Victims include five foreigners and two Nepalis, while four others remain missing, media reports say.

Announcing the move, staff at the outlet said 'authoritarian regimes are already celebrating' its potential demise.

Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953.

People return to Himalayan villages each summer, despite their decline after the 1962 India-China border closure.

Those rescued included guides, yak herders and trekkers, who were trapped in a heavy snowstorm that began on Friday.

Wangchuk, a celebrated innovator, inspired a Bollywood megahit. Now he's being accused of challenging the Indian state.

Rescued trekkers reach China's Qudang township while 200 others still face treacherous Everest conditions awaiting help.

Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh state fear displacement as the dam is planned as a response to China's upstream project.

Andrzej Bargiel, braving heavy snowfall, glided down the world's highest mountain on his third attempt.

A global roundup of some of last week’s events.