The head of Tibet’s government-in-exile said he would welcome any harsh economic measures against China by US President Donald Trump. The only way to bring China to its “knees” is to “give ...

Deadly Tibet quake damaged four reservoirs Shows risks of adding hydropower in Himalayas, experts say Dams in region are 68, with 101 planned or being built China building world's largest hydro ...

The Himalayas remain one of the world's most geologically active zones. A powerful earthquake struck Tibet near Mount Everest on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people and injuring over 180.

Search and rescue workers were battling the high altitude and frigid weather as they searched for survivors a day after a massive earthquake killed 126 people in western China’s Tibet autonomous ...

Faulting events of the kind in Tibet usually cover an area that's around 28 miles (45 kilometers) long and 12 miles (20 km) wide, according to USGS. The earthquake struck at a depth of 6 miles (10 ...

Yoshitha is the second among Mahinda Rajapaksa's three sons. His uncle and former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was also quizzed by the police last week on the same property - a holiday home in the ...

Tibet was referred to as ’Xizang’ or China’s Xizang, in Chinese media coverage Sikyong (president) of Tibetan government-in-exile Penpa Tsering appealed to the international community not to ...

The quake jolted Dingri county in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) at 9:05 am (Beijing Time), with the epicentre located in Tsogo township, Dingri county, in the city of Xigaze.

An earthquake killed at least 125 people and left 188 injured after it struck a remote area of southern Tibet near China’s border with Nepal at dawn on Tuesday, Chinese state media reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake measured magnitude 7.1 and was relatively shallow at a depth of about six miles. The epicenter was in Tibet's Tingri county. About 50 aftershocks ...

Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's son Yoshitha Rajapaksa was arrested by police on Saturday on corruption charges in a property purchase case. Ex-navy officer Yoshitha was arrested from ...

was located in Tingri in China’s Tibet, about 50 miles north of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. It also shook buildings in neighboring Nepal, Bhutan and India. Twenty-four hours ...