AFP - Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala arrived in India for a four-day visit, his first overseas trip since taking power in late April, an embassy official said.

AFP - Nepal's Maoist leader has warned that the rebels will go back to war unless Nepal is made a republic following constituent assembly elections, local media has reported.

AP - Nepal's Supreme Court ordered the release Sunday of three former Cabinet ministers who were detained after the recent change in government.

AFP - More than 100,000 Maoist rebels and supporters thronged Kathmandu where top leaders addressed their first mass meeting here and offered to merge forces with Nepal's army.

AP - Tens of thousands of communist rebels and their supporters held their first big rally Friday in the capital in recent years, waving red flags and yelling slogans against King Gyanendra.

AFP - Dozens of red hammer and sickle flags flew in the heart of Nepal's capital as Kathmandu braced for its first Maoist mass meeting to be addressed by senior rebel leaders.

AFP - UN chief Kofi Annan called for the immediate release of seven UN peacekeepers from Nepal being held by militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

AFP - Nepal's shadowy Maoist leader made his first public appearance in a decade at a meeting in a rural district 200 kilometres (120 miles) southwest of the capital, a spokesman said.

AFP - An Australian mountaineer who was left for dead just beneath the summit of Mount Everest and was rescued after descending to camp is in Nepal's capital in remarkable shape, a spokesman said.

AFP - Nepal's parliament is expected to approve a code of conduct for a ceasefire between the government and Maoist rebels in a bid to prevent a return to violence that has killed more than 12,500 in the last decade.

Nepal's government and the Maoists have signed a 25-point code of conduct to make a successful path for permanent peace. According to All India Radio, under code of conduct, the Government and the Maoists have agreed to invite...

AFP - Nepal's finance minister has ruled out any immediate radical market reforms as the price for political stability in the impoverished South Asian nation.

Reuters - The head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association urged the government on Saturday to take action against a sherpa who reportedly stripped off on top of Mount Everest.

AFP - Nepalese government negotiators emerged from their first round of peace talks with Maoist rebel leaders promising an early push for a new constitution.

A Nepalese Sherpa, who stripped off after reaching the summit of Mount Everest, has sparked religious debate in Nepal over the issue. The world’s highest mountain, also called Sagarmatha, is considered as sacred by the...

AFP - Nepal's government was to launch peace talks with Maoist rebels to try to end a deadly decade-long insurgency and clear the way for a new constitution, a government negotiator said.

AFP - Nepal's government said it has moved to meet a key Maoist rebel demand by freeing 467 of their comrades from prison and named a three-member team for talks to end a decade-long insurgency.

AP - The prime minister appointed 11 new members to his Cabinet, state radio reported Monday, adding nearly a dozen ministers who represent political parties that helped bring down Nepal's royal government.

AFP - Nepal's home minister will head a team to begin preliminary talks with Maoist rebels aimed at ending a decade-old insurgency, an official of the new government said.

AFP - Nepal's new government declared a public holiday after parliament passed a proclamation stripping King Gyanendra of his powers and thousands of people staged a celebration rally.