Category: Photo
Myanmar’s ethnic Kachin rebels hold cease fire talks with government
Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Guan Maw, center, of Kachin Independence Army and representatives arrive to attend their cease fire talks with Myanmar government in Myitkyina, Kachin state Tuesday, […]
China, Sri Lanka upgrade relationships as two presidents hold talks
China and Sri Lanka agreed to upgrade their relations to a strategic cooperative partnership, as the presidents of the two countries held talks in Beijing on Tuesday. According to the […]
Kuwaiti and Iraqi FM sign MOUs on border marking, housing project
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah (L) and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrives at a joing press conference at foreign ministry building in Kuwait City on 28 May […]
Hashimoto makes another controversial remark on wartime sex slave
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo Monday, May 27, 2013. The outspoken Japanese politician apologized Monday for saying […]
African leaders urge ICC to transfer charge against Kenyan President
African leaders on Monday asked the International Criminal Court to transfer charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to the Kenyan legal system. The African Union summit, which ended Monday in […]
Bangladeshi garment workers protest to demand better working conditions
A Bangladeshi woman shouts as she participates in a protest by workers outside a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, May 27, 2013. According to local reports, hundreds of garment […]
Indian PM Manmohan Singh arrives in Tokyo for four-day official visit
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks to journalists upon arrival at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Monday, May 27, 2013. Singh is here for a four-day official visit. <AP Photo/Koji […]
EU ends arms embargo on Syrian rebels to press Assad’s regime
The European Union said its member states within days will be able to send weapons to help Syria’s outgunned rebels, seeking to pressure President Bashar Assad’s regime ahead of planned […]
China, US officials pave way for first Xi-Obama summit in early June
Chinese President Xi Jinping met U.S. National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon on Monday, forecasting that his upcoming talks with U.S. President Barack Obama will feature discussions on important and strategic […]
66 dead from coordinated car bombings in Iraqi capital Baghdad
A coordinated wave of car bombings tore through mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 66 people and maiming nearly 200 as insurgents step up the bloodshed […]