security Tihar prison on suspicion of theft but was deported without charge to France in 1997.

French convicted serial killer Charles Sobhraj was ordered released from prison in Nepal where he was serving a life sentence for the murders of an American and Canadian backpackers.

The Frenchman has in the past admitted killing several Western tourists and he is believed to have killed at least 20 people.

A confessed French serial killer convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Nepal was ordered Wednesday to be released because of poor health, good behavior and having already served most of his sentence

A confessed French serial killer has been ordered released from prison in Nepal after serving most of his sentence.

A vehicle carrying passengers coming from a wedding veered off a mountain highway in Nepal leaving 12 people dead

KATHMANDU, Nepal — (AP) — Nepal has finished counting the votes that were cast in the Nov. 20 parliamentary elections, an election official said Wednesday, in polls that will ultimately determine the next prime minister. But formation of a new government could take days as no single party has secured a majority in the House of Representatives, the lower house of Parliament. Election Commission spokesperson Guru Wagle said Wednesday that all votes have been counted and results are being sent to the political parties. Once the new House convenes, the prime minister is chosen among them with the support of at least half the total members. The final results are likely to take a few more days because the parties must finalize the 110 seats allocated through the proportional election system.

Nepal has finished counting the votes that were cast in the Nov. 20 parliamentary elections.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — (AP) — Sporadic violence and lower-than-expected turnout on Sunday marred Nepal's parliamentary elections, which many hoped would bring political stability in the Himalayan nation that has changed 13 governments in the last 16 years. One person was killed, two were wounded and voting stopped in at least 15 places, said Nepal’s Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya. He said that elections would be repeated in those locations in the next two days while counting of votes in most places, including capital Kathmandu, will start Sunday night. The main contestants in Sunday's election were the ruling alliance of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's Nepali Congress party and the Maoist communist party, which were running against the Nepal Communist Party (United Marxist-Leninist), headed by former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli. Once all votes are counted, the 275 elected members of Parliament will chose a prime minister who will have to get the support of half the chamber.

Sporadic violence and lower-than-expected turnout have marred Nepal’s parliamentary elections, which many hoped would bring political stability in the Himalayan nation that has changed 13 governments in the last 16 years.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — (AP) — An earthquake in the mountains of west Nepal rocked the Himalayan nation in early Wednesday, killing at least six people while they were asleep in their houses, a government administrator said. The earthquake was felt as far away as the the Indian capital New Delhi, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of the epicenter. The earthquake around 2:12 a.m. local time sent people in the mountain villages panicking out of their houses and many spent the entire night out in the open, Shrestha said. Most of the mountain villages are reached on foot and there are no roads to drive heavy equipment to help with the rescue. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015 killed some 9,000 people and damaged around 1 million structures.

An earthquake centered in the mountains of west Nepal rocked the Himalayan nation in the early hours of Wednesday

The Wall Street Journal editors criticized the United Nations Human Rights Council for voting not to discuss the Chinese regime's genocide against Uyghurs.

A famed extreme skier from the United States who was killed after falling from one of the world’s tallest mountains was on Sunday given a traditional funeral at a Sherpa cremation ground as Buddhist monks officiated over a ceremony attended by family, friends and government officials.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Hilaree Nelson, a pioneering ski mountain climber, died in an avalanche Monday while skiing from the summit of the world’s eighth largest mountain, officials said. The body of Hilaree Nelson, an American mountaineer, was found on a peak in Nepal, two days after she went missing, a government official said. Nelson had a reputation for both artistry and patience, Cody Townsend, another top ski mountaineer, told the Times in a telephone interview. Morrison was not caught by avalanche but watched helplessly as Nelson fall below. “Hilaree Nelson is the most inspiring person in life and now her energy will guide our collective souls.”©2022 Cox Media Group

After going missing on Monday while descending from the summit, Nelson was found by a search and rescue team

Rescuers in a helicopter are searching on the world’s eighth-highest mountain for a U.S. ski mountaineer a day after she fell off the mountain near the peak

Our correspondents on how countries around the world witnessed the ceremony for Queen Elizabeth II.

Prabal Gurung’s latest collection was a love letter from his adopted hometown of New York to his homeland of Nepal.

Floods and landslides triggered by days of torrential rains have killed at least 99 people in Nepal since Monday.

Widely available marijuana once drew thousands of hippies to Nepal, where its use was not only accepted but embedded in both the culture and religion.

