• World

    Katani is Elected as People’s Assembly Speaker

    Mohamed Saad Katatni, secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), waves at the first session of the new People’s Assembly (lower house of parliament) in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 23, 2012. Mohamed Saad Katatni was elected as speaker of the new People’s Assembly at the first session…

    Read More »
  • West Asia

    EU, Further Sanctions to Iran

    Photo taken on Jan. 23, 2012 shows Iranian Central Bank’s building in northern Tehran, capital of Iran. The European Union (EU) on Monday imposed further sanctions against Iranian oil exports and central bank, a move aimed to ramp up pressure over the country’s much disputed nuclear program.  <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>…

    Read More »
  • Culture

    Vienna Boy’s Choir Performs in Qatar

    Vienna Boys’ Choir performs at the New Year’s Concert with Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra at the Katara Culture Village Opera House in Doha, Qatar, Jan. 23, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Chen Shaojin> news@theasian.asia

    Read More »

  • [Ashraf’s Tales of Arabia] Borders and Smugglers

    Abu Hassan, the man of books, in the north Syrian city of is Al-Qusair, is fond of two things; cave and spring. His most endearing document is Al-Qusair’s cave which survived damage or destruction by quarry dynamite, thanks to the efforts of his city people. Abu Hassan sat on the…

    Read More »
  • South Asia

    First Snowfall in 5 Years

    Citizens enjoy the snow view after the first snowfall in 5 years in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Jan. 22, 2012. A cold front hit Quetta on Sunday, bringing wind and snow to the city. <Photo: Xinhua/Iqbal Hussain> news@theasian.asia

    Read More »
  • East Asia

    “Take Rice Cake With Fortune”

    Staff workers made rice cake in a market of Chiayi, southeast China’s Taiwan, Jan. 21, 2012, to greet the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year. <Photo: Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng> news@theasian.asia

    Read More »

  • Drama of the Pakistani Politics Starring

    1) President Asif Ali Zardari The current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP). Also, the widower of Benazir Bhutto. 2) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani The current Prime Minister of Pakistan. Also, the first elected Prime Minister from the Saraiki-speaking belt and the longest…

    Read More »

  • Sindh province of Pakistan expects US $8 billion Korean investment

    Sindh, the southern province of Pakistan, expects 7 to 8 billion US dollar investment in different sectors including energy, food, tourism and communication up to 2020 from Republic of Korea, as a large number of Korean companies are keen to invest here. Several Korean companies are already here executing different…

    Read More »
  • East Asia

    Tough but Happy Going Home

    A passenger carries his luggage at the exit of Xiangyang Railway Station in Xiangyang City, central China’s Hubei Province, Jan. 21, 2012. Many passengers in Hubei and Jiangsu provinces encountered heavy snow and cold wave on their way home for the coming Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 23 this…

    Read More »
  • West Asia

    First Snow, Funny Couple

    An Iranian man throws snowball to his friend at Jamshidieh Park in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 21, 2012. The first snowfall in 2012 hit Tehran on Saturday. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz> news@theasian.asia

    Read More »