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At 8,849 metres above sea level, Everest is around 250m taller than the other great peaks of the Himalayas.

Nepal has shut schools for three days after landslides and floods triggered by two days of heavy rain across the Himalayan nation.

China claims Arunachal Pradesh to be a part of southern Tibet.

The evacuation began more than six hours after rescuers broke through debris in the tunnel in Uttarakhand state which caved in on Nov 12.

Rescuers began drilling vertically from the top of a mountain under which 41 workers became trapped two weeks ago.

Hopes for the imminent rescue of 41 men trapped in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for nearly two weeks were foiled by a problem with the drilling equipment.

Climate scientists say warming across South Asia's Himalayas has been greater than the global averages.

The administration had identified the risk and successfully evacuated the building two days prior, the state's chief minister said.

Structures were swept away under rocks and falling trees, roads had caved in, and power and the railway network disrupted.

The death toll expected to rise as more than 20 remain trapped or missing, officials said.

Houses flattened by landslide, buses and cars hanging on the edge of precipices after roads gave way.

Scientists have struggled to assess how climate change is affecting the Hindu Kush Himalaya.

Australian mining engineer Jason Bernard Kennison died in the so called Balcony area at the height above 26,200 feet.

Rescuers resumed searching on Monday in Nepal for four people still missing after the Himalayan nations deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials said.

Experts and residents have long warned that large-scale construction work in and around Joshimath town could lead to land subsidence.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.