In recent years, he has emerged as a new-generation icon of Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement. Kim Aris, the younger of two sons of imprisoned former State Counsellor Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi and her late husband, British Tibetologist Michael Aris,...

In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious institutions across India and Nepal – a record number – gathered at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in northern India to take various levels of the “geshema” examination. These exams are...

China’s already vast infrastructure programme has entered a new phase as building work starts on the Motuo hydropower project. The dam will consist of five cascade hydropower stations arranged from upstream to downstream and, once completed, will be the...

To the discerning eye, other mountains are visible – giants between 23,000 and 26,000 feet high. Not one of their slenderer heads even reaches their chief’s shoulder. Beside Everest they escape notice, such is the pre-eminence of the greatest....

As the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday with thousands of Tibetan Buddhists, there’s already tension over how the next spiritual leader will be selected. Controversially, the Chinese government has suggested it wants more power over who is...

China is tightening control over Tibet and flexing its strategic roof of the world advantage by cyber-spying on the Dalai Lama’s supporters “worldwide from Lhasa to London,” opening Tibet’s international airport to Singapore and Nepal, and building the world’s...

The Hindu Kush–Himalaya–Karakoram mountain range—often referred to as the “Third Pole” due to its vast glacial reserves—acts as a critical freshwater source for people in South Asia, especially in India and Pakistan.  These ice reserves feed into rivers that...

It’s a long way from China’s Great Wall to Egypt’s pyramids, but for the first time, Chinese and Egyptian warplanes are conducting a joint military exercise above the Nile River, extending Beijing’s reach into the African continent. Chinese fighter...

US President Donald Trump’s tariff war has sent shockwaves across the global economy, but no leader has felt its sting more keenly than India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Caught in a high-stakes geopolitical bind, India is grappling with an...

Iranian-US tensions are boiling after Trump threatened to bomb Iran following its rejection of direct talks over a new nuclear deal. He also ordered the Pentagon to move six B-2 stealth bombers, which CNN assessed to be 30% of its stealth bomber fleet, to the...

Three days after he was released from prison in December, a Tibetan village leader named Gonpo Namgyal died. As his body was being prepared for traditional Tibetan funeral rites, marks were found indicating he had been brutally tortured in...

The administration of new US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering various options to prevent Iran from being able to build a nuclear weapon. These include renegotiating a second nuclear deal, pursuing a policy of “maximum pressure” against Tehran...

Iran and Russia will likely sign a strategic partnership treaty in Moscow later this year, upgrading a partnership the sometimes allies, sometimes foes established in the early 2000s. Though the two sides have extended the original agreement several times,...

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, the relationship between the US and Iran could change significantly. Trump’s unconventional foreign policy led to a period of heightened confrontation with Iran during his first term in office. However, the...

As Israel continues its assault on Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iran appears increasingly backed into a corner. Israel’s efforts to weaken Iran’s proxy network have focused on a number of objectives: eliminating key Hezbollah leaders, destroying their weapons and other...