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South Asia
Afghan President Karzai receives honorary degree at Indian university
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, is greeted by his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee after he received an honorary degree at the Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border…
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West Asia
200 orphan couples attend group wedding organized by Yemeni gov’t
Grooms in traditional wedding dresses hold their swords during a group wedding ceremony in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 20, 2013. A total of 200 couples attend a group wedding organized by the Yemeni government, all of whom are orphans growing up in government-run centers. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed>
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Culture
A dog competes during world’s largest Budapest dog show
A dog is showed during the Budapest World Dog Show in Budapest, Hungary on May 19, 2013. The FCI World Dog Show is one of the largest dog shows of the world. Dogs pose for photos during the Budapest World Dog Show in Budapest, Hungary on May 19, 2013. A…
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West Asia
Lebanese mourners carry Hezbollah fighter’s coffin at funeral
Lebanese mourners carry the coffin of Hezbollah fighter Hassan Faisal Shuker, 18, who was killed in a battle against Syrian rebels in the Syrian town of Qusair, during his funeral procession in his hometown of Nabi Sheet in the eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Monday May 20, 2013. Fierce street fighting…
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East Asia
Tibetan activists demonstrate in New Delhi as Chinese Premier Li visits
An exiled Tibetan holds a Tibetan flag as he shouts slogans during a protest at a local neighborhood after they were stopped from protesting near the venue where Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was attending a meeting, in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Li said Monday he chose India…
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South East Asia
A Cambodian prays for ‘Killing Field’ victims at ‘Day of Anger’ events
A Cambodian woman prays with burning incense sticks in front of a memorial holding skulls of the Khmer Rouge victims at Choeung Ek “Killing Field” in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, May 20, 2013. Cambodian Buddhist monks, nuns, civil servants, students attend the annual “Day of Anger” events to remember the…
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South East Asia
President Obama vows US support as Myanmar’s President Sein visits
President Barack Obama told Myanmar’s president during a long-awaited White House visit that he appreciates the leader’s efforts to lead the Asian country on its long, and sometimes difficult, path to democracy and assured him of U.S. support. Former general Thein Sein was the first president of Myanmar to visit…
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South Asia
Pakistani protesters condemn killing of senior opposition member
Pakistanis hold banners and chant slogans during a protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her…
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West Asia
Egypt-Gaza Strip border closed after 7 Egyptian policemen kidnapped
The mother of Egyptian border policeman Ahmed Abd el-Fadia, who was kidnapped last Thursday in northern Sinai, protests at the Rafah, Sinai, border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Rafah, the main crossing point into the Gaza Strip, was closed by policemen Friday, barring people…
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South Asia
Bangladeshi government bans political rallies for one month
Bangladeshi government Sunday banned political rallies for one month, a step that opposition describe as an attempt to mute dissenting voices over poll-time government. Home Minister MK Alamgir on Sunday said, “We’ll not allow political meetings and rallies for next one month across the country.” In the seaport city Chittagong,…
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