The street co-naming honors the life of the Zen master who once lived and studied on the same block of West 109th Street.

Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand before having their heads ...

The death toll in Myanmar has surpassed 3,000, with more than 4,500 people injured, according to state television MRTV. Yet ...

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Chan’s distinctive style combines slapstick, acrobatics, martial arts, and astonishing stunts he performs himself.

India is set to introduce a unified curriculum in Buddhist monasteries near the Chinese border, aiming to strengthen national ...

India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education ...

"I learned this morning that virtually the entire staff of Voice of America—more than 1,300 journalists, producers and support staff—has been placed on administrative leave today. So have I." ...

NEW DELHI: India on Monday said that National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have begun rescuing around 170 monks stranded at the 'U Hla Thein' monastery in Myanmar after a devastating ...

Three Chinese nationals are among the dead, China’s state media said, along with two French people, according to the foreign ministry in Paris. At least 19 deaths have been confirmed hundreds of ...

Myanmar was struck by a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Friday, with tremors felt across Thailand and in nearby Chinese provinces. The devastation is evident in the before-and-after pictures.