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South Asia
Convicted Indian spy dies from Pakistani jail blow
Pakistani policemen carry the coffin of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner who was injured in an attack inside jail last week and died of wounds early Thursday. Singh spent more than 21 years in Pakistan after being convicted of spying for India and involvement in a series of bomb blasts…
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West Asia
A horse race doping scandal in UAE leads to global ban on steroids
A racehorse trains during a morning session at the Godolphin Club in this file photo dated Wednesday March 23, 2011, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The doping scandal that led to the downfall of Godolphin trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni is now helping fuel a call for an outright ban on anabolic…
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South Asia
Pakistani opposition leader’s election campaign poster hung on wall
Children peer through a window of their house, as an election campaign poster of Pakistan’s former cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan with versus in Arabic from the Quran, hangs on a wall in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Pakistan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on May 11, the first…
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East Asia
Dozens of Chinese people fall into water from tilted suspension bridge
Photo taken on May 2, 2013 shows the tilted suspension bridge in Fenghuang County, central China’s Hunan Province. About 40 people, who returned from a bonfire party, were on the bridge when the bridge floor suddenly tilted in Fenghuang at around 9:10 p.m. on May 1, and more than 20,…
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Central Asia
Russian nationalists carry old Empire flag while marching for May Day
A group of Russian nationalists carry a banner that reads: “Blood. Fatherland. Faith” and old Russian Empire flags as they march to mark May Day in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 1, 2013. <AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko>
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West Asia
Egyptian workers chant anti-Gov’t slogans during Labour Day protest
Egyptian workers and activists chant anti-Government slogans during a protest in Tahrir square marking the world Labour day in Cairo, May 1, 2013. Dozens of national factories and companies were sold to the private sector during Hosni Mubarak’s regime causing unemployment of thousands of Egyptian workers whom still lacking proper…
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South Asia
NGOs hide identity for fear of militants in restive Balochistan Province
Quetta, Balochistan – A grave situation prevails in restive Balochistan province of Pakistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, where the civil society organizations have removed boards and name plates from their office buildings, their staff and officials do not carry identity cards or any other document while travelling, for the fear…
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South Asia
Indian patients evacuated from hospital after magnitude-5.4 earthquake
Patients are evacuated from a hospital after a magnitude-5.4 earthquake in Bhaderwah area, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, India, May 1, 2013. Officials say a moderately strong earthquake has hit a mountainous region in Indian-controlled Kashmir, injuring at least nine people and damaging several buildings. <AP Photo>
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South Asia
Indians carry dead body of infamous 5-year-old rape victim
In this Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo, Indians carry the body of a 5-year-old girl who died at a hospital where she was being treated for injuries after being raped, in Ghansor, Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. The girl suffered cardiac arrest and died late Monday at a…
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West Asia
A huge environmental crime in Egypt committed by Qatari LNG carrier
On January 1st, 2009, one of the world’s largest Q-Max LNG carriers was delivered to Nakilat and Qatargas Operating Company Limited at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Okpo shipyard on Geoje Island, South Korea. The Nakilat, the Qatar gas transport companyr, owned 263,000 CBM LNG Carrier “Lijmiliya” that…
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