China is tightening control over Tibet and flexing its strategic roof of the world advantage by cyber-spying on the Dalai ...

The route to the summit of Mt. Everest (29,029 feet), the tallest mountain in the world, has just arrived at Camp 4 (7,900m/ 25,920 feet). This camp, also known ...

Highly experienced American mountaineer dies of cardiac arrest climbing 27,838 ft peak - Alexander Pancoe was suffering from ...

One of the requirements for applying for an Everest climbing permit is to have experience climbing a peak at least 7,000 ...

The Rubin Museum Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room, one of the institution’s most beloved installations, will be on view inside ...

Lydia Swinscoe recalls all the highs and lows of her solo travels through South Asia — and reveals what it taught her about ...

Conservationists have raised serious concerns about the operation of a motorboat in Jagadishpur lake, a Ramsar wetland site ...

From ancient Rome to Qing China, Auction 52 at Stephen Album Rare Coins offers 3,550 historic treasures across four days of ...

An ICIMOD report points to reduced water availability for 12 Asian river systems fed by the spring thaw on the Hindu ...

Our writer stops by the Pangboche Monastery, a 600-year-old Sherpa religious center where Mount Everest climbers receive a blessing before their expeditions ...

The rare account of the woman who escaped from Tibet sheds new light on China’s harsh policies aimed at bringing the region ...