Demonstrations in Kathmandu and a nearby village took place on March 10, the 51st so-called Uprising Day that commemorates the occupation of Tibet in 1959. In a bid to please Beijing, Nepali forces dispersed protesters and arrested many.

A new 'Strike Hard' campaign has begun yesterday, a pre-event crackdown by China to stifle any potential protests by ethnic Tibetans on March 10, the anniversary of the unsuccessful uprising in 1959 after which the Dalai Lama had to flee his homeland.

Being sure he can measure up to the task, a man left Katmandu, Nepal, yesterday to begin the first leg of his European tour in his quest for the title of world’s shortest man.

After a 16 hour debate that brought no agreement concerning a previous commitment to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, the Dutch government fell in the morning of February 20, 2010. New elections will be held within three months.

On February 7 Jamim Shah, the owner of Channel Nepal and Space Time Network, was shot to death in the streets of Katmandu, Nepal. The United Nations is calling for those who pulled the trigger be brought to justice.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has indicated that the U.K. intends to reduce both the number of visas issued to foreign students and the number of dependents allowed to accompany those students who are granted visas.

Escaping China has never been easy for Tibetan, Uyghur or other refugees who must cross high glaciers to do so, but the fact that Nepal's present government includes pro-Chinese, Maoist elements makes it worse.

An ageing Hindu man, living in Great Britain, wants to be cremated in the traditional style used in South Asia - in the open air and using real fire. He's in court for the third time now to challenge the prohibition of this sacred ritual.

Nearly 400 former child soldiers were on Thursday released from a detention camp in Nepal, the first of some 3,000 former child soldiers with the communist People’s Liberation Army (PLA) who will eventually return to civilian life.

In a poor backwater region of southern Nepal, an 18-year-old boy by the name of Ram Bahadur Bomjon may very well be on his way to becoming the next Buddha.