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West Asia
Bahraini anti-gov’t protesters hold noisy rally to drum up support for planned strike
Bahraini protesters bang on pans and use compressed air horns to sound out anti-government slogans in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Riot police stormed the protest, firing tear gas and making arrests. Protesters in opposition strongholds nationwide held similar noisy rallies Tuesday night, banging on drums, metal trays and…
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West Asia
Suspected al-Qaida members led away to detention center in an Iraqi army base
In this Friday, July 20, 2012 file photo, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida members are guarded by Iraqi army soldiers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, Iraq. Al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for the killing last week of 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards in…
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South Asia
A series of blasts in Karachi, Pakistan, claim four lives, injuring 11 others
Police officials inspect the blast site in southern Pakistan’s Karachi on March 11, 2013. At least four people were killed and 11 others including four policemen were injured in three separate attacks in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Monday, local media and police said. <Xinhua/Masroor>
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East Asia
People protest against UN saction against NK and annual military drill at U.S. embassy in Seoul
South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally denouncing the UN’s new sanction against North Korea, and the annual joint military exercises, dubbed Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, between South Korea and the United States, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. North Korea’s young…
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South Asia
Mishing tribal people share Apong, traditional rice beer, at their hut in Jajimukh, India
A Mishing tribal woman distributes Apong, traditional rice beer to her other family members inside their hut on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in Jajimukh in north eastern Assam state, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. A Mishing tribal woman drinks traditional rice beer outside a hut on the banks…
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West Asia
People in Cairo burn Libyan flag in protest over death of an Egyptian in prison there
Egyptian protesters burn the Libyan flag during a protest in front of the Libyan embassy, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, March 11, 2013. An Egyptian Foreign Ministry official says a man suspected of trying to spread Christianity in Libya has died in prison there. <AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid> An Egyptian protester…
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South East Asia
A monk in Yangon buys a newspaper carrying a report on copper mine incident that injured 108 people
A Buddhist monk buys a state-run newspaper with a report by an investigation commission on an incident at Latpadaung copper mine, in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The eagerly awaited official report has confirmed that police in Myanmar used smoke bombs that contain phosphorus during a crackdown on anti-mine…
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South Asia
Oppostion activists burn street vendor’s cart in clash with police in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bangladeshi opposition activists shout slogans after they burn a street vendor’s cart as they clash with police during their protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 11, 2013. The protest was called by an alliance of 18 parties to denounce trials of several opposition politicians accused of mass killings and atrocities…
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West Asia
The AsiaN witnesses a humanitarian mission in Tunisia
*Editor’s note: This is a story of the humanitarian mission conducted by a local office in the northwest region of Tunisia. The mission was covered by Mr. Khalid Suleiman, Egyptian writer living in Tunisia, and correspondent of the AsiaN, with an icon of the Tunisian media Mrs. Saida Al-Zoghbi, the Asia Journalist Association member. “The…
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East Asia
Japanese mountaineer, reported missing at Mt. Sibayak in Indonesia, found alive by rescuers
Japanese mountaineer Kosei Yamada, center, who was reported missing on Wednesday last week, is assisted by rescuers after he was found at the bottom of a ravine at Mount Sibayak in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Yamada was found alive near the top of the 2,212 meter…
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