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Protests drove Nepal's king off the throne 16 years ago. Now, protests are trying to bring him back

Mar. 12, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then-King Gyanendra Shah to give up the throne and clear the way for a republic. Now, a new wave of protest is trying to bring him back. The capital of the Himalayan country is again teeming with...

A 41-year-old pelican and other animals wait for their food at Nepal's only zoo

Mar. 08, 2024 23:14 PM EST

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — At the stroke of 10 every morning at the only zoo in Nepal, a 41-year-old pelican arrives at the entrance of the animal kitchen, waiting patiently for program officer Ganesh Koirala to arrive. The pelican knows that with Koirala will come breakfast — a one-kilogram...

AP PHOTOS: Nepal women keep the art of traditional instruments alive despite their past stigma

Mar. 08, 2024 02:18 AM EST

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — As a child, Shanti Chaudhari was scolded by her parents for standing too close to a group of musicians playing the naumati baja, Nepal's nine traditional instruments, because they were identified with the Damai, part of the lowest caste that was formerly known as...

Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women

Mar. 05, 2024 07:30 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — The woman in the Instagram video appeared shaken. Her face was swollen and bruised. Sitting beside her husband, she began recounting her ordeal. “Something happened to us that we wouldn’t wish on anyone," she said in Spanish, with captions in English. Her...

Nepal's communist parties join forces to form a new coalition government

Mar. 05, 2024 01:12 AM EST

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s two largest communist parties joined forces to form a new coalition government on Monday that will also include smaller parties as partners. Maoist party leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal will remain prime minister a year after he was elected to the...

'Our gods were locked in the basement.' Now Nepal is pursuing sacred items once smuggled abroad

Feb. 15, 2024 03:21 AM EST

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's gods and goddess are returning home. An unknown number of sacred statues of Hindu deities were stolen and smuggled abroad in the past. Now dozens are being repatriated to the Himalayan nation, part of a growing global effort to return such items to...

Nepal asks Russia to send back Nepalis recruited to fight in Ukraine and the bodies of those killed

Jan. 25, 2024 06:21 AM EST

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal has asked Russia to send back hundreds of Nepali nationals who were recruited to fight against Ukraine and repatriate the bodies of those who died in the conflict, Nepal's top diplomat said Thursday. The Russian army is estimated to have recruited more...

Top diplomat tells AP that Nepal has asked Russia to return hundreds of Nepalis who were recruited to fight in Ukraine

Jan. 25, 2024 06:19 AM EST
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Top diplomat tells AP that Nepal has asked Russia to return hundreds of Nepalis who were recruited to fight in Ukraine.

AP Week in Pictures: Asia

Jan. 19, 2024 01:01 AM EST

Jan. 12-18, 2024 People cast their votes in Taiwan's presidential election, Indian pilgrims visit the sacred Pashupatinath temple in Nepal, police investigate an explosion at a firework factory in Thailand's Suphan Buri province, Thailand, and players compete in Australian Open...

AP PHOTOS: Indian pilgrims throng Nepal's most revered Hindu temple, Pashupatinath

Jan. 16, 2024 00:13 AM EST

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of Indian pilgrims arrive at daybreak at Pashupatinath, the most revered Hindu temple in Nepal, after traveling long distances in buses. Hawkers greet them with hot tea on the cold wintry morning. Many worshippers hand the cups to their wives,...