Major news in Qatar on May 15
Top news in <Al Jazeera>: Deal reached over Palestinian hunger strike news@theasian.asia
Major news in Indonesia on May 15
Top news in <Jakarta Post>: Oil falls to 5-month low near $94 on Europe fears news@theasian.asia
Major news in Thailand on May 15
Top news in <Bangkok Post>: Present cooked food proposal ‘unworkable’ news@theasian.asia
Major news in Russia on May 15
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Russia Tries to Turn Tables on Human Rights news@theasian.asia
Major news in Japan on May 15
Top news in <NHK>: Okinawa marks 40th anniversary of return from US news@theasian.asia
Major news in China on May 15: China to adopt new drinking water standards in July
Top news in <CNTV>: China to adopt new drinking water standards in July news@theasian.asia
“We’ll Never Leave Our Homes Again”
Palestinians hold candles during a rally marking the al-Nakba Day in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 14, 2012. Palestinians will mark the al-Nakba Day on May 15 when thousands of Palestinians were forced to leave their homes during the Arab-Israeli war in 1948. <Xinhua/Chen Xu> news@theasian.asia
Kim Yong-nam’s Visit To Indonesia
Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea’s parliament, is currently on his first reported trip overseas since late leader Kim Jong Il’s death. The weeklong journey comes on the heels of new U.N. sanctions imposed on North Korea for launching a long-range rocket in April in defiance of Security Council resolutions banning the […]
Anti-Israel Rally Going Violent
A Pakistani Shiite Muslim protestor falls over a fire, while pouring gasoline on representations of US and Israeli flags, during an anti-Israel rally and in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 13, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
Major news in Turkey on May 14
Top news in <Todays Zaman>: ‘Media imposes official ideology, creating negative non-Muslim image’ news@theasian.asia