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South Asia
13 dead in 80-year-old, three-story hotel collapse in southern India
At least 13 people have been confirmed dead while 18 others injured in the collapse of a 80- year-old three-story hotel in Secunderabad city in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh Monday, a senior police official said. “The death toll has now risen to 13. All the injured have…
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South East Asia
Indian Buddhist devotees protest against explosions around Buddhist temple
The Indian authorities said Monday they have detained a suspect in the multiple terror attacks that rocked a world famous Buddhist temple in the eastern state of Bihar Sunday, injuring at least five people, including two Tibetan monks. Investigators have also released the close circuit television footage of the blasts…
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South Asia
Bangladeshi retailers and makers reach garment factories’ safety accord
A group of primarily European retailers and clothing makers said Monday that it plans to inspect clothing factories in Bangladesh that make garments for the companies within the next nine months and will concentrate renovations on those that pose the biggest safety threat. The group of 70 companies includes Swedish…
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West Asia
Libyan protesters demand departure of all armed formations from Tripoli
Libyan protesters chant slogans in a demonstration at Algeria Square in Tripoli, capital of Libyan, July 7, 2013, demanding for the departure of all the armed formations from the capital city. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Hamza Turkia>
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South Asia
Indian activists hold rainbow flag to protest against violence on women
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights activist hold a rainbow flag as they participate in the Rainbow Pride Walk to protest against violence on women and sexual minorities in Kolkata, India, Sunday, July 7, 2013. A landmark court ruling decriminalized homosexuality on July 2, 2009, marking the gradual acceptance…
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West Asia
Feuding erupts within Egypt’s new leadership amid new protests
Feuding erupted within Egypt’s new leadership on Sunday as secular and liberal factions wrangled with ultraconservative Islamists who rejected their choice for prime minister, stalling the formation of a new government after the military’s ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. At the same time, the shows of strength over the removal…
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South Asia
Indian soldiers patrol Taj Mahal after series of blasts hit three buddhist sites
A series of blasts hit three Buddhist sites in eastern India early Sunday, injuring at least two people and drawing condemnation from the prime minister. Senior police officer S.K. Bhardwaj said a gate at one of the two temples that was hit was badly damaged in Bodhgaya, a town 130…
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South Asia
Remote-controlled bomb blast kills 5 and injures over 40 in Pakistan
Policemen inspect the overnight blast site in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore, July 7, 2013. At least five persons including a six-year-old girl were killed and over 40 were injured when a remote-controlled blast hit a food street in Lahore on Saturday night, local media reported. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Sajjad>
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West Asia
Turkish police forbid protesters from entering sealed off Gezi park
Turkish police fired volleys of tear gas at protesters who tried to enter a cordoned-off park near Istanbul’s landmark Taksim Square on Saturday, hours after the city’s governor warned the demonstration was illegal and participants would be dispersed. A few thousand people converged on the square, with the aim of…
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East Asia
Heaviest rainstorm in five years hit central China’s Hubei Province
Two elders walk across a flooded road in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2013. Wuhan was hit by the heaviest rainstorm in five years from Saturday to Sunday. The local meteorologic center has issued red alert for rainstorm for many times in sequence. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Cheng Min>
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