February 15, 2010: The Emir of Kuwait is seeking to hire Gurkhas as bodyguards. Hiring foreigners for key security jobs is an old tradition in the Middle East. For over a decade, Saudi Arabia had one ...
SINGAPORE — Two police officers stand outside a house not far from the posh Orchard Road shopping district, keeping watch over this city-state’s most famous citizen. But they are not Singaporean. The ...
POKHARA, Nepal -- -- 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 ...
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal has asked India to halt its recruitment of Gurkhas into the Indian army under a new scheme for shorter military contracts until it was clear what would happen to them when ...
They’ve been described as the world’s most savage soldier, yet the average Nepalese volunteer stands at just five-foot, three-inches tall. Looks are truly deceiving because the men who make the cut to ...
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 country far away. In an ...
LONDON — The storied Nepalese warriors who have served in the British military for nearly two centuries were given the automatic right Thursday to settle in Britain, gaining a hard-won victory after ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results