Beijing: China on Thursday urged the US to honour its commitment to recognise Tibet as part of China and not to support Tibetan independence. The US State Department said in a statement on Wednesday ...

A 42-year-old Tibetan man, Logba Rangzen, set himself on fire outside the United Nations Headquarters while making a desperate plea for his country. He reportedly left behind a Tibetan flag and a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man identified by Voice of Tibet, a media outlet of exiled Tibetans, as Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen, walks carrying a Tibetan ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 7 January 2025 Tibet, the remote and mainly-Buddhist territory known as the "roof of the world", is governed as part of China. Historically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man on Thursday died after self-immolating outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City. File Photo by John ...

Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters gathered in New York City on Saturday to commemorate one month since the death of Tibetan independence activist Lobga Rangzen, who self-immolated outside the United ...

Here in New York, a Tibetan activist lit himself on fire outside of the United Nations headquarters last week protesting China’s annexation of Tibet. In a live-stream video posted before his ...

Harvard educated Dr. Lobsang Sangay was elected as the Tibetan government-in-exile’s equivalent of prime minister in 2011 — he was the second to be directly elected to this position, and the first to ...

(For a related story, click [nPEK98772]) BEIJING, March 9 (Reuters) - At the heart of the conflict over Tibet's status within China is the historical relationship. The Chinese government and Tibet's ...

Former Tibetan political prisoner Sonam Gyalpo, who spent 16 years in prison for his involvement in the Tibetan independence movement, died on Aug. 16 at the age of 68 at his home in Lhasa. Gyalpo’s ...