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West Asia
The Iron Lady of Kuwait: Axe on expats
Last Thursday I called Kitty, the house maid whom I get her help in cleaning my residence in Kuwait, asking her to come on Friday. To my surprise, she told me that although she needs money to survive but she will not able to go out of her place, as…
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South East Asia
A suspension bridge crossing Pasak river in Thailand collapses
Thai villagers and rescuers sift through the wreckage of a suspension bridge crossing the Pasak river after it collapsed Sunday, April 28, 2013 in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. Police say at least four people have been killed and a dozen have been injured when the small bridge collapsed in the…
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East Asia
Chinese Premier Li asks about bird flu virus while visiting health authorities
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shakes hands with staff members of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Beijing, capital of China, April 28, 2013. Li urged authorities to be vigilant against the H7N9 avian flu virus and prepare themselves for any new developments. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang…
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East Asia
Japanese PM Abe visits Russia as first step of “economic diplomacy”
Japan’s relations with Russia are taking a decidedly business-like turn, as the countries put economic imperatives ahead of a longstanding territorial dispute. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Moscow on the first leg of an “economic diplomacy” tour to Russia, Turkey and the Middle East aimed at building business ties and…
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Society
Mexican Journalists call for end to attacks on press people
Journalists march together during a protest to demand justice in the Regina Martinez case, a journalist killed a year ago and to demand an end to more recent attacks on the press in Mexico City, Sunday April 28, 2013. Journalists in several states organized a demonstration on Sunday to mark…
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South Asia
Nepali women challenge traditional menstrual practice forced to them
Kathmandu – Women in Dailekh district, in western Nepal, are slowly giving up the Chhaupadi tradition, a system in which the women are forced to stay in the cow sheds or natural caves during their menstruation cycle. Sad yet true, many women in the remote parts of western Nepal are…
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South Asia
Family members visit jailed Indian spy attacked by inmates
Dalbir Kaur(C), sister of jailed Indian spy Sarabjit Singh arrives with her family members at Wagah border in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on April 28, 2013. Singh, who is on death row, was attacked by inmates armed by bricks in Lahore’s jail on Friday. Singh was arrested in 1990 for his…
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West Asia
Syrian victims of alleged chemical attacks receive treatments
In this Tuesday March 19, 2013 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian victims who suffered an alleged chemical attack at Khan al-Assal village according to SANA, receive serum treatments, at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria. The purported instances in which chemical weapons have been used…
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South Asia
A survivor of Bangladeshi building collapse carried into ambulance
A survivor (center) is carried into an ambulance while surrounded by onlookers, after being rescued from the garment factory building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday April 28, 2013. A fire broke out late Sunday in the wreckage of the garment factory that collapsed last week in…
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