DHARAMSHALA, India -- DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who ...

The clash is a long time in the making with the Dalai Lama insisting the Chinese government will have absolutely no say in ...

China is planning for the death of the globally admired spiritual leader. The United States should prepare as well.

As the Dalai Lama turns 90, he declares his successor will not be born in China—defying Beijing’s succession claims. China, which once called Tibetan Buddhism “poison,” insists it will approve any ...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks in a previously-recorded video message at the start of the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference in Dharamshala, India on July 2, 2025.

The Dalai Lama has turned 90 years old, and almost 7,000 miles across the world, local Tibetans, friends of Tibet, and ...

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has issued a statement affirming that his reincarnation will be determined solely by the ...

In the US, the Tibetan Policy and Support Act, signed by President Donald Trump during his first term, threatens reprisals against Beijing should it interfere in the Dalai Lama’s succession process.

The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) president, Penpa Tsering, challenged China's claim over the Dalai Lama's succession, questioning Beijing's interference in Tibetan religious freedom. This ...

The Dalai Lama was appointed to Tibet's highest spiritual role at the age of two and has spent nearly a century navigating the fraught political terrain between Tibet and China, despite living in ...

The Dalai Lama was thrust onto the Tibetan throne in 1937. Soon after, Chinese troops swept into his homeland in the 1950s and crushed a failed uprising, forcing him to escape with thousands of ...