KATHMANDU – Raging water disrupted life in Thame village—home to some of Nepal’s famed Sherpas—when a glacial lake in the ...

Warfare, especially in unforgiving Himalayan terrain, is determined not just by technological advancement or sheer numbers ...

based on maps from Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (China’s air sorties near Taiwan); Maxar Technologies, Planet Labs PBC (Himalayan satellite images); Robert Barnett (Chinese settlements) ...

The Hindu Kush Himalayas holds the world’s largest ice reserves outside the polar regions and extends 3,500 kilometers over Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the People’s Republic of China, India, ...

The year was 1949. CIA operative Douglas Mackiernan fled for the border of Tibet as Mao Tse-Sung’s communist army swept ...

In all cases, it’s important to leverage local knowledge and actively involve the affected communities. As the Thame glacial lake flooding incident demonstrated, local knowledge is vital to saving ...

Whether China likes it or not, the Red Line remains the Indo-Tibet border today, but it should perhaps be called the ‘McMahon ...

“He has a clear road map in his mind with well-defined ... India's relations with neighbour China improved in 2024 after ...

There are the big fractures, where potential world wars – hot and cold – are simmering. Then there are the smaller fractures, such as those between the European Union and its neighbours: Northern ...

Inverewe Garden is famous for featuring a variety of plants from around the world that under normal circumstances would not be able to grow in Scotland. This is because the garden benefits from the ...

In one more of his brilliant satirical pieces, the author pens this letter to the leader of the Great People’s Republic of ...