Over 300 participants, including 155 athletes from 15 nations including Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia participated in the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Some tourists stranded for several days after avalanches hit highways leading to a popular winter tourism area in China's northwest region of Xinjiang were lifted by helicopter to ...

The Altai Mountains are located in the eastern hinterland of Central Asia, bordering Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan. Chinese Altai Mountains, located in the north of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China's northwestern Xinjiang region with metres-high snow and fickle weather impeding ...

Ulagan in the Altai region offers a breathtaking winter scene where snow-covered mountains surround a calm alpine lake. The ...

"Xinjiang's North Pole" stands at the top of where China's map ends, in the middle of the Altay Mountains, just south of where four countries touch. Hemu's identity is shaped by the snowbanks that ...

Journey through the Altai Mountains, a remote wilderness deep in Siberia. This footage captures towering snow-covered peaks, glacial rivers, and golden autumn forests spread across one of Russia’s ...

A massive algae bloom has stained a Siberian glacier blood-red, and Russian scientists warn that the bloom will cause the ice to melt at a faster rate. Tomsk State University (TSU) scientists in ...

Parts of the Altai are recognised by UNESCO as World Heritage sites for their unique ecosystems and cultural value. 11 Indian students from Semey Medical University had a road accident in Oskemen. One ...