Before British conquest, Assam was ruled for centuries by the Ahom kingdom. The Ahoms governed through a system that ...

Last year was actually one of increased isolation, regional tensions, and strategic failure.

For the first five days, our schedule was lectures in the morning, and then, after lunch, we would go on trips. Our first trip was to the office of the People’s Daily before we headed off to the China ...

This video explores the presence of the Nepali language in Bhutan, spoken by nearly 30% of the population. We look at the communities who speak it and how the language fits into Bhutan’s cultural ...

The recent death of Sha Bahadur Gurung, one of Bhutan’s longest serving political prisoners, is a tragic reminder of the ...

Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising ...

The population of the world’s second most populous country dropped by 3.39 million in 2025 to 1.405 billion, a faster decline ...

The world's largest island has its own system of fjords, lakes and black-sand beaches. What to know about the size of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In what’s come to be known as America’s baby bust, the nation’s fertility rate has fallen to an all-time low of 1.6 children per ...

After briefly losing the position in January 2024 population estimates, Austin has returned to being the fourth-most-populous city in Texas. Two years ago, Fort Worth overtook the state capital in ...

U p to 98 percent of Antarctica is caked in miles-thick ice sheets, some of which formed millions upon millions of years ago.