POKHARA, Nepal -- Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight -- and die -- with legendary valor for another man's ...

Britain will recruit 400 Nepalese Gurkhas for a new artillery regiment, addressing troop shortages and expanding Nepalese soldiers' roles in UK defense. The late and noted American historian Bryan ...

"Afghanistan was a test for the modern Gurkha, to show our forefathers that we are still meeting the standards they set. It was our chance to show that we are continuing the tradition. So far, so good ...

Nepal’s Gurkha soldiers have a well-deserved reputation worldwide for uncommon valour and loyalty. However, what happened in Hawaii in 1986 and the long struggle for fair pay and pension shows that ...

The Gurkha Museum Trust in Winchester will mark World Book Day on Thursday, March 5, with a day of reading and reflection.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Hundreds of Gurkha veterans and their families turned out on Sunday to welcome British actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley in Kathmandu at the start of her first tour of the ...

The longest serving MP for Reading is pushing for pensions justice for Gurkha veterans who receive less than their ...

Tilak Budathoki, who served three years in the Nepal Army and was a former ward chair in Rolpa, was killed fighting for the Russian Army. If and when there is a European peacekeeping force in Ukraine, ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Wrapped in white and with their heads shaven, retired Ghurkha soldiers sat cross-legged on the stems of dried rice plants for three days of symbolic and traditional mourning, ...