The Tibetan Plateau is home to the largest store of fresh water outside the Arctic

The Tibetan Plateau is home to vast glacial reserves, which amount to the largest store of fresh water outside the Arctic and the Antarctic .

It is the site of a slow-burning environmental calamity that is threatening the water security, ecological balance, and geopolitical stability of the entire Asian continent.

China must not be allowed to use it in ways that threaten to upend the lives of people throughout the continent and beyond.

Russia is preparing to launch a sweeping new system to monitor migrant workers, combining biometric registration, location tracking, and intensified police oversight.

Iran ’s state broadcaster, IRIB , has reported what it describes as one of the "largest intelligence operations" in history against Israel , claiming Iranian intelligence obtained a vast cache of "sensitive documents".

A North Korean warship that tipped over during its launch ceremony as the supreme leader looked on appears to have been righted.

Switzerland 's Federal Council submitted new capital requirements for mega-banks like UBS in the wake of the Credit Suisse crisis.

Unregulated mining in the deep sea should not be allowed to go ahead, UN Secretary General António Guterres warns.