1837: Michigan becomes the 26th state of the USA. 1841: Hong Kong is proclaimed as a sovereign territory of Britain. 1857: Trinley Gyatso, 12th Dalai Lama, is born in Tibet. 1861: Louisiana secedes ...

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and a symbol of Tibetan identity; he is revered as the ...

Misrepresented clips continue to surface on social media following the devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region ...

Close to 2 million people from an influential Christian group gathered in Manila to demand a halt to congressional efforts to ...

Estimated $137-billion hydroelectric project, which would be three times larger than China's Three Gorges Dam, has raised ...

An emergency official reported on Thursday that Chinese authorities have found cracks and other problems at five of the 14 ...

BEIJING - Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they ...

Recent discoveries have revealed exciting insights into the dynamic behavior of the Indian Plate beneath the Earth's surface.

A rural county in the Chinese region of Tibet, still feeling tremors from last week’s magnitude 6.8 earthquake, was jolted on ...

The devastating earthquake in Tibet last Tuesday that left 126 dead and 188 injured has exposed the danger associated with ...

Misrepresented videos continued to flood social media following the deadly January 7 earthquake that rocked China's remote ...