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South East Asia
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi slams two-child limit for Muslim families
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Islamic leaders expressed dismay Monday over plans by authorities in western Myanmar to revive a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing. Some Buddhists, however, welcomed the plan for…
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West Asia
Afghan girls now go to school in post-Taliban Afghanistan
Afghan girls have a class at a school in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2013. Some 8.4 million students, 39 percent of them girls, now go to school in the post-Taliban Afghanistan, according to officials. Afghan children have a class at a school in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, on May…
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South Asia
Pakistan frees 45 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture
Released Indian fishermen wait for immigration clearance at Wagah Border in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on May 25, 2013. Pakistan on Friday freed 45 India fishermen on humanitarian grounds as a goodwill gesture, officials said. Pakistan and India routinely arrest fishermen after they cross the maritime boundaries for fishing. <Xinhua/Sajjad>
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West Asia
Iranian presidential candidate insists Iranian nuclear is of peaceful nature
Iranian lawmaker and presidential candidate Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel addresses a news conference in Tehran, capital of Iran, on May 26, 2013. Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said Sunday that “the West is aware of the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activities.” However, the Westerners do not intend to publicize it for some “deliberate” reasons,…
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South Asia
Pakistani people cool off in river during 48 degree Celsius heat wave
A Pakistani man jumps into a canal to cool off as temperatures reached 107.6 degrees Fahrenheit (42 degrees Celsius), in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 26, 2013. <AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary> Pakistani people to cool off in a river canal during heat wave in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on May 26, 2013. Temperatures…
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West Asia
Hezbollah leader vows to support ally Syria while it is under attack
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah delivers a broadcast speech during a rally commemorating “Liberation Day,” which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Mashghara village, Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Saturday May 25, 2013. Nasrallah said his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by while…
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South Asia
Indian PM Singh visits hospital following rebels attack that kills 28
Officials reacted with outrage Sunday to an audacious attack by about 200 suspected Maoist rebels who set off a roadside bomb and opened fire on a convoy carrying Indian ruling Congress party leaders and members in an eastern state, killing 28 people and wounding 24 others. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,…
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South Asia
A Bangladeshi child plays with tire on Buriganga River banks
A Bangladeshi child plays with a tire on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. <AP Photo/A.M. Ahad>
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Society
A woodpecker stores seeds at UN Park El Picacho in Honduras
A jaguar takes a rest at the United Nations Park El Picacho in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras on May 22, 2013, the International Day for Biological Diversity. A woodpecker stores seeds in a tree at the United Nations Park El Picacho in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras on May 22, 2013,…
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West Asia
‘Abused’ dolls displayed to arouse public awareness of child abuse
Some “abused” dolls are seen at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 23, 2013. Approximately 1,000 dolls, made as if they have been abused, were on a display here to arouse public awareness of child abuse and its long-term effect on those victims. A woman walks past “abused”…
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