Iran’s president says Tehran has rejected direct negotiations with the United States in response to a letter from President ...

Escalating protests and clashes between pro-monarchy protesters and security forces has prompted the Nepali government to impose a curfew in the Tinkune, Koteshwor and Sinamangal areas of Kathmandu ...

“We forget that the first word in public transport is public,” says urban planner Bhushan Tuladhar. “Public transport in ...

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I'm on a brick patio at Northfield, a popular café in Kathmandu, Nepal, strumming “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” on my guitar ...

At the Kroc School we're ending cycles of violence and shaping more peaceful and just societies through innovative teaching, ideas and research. Our signature events present preeminent peacebuilders ...

The continuing prohibition on girls’ education beyond Year 6 imposes a profound burden on Afghan society and the economy, ...

Nine of 10 people needing transplants never find a donor. Updated laws increase the donor pool by allowing transplants from ...

The American climbers sent the bad news the fastest way they could. In this instance 62 years ago today, it was “carried by ...

Chantal Mauduit's remarkable life was defined by mountaineering, her poetic spirit, and her tragic end on Dhaulagiri I at age ...

KATHMANDU – Raging water disrupted life in Thame village—home to some of Nepal’s famed Sherpas—when a glacial lake in the ...

After the end of the Rana regime in 1951, Nepal opened its doors to the world. The United Nations Food and Agriculture ...