Turkish President Abdullah Gul received Aldo Kaslowski, chairman of the Confederation of Italian Entrepreneurs Worldwide, in Istanbul on Tuesday. <Cihan News Agency> news@theasian.asia

In this Sunday Aug. 5, 2012, photo, a Syrian man holds bullets he picked from a wall in a damaged house in the town of Atareb outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. […]

Paper lanterns float along the Motoyasu River in front of the illuminated Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Hiroshima marks the 67th anniversary of the […]

A man crosses deep floodwaters using water containers as floaters in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012. Torrential rains pounding the Philippine capital on […]

Riot police chase Bahraini Anti-government protesters during a protest in Sitra, Bahrain, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-goverment slogans and demanded to free jailed political prisoners until riot […]

An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on August 6, 2012. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has decided to hold […]

Yang Hak Seon of South Korea competes during men’s vault final contest of Gymnastics Artistic event, at London 2012 Olympic Games in London, Britain, on August 6, 2012. Yang Hak […]

In this photo taken Aug. 5, 2012 and publicly provided by the police department Hanover, Germany, on Aug. 6, 2012, a squirrel is trapped in a manhole cover in Isenhagen, […]

Turkey’s Supreme Military Council forced all of the forty generals and admirals who are currently under arrest as part of ongoing coup investigations to retire in its annual decisions announced […]

In a photo provided by NASA, the Mars Science Laboratory team in the MSL Mission Support Area reacts after learning the the Curiosity rover has landed safely on Mars and […]