At least 53 people are dead after a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit a Tibetan region near Mount Everest. Tremors reverberated through ... with fears there are more victims trapped under the ...

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese officials, so finding human remains on the mountain is not exactly uncommon. However, the discovery of a frozen ...

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, hearing of the continuing British climbing expeditions to Mount Everest, came to India in 1933, hoping to be taken on for that year's expedition. He was not among those ...

The earthquake struck about 75 kilometers (50 miles) from Mount Everest and the border with Nepal ... Tsering Phuntsog told the official Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday. The victims included his 74-year ...

The area around Mount Everest, about 75 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of the epicenter, was empty in the depth of winter when even some residents move away to escape the cold. The quake woke up ...