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 ...

It is now more than 200 years that men from Nepal have joined the British Army to fight, if needs be, in support of Britain’s overseas interests. And it is 100 years since the end of the First World ...

"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 ...

MPs joined with veterans to honour the Gurkhas who served and laid down their lives in the British Armed Forces at a memorial ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered the latest in a series of setbacks Thursday when he caved in to public pressure and said more retired Nepalese Gurkha soldiers would be ...

Khathar hunnu bhanda marhu ramro. Or in English: "It is better to die than live a coward." That's the motto of the Brigade of Gurkhas, as London financial sector workers are about to find out.

Actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley has urged the Government to meet with the “brave and loyal” Gurkha veterans who are staging a hunger strike about their pensions outside Downing Street. The group ...

Members of the military take part in the tri-service Gurkha Doko race, carrying a Doko, a traditional Nepalese bamboo basket, weighing 15kg over five kilometres, at the Army Training Centre in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Gurkha soldiers from Nepal have won their legal bid to secure the right to retire in Britain. The soldiers began a High Court challenge earlier this month against a ruling ...