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East Asia
Chinese Vice-President visits N.Korea to attend 60th anniv.of Korean War armistice
Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), met here Thursday with visiting Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao to discuss relations between their two countries. Li arrived here earlier in the day to pay a visit to the DPRK and to attend activities marking the 60th…
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South East Asia
Vietnamese President Sang visits US to discuss ‘comprehensive partnership’
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang on Thursday spoke of a “comprehensive partnership” between their countries aiming for even greater cooperation. After his talks with Truong Tan Sang, the second Vietnamese head of state to visit the White House since the normalization of relations in…
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East Asia
Japanese FM visits Palestine to discuss grant aid, infrastructure development
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Japan’s foreign minister Fumio Kishida in the West Bank City of Ramallah on July 24, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Fadi Arouri> Palestinian foreign minister Riyad Al-Malki (L) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida upon his arrival to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the…
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Central Asia
Snowden still stuck in Sheremetyevo airport as his asylum status not resolved
Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena speaks to the media after visiting US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden at Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Kucherena who is advising Snowden says his asylum status has not been resolved and that he is going to stay at the Moscow…
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West Asia
Egyptian Defense Minister calls for mass demonstrations to support for military
Egypt’s armed forces chief and Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday called on Egyptians to take to streets on Friday, to show support for the army’s fighting against “violence and terrorism.” Following Sisi’s statement, Egypt’s presidency said that the country “has started a war against terrorism.” “The call of defense…
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East Asia
Filipino demonstrators protest against China’s claims on South China Sea
Hundreds of people in the Philippine capital protested Wednesday against China’s claims to much of the vast South China Sea, saying Beijing’s intrusions into other countries’ territories would tarnish its image as it becomes a world power. Waving Philippine flags and blowing horns, the protesters massed in front of a…
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East Asia
Participants march to mark N. Korea’s 60th anniversary of end of Korean War
North Korean military band performs during a ceremony prior to an international peace march at the Three Charters for National Reunification Memorial Tower in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Overseas Koreans and delegations of international organizations are in the city as the country prepares to mark the…
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South Asia
6 dead in suicide bombing attack on Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence
At least six people were killed and over 35 others were injured when some unknown militants attacked Pakistan’s Inter services Intelligence (ISI) in the country’s southern district of Sukkur on Wednesday evening, local media and police said. Masood Bangash, the deputy superintendent of police said that a suicide bomber rammed…
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South Asia
India’s Hyderabad building collapse on two huts leaves six dead
Indians crowd the site where the wall of a building collapsed in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Six people were killed and two children rescued from the debris when the wall collapsed on two huts, according to news reports. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mahesh Kumar A.> An Indian child named Avinash receives…
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South East Asia
Myanmar releases nearly 70 political prisoners as promised by President Sein
Myanmar started releasing nearly 70 political prisoners Tuesday, just days after the president promised during a European tour to free all who remain behind bars for opposing the government by the year’s end. The continued incarceration of prisoners of conscience in Myanmar, which is in the process of opening up…
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