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West Asia
Major news in Israel on June 19: Brotherhood claims election victory before official results
Top news in <Israel Hayom>: Brotherhood claims election victory before official results The Muslim Brotherhood declared early Monday that its candidate, Mohamed Morsi, won Egypt’s presidential election, which would be the first victory of an Islamist as head of state in the stunning wave of protests demanding democracy that swept…
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West Asia
Major news in Qatar on June 19: Condolences offered
Top news in <Gulf Times>: Condolences offered HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani offered his condolences and sympathy to Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s newly-appointed Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, on the death of Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, at Al…
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West Asia
Protesters Burn Pictures Of Assad, Putin In Lebanon
Protesters chant slogans against the Syrian regime and Russia’s support of President Bashar Assad as they burn a banner depicting Assad, top, his brother, Maher Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin, bottom, in the southern port city of Sidon, in Lebanon, Sunday, June 17, 2012. news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on 18 Jun: Taikonauts of Shenzhou-9 to enter Tiangong-1 at 5:22 pm
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: Taikonauts of Shenzhou-9 to enter Tiangong-1 at 5:22 pm Beijing, June 18 (People’s Daily Online)—– China’s astronauts will enter the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module at 5:22 p.m. Monday. People’s Daily Online will live broadcast the whole procedure of astronauts’ entering of the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab…
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West Asia
Israeli Religious Renaissance
In a Thursday, June 14, 2012 photo Israeli children pray with their families in a reformist Jewish synagogue, in Mevasseret Zion near Jerusalem. Israel’s attorney general recently announced that a group of 15 non-Orthodox rabbis who answer a certain criteria will begin to receive government funding like some 2,000 of their Orthodox…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on 18 Jun: G-7 urges Greece to remain in eurozone, respect commitments
Top news in <Kyodo News>: G-7 urges Greece to remain in eurozone, respect commitments The Group of Seven advanced economies on Sunday urged Greece to remain in the euro area while keeping committed to the international bailout program for the country to resolve its fiscal problems. “We look forward to…
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Central Asia
Mongolian engineers invent new duobuses
Top news in <MONTSAME>: Mongolian engineers invent doubuses of new model Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ Mongolian engineers from the “Electronic transport” company has invented a new “JEA-800F” duobuses for public transport services in Ulaanbaatar. The duobuses with 36 seats for 110 people have the double engines of diesel and generator. It will…
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DPRK blasts Clinton’s remarks on its human rights record
PYONGYANG, June 17 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday criticized U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s remarks on its human rights record. A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry slammed Clinton’s recent remarks over the country’s human rights record and people’s life as “reckless,” according…
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UNESCO official: Integrated water management is needed
PARIS, June 17 (Xinhua) — Management of water resources needs “substantial improvement and actual reform in many countries,” and an integrated management is significant for “the most valuable natural resources,” Olcay Unver from the UNESCO’s water assessment program told Xinhua. “There has been some improvement over the the past decade…
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South East Asia
Activists protest at KFC outlet in Semarang
Top news in <The Jakarta Post> : Activists protest at KFC outlet in Semarang Two activists wearing Sumatran tiger costumes along with several members of Greenpeace visited a KFC fast food restaurant on Jl. Pandanaran, Semarang, Central Java on Saturday, calling on KFC to stop using food-wrapping paper produced by…
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