• East Asia

    Wen Jiabao Attends EU-China Summit Meeting Held In Brussels

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, shakes hands with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, center, as European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, looks on during an EU-China summit in Brussels on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) shakes hands with Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di…

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  • West Asia

    Syrian, Iranian Foreign Ministers Get Together In Damascus

    Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, left, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad is seen top center. <AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Ahn Cheol-soo Announces His Run For Presidency

    Ahn Cheol-soo, the founder of Seoul-based antivirus maker AhnLab, speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Ahn has formally announced his presidential bid in South Korea because of public calls to reform politics. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    U.S. Defense Chief Talks With Xi Jinping In Beijing

    U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, meets with China’s Vice President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Panetta met Wednesday with Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi, who just days ago reappeared after a puzzling two-week disappearance. <AP Photo/Larry Downing> Chinese Vice President…

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  • East Asia

    Chinese Hold Anti-Japan Protest In Kuala Lumpur

    Chinese protestors hold a banner during an anti-Japan protest on disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, outside the Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The banner reads ” Diaoyu Island belongs to China.” A Chinese protestor holds a Chinese national flag during an…

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  • South Asia

    Anti-U.S. Protests In Muslim Countries Become Violent

    Afghan university students step over a U.S. flag in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Hundreds of Afghans, some shouting “Death to America”, held a protest against an anti-Islam film in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Afghan university students burn a U.S. flag…

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  • South Asia

    Indian Hindu Devotees Start 10-Day Long Ganesh Festival

    A Hindu devotee carries an idol of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha during a procession in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The ten-day long Ganesh festival began Wednesday and ends with the immersion of Ganesha idols in water bodies on the 10th day. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) Indian devotees raise their…

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  • South East Asia

    Indonesian Students Hold Anti-Tobacco Proest In Jakarta

    Indonesian students shout slogans during an anti-tobbaco protest outside the venue of the World Tobacco Asia (WTA) conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2012. Indonesia has long been criticized for its lack of tobacco controls is one of a remaining handful of countries that has failed to sign the…

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  • South East Asia

    Anti-U.S. Protests Over Anti-Islam Film Intensified In Indonesia

      Police officers stand guard during a protest against American-made film “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules Islam and Prophet Muhammad outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012.   An Indonesian Muslim protester kicks a banner hung on the razor wire surrounding the U.S. Embassy compound during a…

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  • East Asia

    International Film Festival Opens In Pyongyang

    In this photo taken Sept. 18, 2012, a North Korean wearing a pin of late leader Kim Il Sung, walks at the Korean Film Studio in Pyongyang, North Korea. An international film festival opens Thursday, Sept. 20 in the unlikeliest of places: North Korea. Held every two years, the Pyongyang…

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