• West Asia

    Self-Burning May Not Confined To Buddhist Nations

    People try to extinguish the fire after a man set himself alight in Tel Aviv, Israel on Saturday, July 14, 2012 during rally marking the anniversary of a wave of demonstrations that swept the country to protest the high cost of living and other social issues. He was later rushed…

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  • East Asia

    Heavy Rains Devastate Parts Of Fukuoka

    A road, left, is buried in a landslide in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, July 15, 2012. Heavy rain triggered flash floods and mudslides in southern Japan this week, killing over two dozens of people. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Foreigners Enjoy Mud Festival On Daecheon Beach

    Tourists take part in the 15th annual mud festival on Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Korea, Sunrday, July 15, 2012. The festival features mud wrestling, mud sliding and mud king contest. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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  • South East Asia

    Brunei : HM bestows titles on 3 Japanese

    Top news in <The Brunei Times> :   HM bestows titles on 3 Japanese BILATERAL relations between Brunei and Japan reached another historic milestone yesterday when three prominent Japanese figures were bestowed honorary medals during an investiture ceremony at Istana Nurul Iman. Leading parliamentary members Watanabe Kozo and Nikai Toshihiro as well…

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  • East Asia

    China: Rescue hero may lose both legs

    Major news in <People’s Daily>: Rescue hero may lose both legs Rail police student who saved man from train says he would do it again A 20-year-old student who risked his life in an attempt to save a suicidal man from being hit by a train could lose both legs…

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  • East Asia

    UAE Oil Pipeline, Built By China, Opens

    Mohammed Bin Dhaen al-Hamli (L front), Minister of Energy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), meets with Chinese Ambassador to UAE Huang Jiemin (R front) during the opening ceremony of Habshan-Fujairah oil pipeline which was designed to export Abu Dhabi’s oil bypassing the Strait of Hormuz controlled by Iran, in…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistanis Oppose Reopening Of NATO Supply Route To Afghanistan

    Pakistani protesters shout slogans during a protest rally in southwest Pakistan’s Chaman on July 15, 2012, against the reopening of the NATO supply line to Afghanistan. About 5,000 Pakistani Islamists began a march to the border Saturday in protest against the reopening of NATO supply routes into Afghanistan. <Xinhua/Arbaz> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Floating Garbages On Yangtze River

    Floating garbage collectors work on the Yangtze River in Zigui, central China’s Hubei Province, July 12, 2012. The garbage collectors working on the water surface to the west of the Three Gorges Dam are local fishermen wanting an extra income to support their families. They scoop out trash flushed from…

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  • South East Asia

    Indonesian Muslims Visit Family Graves Before Ramadan

    Indonesian Muslims pray at the graves of their family ahead of the Islamic month of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 15, 2012. <Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.> news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    Another Mass Killing Takes Place In Syria

    In this citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Friday, July 13, 2012, a Syrian woman mourns over the body of a relative in Tremseh, Syria about 15 kilometers (9 miles) northwest of the central city of Hama. The Red Cross statement came as the United…

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