The man was captured on UN surveillance footage planting the flag on a sidewalk at East 43rd Street and First Avenue before ...

A man holding a Tibetan flag has died after setting himself on fire outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday in an apparent protest against Chinese rule over Tibet.

Exiled Tibetans say the man’s self-immolation was an appeal for Tibetan independence from China ...

Officials say a man with a Tibetan flag in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York set himself on fire and died.

Man described by campaigner as ‘a tireless advocate for Tibet’ pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.

A 42-year-old Tibetan man, identified as Lobga Rangzen, died after setting himself on fire outside the UN headquarters in New York.

Having lived in the US for approximately 20 years, Rangzen fell to the ground within a minute of catching fire, while passing ...

A man set himself on fire outside the New York headquarters of the United Nations on Thursday and died of his injuries, the ...

The man died from injuries he sustained outside the UN headquarters in Manhattan - Lobga Rangzen via REUTERS A protester carrying a Tibetan flag has set fire to himself outside the UN headquarters in ...

A man carrying a Tibetan flag set himself on fire outside the UN headquarters in New York City on Thursday evening and was ...