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South East Asia
Filipino Sultan of Sulu and Archbishop Palma discuss ongoing clashes in Sabah state
In this photo made available by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-News (CBCP-News), Filipino Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III, left, talks with CBCP President Archbishop Jose Palma during their meeting in Manila, Philippines on Monday April 1, 2013. Kiram and Palma discussed the on and off clashes in…
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South Asia
A Pakistani housewife runs for parliament for the first time from tribal area of Bajur
Badam Zari, second from right, leaves the election office after filing her candidacy for Parliament in Khar, capital of the Pakistani tribal area of Bajur, Monday, April 1, 2013. A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country’s northwest tribal…
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South Asia
Pakistanis celebrate the 424th birth anniversary of Madhu Lal Hussain in Lahore
Pakistani devotees gather at the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Shah Hussain, popularly known as Madhu Lal Hussain, in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on April 1, 2013. The annual festival for his 424th birth anniversary was concluded at Madhu Lal’s shrine. <Xinhua/Jamil Ahmed>
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South Asia
A murderer executed by hanging in Kuwait for the first time since 2007
A man is executed by hanging in west of Kuwait City, capital of Kuwait, on April 1, 2013. Three convicted murderers, a Pakistani, a Saudi and a stateless Arab, were hanged on Monday. It’s the first executions in Kuwait since May 2007, according to the ministry of justice. <Xinhua/Noufal Ibrahim>
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East Asia
China on alert due to a new avian flu which already killed two people in Shanghai
A journalist takes photos in front of the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, April 1, 2013. Two people in east China’s Shanghai died in early March after contracting H7N9, a strain of avian influenza that had never been passed…
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Private newspapers return to Myanmar
Privately owned daily newspapers hit Myanmar’s streets on Apr. 1 for the first time in decades under new freedoms that represent a revolution for a media industry which was shackled under military rule. Four Burmese-language titles — The Voice, The Golden Fresh Land, The Union and The Standard Time —…
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East Asia
South Korean vehicles head for NK city of Kaesong amid rising tension between the two sides
South Korean army soldiers walk as vehicles wait to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong at the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Monday, April 1, 2013. North Korea warned South Korea on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had…
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East Asia
China expands influence in Africa on the back of Xi Jinping’s trip
China is set to enhance its fast expanding political influence in Africa by taking a pro-active role in mediating disputes in the resource-rich continent as new Chinese PresidentXi Jinping returned home from a high-profile African tour. While Xi has committed billions of dollars in assistance on his tour to Tanzania,…
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West Asia
Afghan children enjoy at a makeshift merry-go-round next to a cemetery in Kabul
Afghan children enjoy a ride on a makeshift merry-go-around next to a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. An Afghan girl rests after fetching water for her home on a tombstone at a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ahmad Jamshid>
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West Asia
Moroccan unionists march through capital Rabat chanting fall of the gov’t
Moroccan union members chant for the fall of the government as thousands of labor union activists marched through Morocco’s capital Rabat Sunday March 31, 2013. The banner in Arabic reads “Benkirane you take us to the precipice” in reference of the Moroccan Prime Minister. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Abdeljalil Bounhar>
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