Himalaya

White's thrush spotted in Israel for the first time by local birdwatcher

White's thrush is a small bird from the thrush family whose natural habitat spans the northern forests of Asia, from the continent’s northeast to the slopes of the Ural Mountains.

The golden thrush (Zoothera aurea), spotted for the first time in Israel on October 30, 2025.
 'The Mountain Story': Bollywood actress opens romantic café in the Himalayas.

'The Mountain Story': Bollywood actress opens romantic café in the Himalayas

 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel and other volunteers climb up a mountain to reach the site of a landslide at a village in Raigad, in the western state of Maharashtra, India July 20, 2023

Over 50 killed in Indian Himalayas as rain triggers landslides

 K2, the world's second highest mountain after Everest.

Climber denies stepping over dying guide to break mountain climb record


What's Sukkot like in the Himalayas?

With Everest towering above the Himalayan landscape, Nepal boasts the highest point on Earth, while the Dead Sea in Israel is recognized as the lowes.

 A CHABAD member prays the Sukkot service in the Annapurna massif.

Himalayan glaciers melting at unprecedented rate, threaten region's water supply- study

A new study examining the ice loss of the Himalayan glaciers since the Little Ice Age has shown that they are melting at an unprecedented rate in comparison to the previous seven centuries.

 Himalayan glacier and Nangpa La border pass to Nepal in the distance.

India and China agree to ease tension on border, New Delhi says

Both sides deployed additional forces along the frontier running through the western Himalayas after a clash in June.

A man walks inside a conference room used for meetings between military commanders of China and India, at the Indian side of the Indo-China border at Bumla