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Azkals to face Nepal, Chinese Taipei in FIFA friendlies

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Updated as of May 29 08:58 PM

In preparation for the 2026 AFC Asian qualifiers in November, the Philippine men's national football team will be competing in two FIFA friendlies in June on home soil. Read more »

Everest record: Sherpa becomes 2nd person to scale peak 26 times

Deutsche Welle
Posted at May 15 06:44 AM

A Nepali Sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time, becoming the second person in the world to do so. Read more »

US climber, 69, dies on Mount Everest

Paavan Mathema, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 02 07:44 PM

A US climber has died on Mount Everest, his expedition organizer said, the first foreign death on the highest mountain in the world this season. Read more »

Nepal issues record 454 permits for Everest

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 25 12:21 AM

Nepal has issued a record 454 permits to climb Mount Everest this spring, officials said Monday. Read more »

Nepal probes mid-air near collision between two planes

Agence France Presse
Posted at Mar 27 06:43 AM

Nepal has suspended three air traffic controllers and launched an investigation after two passenger planes nearly collided mid-air last week, officials said Sunday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 8, 2023

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Posted at Feb 09 12:55 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Nepalese Buddhists pray for world peace

Narendra Shrestha, EPA-EFE
Posted at Feb 08 05:21 PM

Nepalese Buddhists walk around Bauddhanath Stupa while attending a prayer in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 17, 2023

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Posted at Jan 17 11:49 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Nepal hospitals return bodies from air crash to grieving families

Sagar Ghimire, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 03:09 PM

Nepali hospital staff began the grim task of handing over bodies to grieving families on Tuesday after a plane with 72 people on board crashed. Read more »

Search and retrieval at Nepal plane crash site

Prakash Mathema, AFP
Posted at Jan 17 10:13 AM

Nepal observed a day of mourning on January 16 for the victims of the nation's deadliest aviation disaster in three decades, with 67 people confirmed killed in the plane crash. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 16, 2023

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Posted at Jan 16 11:50 PM

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Black boxes recovered from Nepal plane crash site

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 16 08:19 PM

The ATR 72 turboprop was flying from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara on Sunday morning when it crashed into the Seti River gorge near Pokhara International Airport. Read more »

Zero hopes of finding Nepal crash survivors: officials

Sagar Ghimire, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 16 04:25 PM

Nepali rescue workers scoured a debris-strewn ravine for more bodies from the mangled wreckage of a plane, with hopes of any survivors now 'nil.' Read more »

67 dead in Nepal plane crash

Prakash Mathema, AFP
Posted at Jan 16 09:27 AM

At least 67 people were confirmed dead on Jan. 15 when a plane with 72 on board crashed in Nepal, police said. Read more »

67 killed in Nepal plane crash

Sagar Ghimire, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 06:15 AM

At least 67 people were confirmed dead Sunday after a plane crashed in Nepal, in the Himalayan country's worst aviation disaster in 3 decades. Read more »

Plane with 72 people on board crashes in Nepal

Sagar Ghimire, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 02:46 PM

An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, Yeti Airlines and a local official said. Read more »

Former guerrilla leader Prachanda returns as Nepal PM

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 25 11:16 PM

Nepal's president appointed former guerrilla leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal prime minister for the third time on Sunday, after his Maoist party cobbled together a coalition following elections last month. Read more »

Serial killer Charles Sobhraj arrives in Paris after release

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 24 03:24 PM

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, arrived in Paris on Saturday. Read more »

'Serpent' serial killer leaves Nepali jail

Sagar Ghimire, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 03:29 PM

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj was freed from a Nepali jail on Friday. Read more »

In Nepal, some girls are banished to menstrual huts during their period

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Oct 18 03:12 PM

The government has tried to intervene, but the centuries-old custom of 'chhaupadi' has been difficult to eliminate owing to deep-rooted fears and taboos. Read more »