Sitting in the middle of the Iranian plateau, the Dasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert, is the planet’s 24th largest desert.

Planning 2025's travels already, but a bit bored of the usual flying and driving routines? Say hello to slow, romantic travel aboard scenic train routes. Relaxing train journeys are one of my most ...

Since China has effectively dammed every river that flows into India, it can use water as a weapon of war by controlling ...

The Bar-headed Goose, one of the highest flying birds in the world, has made an extraordinary journey across thousands of ...

Adhering to already existing building codes, not only in the Himalayas but in the surrounding Indo-Gangetic plains, can go a long way in limiting the inevitable damage.

China has become the world’s second-largest holder of lithium reserves after a world-class spodumene-type lithium belt ...

A day after a powerful earthquake struck Tibet's Shigatse region, with tremors felt across Bhutan, the National Centre for ...

The National Earthquake Safety Day on 15 January commemorates the 1934 8.3M disaster that killed 10,000 people in Kathmandu, ...

The 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Shingtse region of Tibet, China on January 7 triggered two avalanches from the Table Mountain above the Bechung Glacier in Lunana.

As small glaciers in China’s arid north-west melt, scientists scramble to understand the changes taking place.

Welcome to ELLE’s global spa guide, featuring underwater meditation, infrared treatments and the snow shower that will make ...