Stephen Groves

Kathmandu's air quality is notorious. Now there's an Air Quality Index to measure just how bad.

Nepal’s air pollution threatens humans and glaciers

Health

The air quality in Nepal’s capital is horrible for residents there, but we’re now seeing what the fuel burning — and the dreaded black carbon — is doing to the glaciers nearby.

Nepal bus inspection for suspected trafficking victims

Nepal earthquake survivors are falling prey to human trafficking

Economics
Passengers ride inside and atop overcrowded buses as they head toward their village to celebrate a Hindu festival in Nepal in October 2015.

Nepal quake survivors were killed in a bus crash

Development

Villages just hours from Kathmandu are still waiting desperately for aid

Science

Some aid reaches remote villages in Nepal. But not enough

Health

Things might be about to get a whole lot worse in Nepal

Health

The monsoon season is coming. And that means landslides.

Aid for Nepal is falling way short amid concerns for corruption

Justice

The United Nations and others have raised only a small fraction of the money needed to help the people of Nepal.

Soldiers at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 22 carry a coffin containing the body of a fellow Nepali man killed when a bomber struck a minibus in Kabul.

Nepali guards risk their lives protecting Western embassies in Kabul. Now they’re targets.

Economics

Recent Taliban attacks in Kabul are prompting an exodus of Nepali security officers assigned to guard British and Canadian embassies.