Nepal yesterday called off the search for local guides still missing after the deadliest accident on Mount Everest killed 13 colleagues, as climbers recalled the terrifying moments when the avalanche hit.

Nepal officials vowed yesterday to ensure the safety of climbers seeking to scale Mount Everest after three European climbers were involved in a fight with sherpa guides on their way to the peak of the world’s highest mountain.

A helicopter carrying members of Nepal's royal family has been reported missing over the Rara Lake in western Nepal.

An official week of mourning ended in Nepal today as investigators raced against their deadline for unravelling the royal family’s massacre in the Narayanhiti palace.

An eyewitness to the massacre of Nepal’s royals described today the 90secs of horror when the drunken crown prince gunned down his family.

Police in Nepal have shot and wounded 14 curfew breakers as the Himalayan kingdom still attempts to come to terms with the royal massacre.

Police in Nepal have shot and wounded at least 14 people, doctors said today, and some 450 others have been arrested for violating a curfew.

The Nepalese capital was still under curfew and in turmoil tonight - with hundreds of tourist trapped in a kingdom that does not trust its new ruler.

A curfew was imposed in Katmandu in advance of King Dipendra’s funeral today.

Prince Gyanendra took the throne as Nepal’s new king today, hoping to rebuild a monarchy shattered by the massacre of the royal family.

Prince Gyanendra has been named as Nepal's new king, hours after his nephew Prince Dipendra died in hospital.

Nepal's acting king says the deaths of eight members of the royal family were due to an accidental shooting.

The shooting massacre of eight members of Nepal’s royal family was an "accident", the country’s acting king claimed today.

The massacre of eight members of Nepal's royal family was down to "accidental" automatic weapon fire, it has been claimed.

Nepal's Crown Prince Dipendra has been named king while on life support, and his uncle Prince Gyanendra is acting king.

Nepal's crown prince has opened fire in the royal palace, killing the king, queen, a prince and princess, and four others before shooting himself.

Eyewitnesses of Crown Prince Dipendra’s massacre of his parents and seven other royals during a family dinner told government investigators in Nepal that the prince went on the rampage because of his parents’ opposition to his choice of bride.

Investigators appointed by Nepal’s new monarch to investigate the royal family massacre were racing today to complete it on time.

A small bomb planted by suspected Maoist rebels has exploded in front of the chief justice's home in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu.

Thousands of security personnel were deployed throughout India to prevent any militant attacks during national day celebrations today as millions of people, including Russia’s president, watched a military parade in the capital.