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South Asia
UN says Pakistan must stop executions
The United Nations has urged Pakistan to reinstate its moratorium on the death penalty, condemning a recent surge in executions. The plea came as the number of people executed in Pakistan rose to 182 since a moratorium was lifted in December last year, according to the UN Office of the…
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South East Asia
Fake Apple iPhones factory raided in China
A factory in China has been raided which allegedly made up to 41,000 fake Apple iPhones. Nine arrests have been made. The operation reportedly involved hundreds of workers who repackaged second hand smartphone parts as new iPhones for export, worth 120m Yuan ($19m). The factory, initially discovered in May, was…
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East Asia
Bombing in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu
At least 13 people have been killed and more than 40 others injured in a huge bomb explosion at a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, according to a BBC report. A lorry was used to attack the Jazeera Palace Hotel near the airport, according to the news. Somali militant Islamist group…
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West Asia
Clashes in Algerian oasis city, at least 22 dead
At least 22 people have died in clashes between Arab and Berber communities around the Algerian oasis city of Ghardaia, the state news agency says. The city has seen clashes for the last two years, with rivalry among communities for jobs, housing and land. But the two days of clashes…
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South Asia
Pakistan Army rescues US mountaineer from K-2
Pakistan Army recently rescued a US mountaineer, Robert Jackson from K-2 base camp, airlifting him to Skardu for treatment. The 38-year-old was part of a 27-member team on an expedition to summit K-2, having arrived in Pakistan on June 16. “He suffered altitude sickness enroute to K-2 and was brought…
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South Asia
Child rapist given life imprisonment in Pakistan
A man in Karachi, Pakistan was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday after being convicted him of raping a child four years ago. The case was reported in 2011, when a six-year-old girl complained about bleeding to her family, who took her to a doctor. When asked about what…
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Police save Christian couple from ‘blasphemy’ mob in Pakistan
Police saved a Christian couple near Pakistani city of Lahore, from a mob who were attempting to lynch them for allegedly committing blasphemy. They arrested a cleric for inciting the violence. The incident, which took place in the village of Makki in Punjab province on Tuesday, represents a rare…
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East Asia
Egyptian journalist joins the Asia N
Radwa Ashraf, from Egypt, begins her journalism internship course from 29th June for one year at Asia N. She has become the second foreign reporter of Asia N since the first foreign intern, Rahul Aijaz from Pakistan. Radwa Ashraf has been working as a journalist at Arabic version of Asia…
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Central Asia
Remembering history for a better future
The development of transportation systems has accomplished so much more today than in the past half century. The Internet has developed to such fast speeds, giving us a highway of information about other cultures and different peoples. Counterevidence to this development, however, is the proliferation of IS and terrorism, which…
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