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Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, who lost her son Aayush Khada in flash floods, at a cremation ground in Chitwan, Nepal, August 31, 2026.
September 2, 2026, 11:39 am
Nepal turns to rehabilitation as hope fades for nearly 4,000 missing after glacier disaster
Rescuers make last search of hydropower tunnels a week after devastating flash floods left more than 1,100 dead; authorities fear many are buried under debris
By Gopal Sharma and Saurabh Sharma
Damage is seen in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in the Nuwakot district in Nepal, August 27, 2026. (AP/Niranjan Shrestha)
August 28, 2026, 8:40 am
Rescue teams race to find survivors of Nepal flash floods as risk of fresh flooding grows
Confirmed death toll rises to 469, with almost 1,000 others still missing, including at least 540 foreigners; lake formed by debris could soon burst, disaster management body warns
By Reuters
A member of the security forces and his sniffer dog search for survivors following flash floods at Trishuli in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. (Prakash MATHEMA/AFP)
August 27, 2026, 6:10 pm
Nepal flood death toll rises to 362 as rescuers dig through mud for more than 1,400 missing
Foreign Ministry says it’s providing assistance in search for Israeli man among the missing, is in contact with his family; survivors describe towns completely wiped out as rescuers race against fresh flood risk
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Rescuers scour the crash site in the wreckage of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan.16, 2023..(AP Photo/Yunish Gurung)
January 16, 2023, 6:08 pm
Voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site; all 72 onboard believed dead
Rescuers confirm deaths of 69 passengers, searching through debris for remains of remaining 3; investigators looking for cause of country’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years
By ANISH BHATTARAI, Krutika Pathi and SHEIKH SAALIQ
Indians burn photographs of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest against the Chinese government in Jammu, India, June 17, 2020. (/Channi Anand/AP)
June 17, 2020, 3:17 pm
Blaming each other, India and China seek calm after deadly border clash
Indian Prime Minister Modi vows death of 20 of his country’s soldiers in brawl ‘will not be in vain’ but wants peace; Beijing urges neighbor to restrain troops, calls for talks
By Agencies
Activists of Rashtriya Bajrang Dal burn an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest against the Chinese government in Jammu, India, June 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
June 17, 2020, 1:12 pm
Tensions fester in aftermath of deadly clashes on India-China border
No shots were fired in brawl that left 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese dead, but experts warn that though war not likely, deescalation will be difficult
By AP
Rabbi Dror Shaul prays with his children in the Himalayan mountains near his Chabad centers close to Dharamshala. (Courtesy)
September 18, 2018, 10:12 pm
How a Himalayan Chabad house’s wildly popular rabbi almost became a Tibetan monk
After a near-death experience while studying at a Buddhist monastery, Dror Shaul returned to Judaism — and India — setting up an outreach center for 20,000 travelers a year
By Nadine Wojakovski
Nadav Ben Yehuda at the top of Mount Kazbeck on Thursday. (Anna Godg'bidzh/ GPO/ Flash90)
May 21, 2018, 11:52 pm
Left for dead, Israeli mountaineer rescued after fall in Himalayas
Nadav Ben Yehuda, who saved a Turkish climber on Everest in 2012, survives for hours without oxygen tanks, food, or water on third-highest mountain in the world
By ToI Staff
Israeli tourist Amit Reichman went missing in Nepal in October 2016 (courtesy)
October 23, 2016, 7:55 am
Search resumes for Israeli tourist missing in Nepal
Amit Reichman, 42, a father of two, failed to return from a short hike at the Mardi High Camp a week ago
By ToI Staff
Israeli tourist Amit Reichman went missing in Nepal in October 2016 (courtesy)
October 20, 2016, 8:23 pm
Search on for Israeli tourist missing in Nepal
42-year-old father of two failed to return from short hike at Mardi High Camp in Himalayas four days ago
By ToI Staff
The Gangotri glacier in the Himalayas, a popular trekking destination. An Israeli hiker was killed in October 2016 when he fell into a gorge on a trek to the glacier. (Wikimedia Commons/Priyanath/CC BY-SA 3.0)
October 19, 2016, 7:08 pm
Israeli hiker killed in fall in Himalayas
56-year-old Ariel Frajman was trekking in northern India with wife and son when he fell into a gorge
By ToI Staff
A June 1, 2010 image of a Tara Air DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, similar to one that went missing early on February 24, 2016 with 21 people on board, at the Lamidanda airstrip some 120 kms east of Kathmandu. (AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA)
February 24, 2016, 12:33 pm
Nepal finds wreckage of missing plane carrying 23
Small aircraft discovered in remote mountainous area, none believed to have survived
By Paavan MATHEMA
The contested region of Kashmir (CC-BY-rvrastered, Flickr)
July 16, 2015, 2:36 pm
Pakistan accuses India’s forces of killing 4 near border
Islamabad seeks explanations after shelling attack in disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir
By Asif Shazhad
Foreign trekkers and Nepalese guides are pictured alongside a 'HELP' sign constructed with white stones, from an Indian Army helicopter at Machha Khola, in northern-central Gorkha district on April 29, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/SAJJAD HUSSAIN)
April 29, 2015, 2:02 pm
Rescued Israelis describe harrowing ordeal after Nepal quake
Wounded but safe, backpacker says some locals helped his group while others were angered when they took supplies
By ToI Staff
Hilik Magnus, the founder and director and Magnus International Search and Rescue, on a mission in southern Chile (photo credit: courtesy Hilik Magnus)
October 28, 2014, 4:37 pm
The ray of hope for Israelis lost in the world
For more than two decades Hilik Magnus has been the man Israelis turn to in order to retrieve their children, whether lost on faraway trails or in a purple haze
By Mitch Ginsburg
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