Nepal

The economic and health impact of the pandemic has disproportionately fallen on women – especially single women.

The recent Supreme Court order reinstating parliament has put the constitution back on track.

Sher Bahadur Deuba, who leads the Nepali Congress party, is serving as Nepal's prime minister for the fifth time.

The order removes Prime Minister K.P. Oli, who had been running a caretaker government until planned elections.

Institutional confrontation is heating up in Nepal, against the backdrop of an ongoing political crisis.

As COVID-19 cases sweep through Nepal’s mountain villages and base camps, expeditions have been called off, hitting the mountaineering and trekking industry hard.

Even in countries where abortion is legal, access to safe abortions remains challenging

As Oli steers his party to the right to woo India's ruling BJP, China is courting Nepal's left wing.

For now, instead of endless politicking, Nepal’s leaders must put their differences aside and work together

The decision comes amid regional geopolitical churn and a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. How Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli navigates both will determine his future.

“People are dying every few minutes because of a lack oxygen, we don’t know when this will end... It’s chaos.”