The Latest Breaking News from Tibet

Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer meets the Dalai Lama

SCOTTISH Greens MSP Ross Greer travelled to India to meet exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama.

The National (Scotland) · Apr 4, 2025

Dalai Lama says his successor will be born in ‘free world’ outside China

Dalai Lama warns any Beijing-appointed figure will lack legitimacy

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025

Dalai Lama says successor will be born in ‘free world’ outside of China

Tibetan spiritual leader says in a new book that his people’s aspiration for freedom cannot be indefinitely delayed.

Al Jazeera · Mar 11, 2025

AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India

Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of skulls, carrying a bowl of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra.

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2025

More than 20 people missing in India’s Uttarakhand after avalanche

Authorities say at least 25 people remain trapped after avalanche hits a work camp, burying dozens under the snow.

Al Jazeera · Feb 28, 2025

At least 41 workers are trapped after being swept away by an avalanche in northern India

Officials say at least 41 construction workers are trapped after a large group of them was swept away by an avalanche near India’s border with Tibet

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2025

Tibet is one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world. This is in danger of extinction

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 jail.

The Conversation · Feb 26, 2025

The world’s greatest unclimbed mountains: virgin summits that have yet to be conquered

We take a look at the world’s greatest unclimbed mountains – remote, revered giants that remain out of our reach to this day

Advnture · Feb 24, 2025

Dalai Lama's elder brother, who led several rounds of talks with China, dies at 97

The elder brother of the Dalai Lama and former chairman of the exiled Tibetan government in India, Gyalo Thondup, who led several rounds of talks with China and worked with foreign governments for the Tibetan cause, has died

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2025

Alternative wonders: why Tibet’s Samye monastery is my spiritual inspiration

The region’s first Buddhist monastery is a complex of chapels and stupa towers from a vast mandala – a symbolic and spiritual representation of the whole universe

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025