Tibet

India deploys extra forces after protests over dam on Chinese border escalate

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Siang river in Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India, August 1, 2025. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

‘Afraid to return to their homes’: China orders all-out rescue after Tibet quake kills at least 16

Tents housing quake-affected residents in Tibet’s Baqing county.

Injuries in China’s Tibet rise to 76 after earthquake, death toll remains at 16

More than 300 police officers including traffic and community police personnel were sent to the epicentre to carry out rescue and emergency relief work.

Mapping the 7.0-magnitude quake in Tibet

7-magnitude earthquake strikes China’s Tibet

The epicentre was in a high-altitude county in Nagqu, northern Tibet, at a depth of 10km.

Nepal ends search and rescue after flood, focuses on rehabilitation

At least 5,285 people were still missing after the Aug 26 flood originating at Nepal’s border with China’s Tibet region.

Nepal suspends search after 16 swept away by avalanche

Rescue workers searching for survivors after an avalanche buried the Himlung base camp in Nepal on Sept 27.

Rich nations should foot climate bill, says Nepal minister

Nepal has contributed negligibly to the breakdown of the global climate system, said Nepal’s foreign minister Shisir Khanal.

China names new top official for Tibet in regional reshuffle

Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say

Rapidly warming temperatures in the region have caused glaciers to thin and have melted ice and permafrost buried deep in the bedrock of the Himalayas.

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