The National Institutes of Health director says a U_S_ government advisory panel’s decision to limit Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to Americans 65 and older as well as those at high risk of severe disease is a preliminary step and predicts broader approval for most Americans “in the next few weeks.”.

The scenic Himalayan mountain trails that normally draw throngs of foreign trekkers to Nepal have been empty for more than a year, with most of the country’s tourism industry still shut down by the pandemic.

Two record-breaking climbers have returned safely from the summit of Mount Everest, where climbing teams have struggled with bad weather and a coronavirus outbreak.

Nepal’s ousted prime minister, who lost a vote of confidence in Parliament earlier this week, will stay in office as the leader of a minority government after political parties couldn’t agree to a coalition government.

A U.S. health panel says it’s time to resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, despite a very rare risk of blood clots.

Vials of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine sit in the pharmacy of National Jewish Hospital for distribution early Saturday, March 6, 2021, in east Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)DETROIT — People who are homeless will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in Michigan starting Monday. The single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine and the two-shot Moderna vaccine are approved for individuals 18 and older. But Limassol city authorities aren’t letting the festive spirit completely wither away, organizing some events that comply with virus restrictions. Ad___COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka has received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX program.

The EU has asked AstraZeneca for permission to release the contract, Kyriakides said. The EU’s drug regulator will consider the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday. “This is this is really, really bad news — not only bad news for the European countries involved,'' he said. Soriot said AstraZeneca had to reduce deliveries to the EU because plants in Europe had lower than expected yields from the biological process used to produce the vaccine. “There are a lot of emotions running in this process right now, and I can understand it: people want vaccine,” Soriot said.

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, file photo, an Indian doctor shows a COVID-19 vaccine at a government Hospital in Jammu, India. India started exporting COVID-19 vaccines to its neighboring countries on Wednesday, Jan. 20. To start with, India will send 150,000 shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Bhutan and 100,000 shots to Maldives. Afterwards, vaccines will be sent Bangladesh, Nepal, Indias foreign ministry said. India's Foreign Ministry said the country would send 150,000 shots of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine, manufactured locally by Serum Institute of India, to Bhutan and 100,000 shots to the Maldives on Wednesday.

China and Nepal have jointly announced on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, a new height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. (Tashi Tsering/Xinhua via AP, File)BEIJING – China and Nepal jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest on Tuesday, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. The height of Everest, which is on the border between China and Nepal, was agreed on after surveyors from Nepal scaled the peak in 2019 and a Chinese team did the same in 2020. A survey team from China then conducted measurements in the spring of 2020 while all other expeditions were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. China and Nepal will establish an “even closer community of a shared future to enrich the countries and their peoples,” Xinhua quoted Xi as saying.

Ihi is a two-day ceremony performed for girls who have not reached puberty and involves purification rituals and marriage rituals with the Bael (or wood apple). (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)SEOUL – South Korea has recorded 629 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the highest daily tally in about nine months. The cases took the country’s total to 36,332 with 536 deaths. After successfully suppressing two previous surges this year, South Korea has been grappling with a fresh spike in infections since it relaxed stringent social distancing rules in October. India reported 36,595 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, maintaining a downward trend for nearly a month.

The mask of Lakhe, a traditional mask dancer worshipped as a god, is covered with floral garlands after rituals were performed during Indrajatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. A lockdown was ordered around the eight days when the canceled Indrajatra festival would have been held, and instead, a small ceremony to seek forgiveness from Indra, the Hindu god of rain, was held under government security. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Due to lockdowns, the cafeteria and nearby cafes have closed, leaving more than 200 staffers, patients and their families without food. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)NEW DELHI India has recorded another one day record increase in new coronavirus infections, logging 95,735 new cases. According to the Health Ministry, Indias number of recorded infections since the pandemic began reached 4,465,863 on Thursday, while total fatalities rose to 75,062 after another 1,172 deaths in the past 24 hours. Experts caution that Indias outbreak is entering a more dangerous phase as the virus spreads to smaller towns and villages. South Korea had seen a spike in new infections since early August, mostly in the greater Seoul area.

Across South Asia, more than 17 million people have been affected by this year's monsoon flood. Like him, an estimated 17.5 million people across South Asia are suffering as a result of the devastation of this year's monsoon floods. Bangladesh, which is crisscrossed by 230 rivers, is the last channel through which waters are drained into the Bay of Bengal. Thousands have already been displaced from low-lying islands in the Sundarbans, the worlds largest mangrove forest straddling Bangladesh and India. When upstream countries like India or Nepal flush out waters, a district like Kurigram pays the price.