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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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East Asia
S. Korean airplane crashs while landing at San Francisco Int’l Airport, 2 dead
A federal safety official said Sunday the cockpit voice recorder from Asiana Flight 214 showed the jetliner received a warning that it could stall because it was flying too slowly and tried to increase its speed before it crashed. National Transportation Safety Board chief Deborah Hersman said at a news…
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South Asia
1 killed and 15 injured from building colllapse in Mubai, India
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) workers carry an injured man rescued from the debris of a building that collapsed on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, July 4, 2013. One person was killed and at least 10 injured when a two-story warehouse collapsed early Thursday, according to news reports. <AP…
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South Asia
Indian youth participate in silent protest against recent gang rapes and murder
Indian youth take part in a silent protest against the recent gang rapes and murder in Calcutta, Capital of eastern Indian state West Bengal, July 4, 2013. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, West Bengal accounted for 12.67 percent of the total crimes committed against women in…
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West Asia
Egyptian military arrests Muslim Brotherhood’s senior leaders
Egypt’s military moved swiftly Thursday against senior figures of the Muslim Brotherhood, targeting the backbone of support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi. In the most dramatic step, authorities arrested the group’s revered leader from a seaside villa and flew him by helicopter to detention in the capital. With a top…
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South East Asia
Filippinos denounce gov’t plan to grant US military more access to Philippines
A protester holds a placard calling for the junking of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in front of policemen during a rally in observance of the Filipino-American Friendship Day in Manila, the Philippines, July 4, 2013. The protesters denounce the plans of the Philippine government to grant the US military…
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East Asia
China-Russia joint naval drills held in the East Sea or the Sea of Japan
The destroyer Shenyang and comprehensive supply ship Hongze Lake are seen during Sino-Russian joint naval drills held in the sea of Japan, July 4, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Dongming> The soldiers from destroyer Shenyang observe the distance between two vessels during Sino-Russian joint naval drills held in the sea of Japan, July…
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West Asia
Egypt: The tale of two revolutions
For most Egyptians, the past year was just a nightmare, and the worst, compared with any bad ruling authorities in the history of Egypt. The country was under occupation of the Muslim Brotherhood ruling, embodied by the ousted Ex-President Mohammed Morsi Al-Ayat, who acted, for a year as a dictator…
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