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South East Asia
Filipino Sultan of Sulu and Archbishop Palma discuss ongoing clashes in Sabah state
In this photo made available by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-News (CBCP-News), Filipino Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III, left, talks with CBCP President Archbishop Jose Palma during their meeting in Manila, Philippines on Monday April 1, 2013. Kiram and Palma discussed the on and off clashes in…
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South Asia
A Pakistani housewife runs for parliament for the first time from tribal area of Bajur
Badam Zari, second from right, leaves the election office after filing her candidacy for Parliament in Khar, capital of the Pakistani tribal area of Bajur, Monday, April 1, 2013. A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country’s northwest tribal…
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South Asia
A murderer executed by hanging in Kuwait for the first time since 2007
A man is executed by hanging in west of Kuwait City, capital of Kuwait, on April 1, 2013. Three convicted murderers, a Pakistani, a Saudi and a stateless Arab, were hanged on Monday. It’s the first executions in Kuwait since May 2007, according to the ministry of justice. <Xinhua/Noufal Ibrahim>
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East Asia
China on alert due to a new avian flu which already killed two people in Shanghai
A journalist takes photos in front of the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, April 1, 2013. Two people in east China’s Shanghai died in early March after contracting H7N9, a strain of avian influenza that had never been passed…
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Private newspapers return to Myanmar
Privately owned daily newspapers hit Myanmar’s streets on Apr. 1 for the first time in decades under new freedoms that represent a revolution for a media industry which was shackled under military rule. Four Burmese-language titles — The Voice, The Golden Fresh Land, The Union and The Standard Time —…
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East Asia
South Korean vehicles head for NK city of Kaesong amid rising tension between the two sides
South Korean army soldiers walk as vehicles wait to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong at the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Monday, April 1, 2013. North Korea warned South Korea on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had…
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West Asia
Afghan children enjoy at a makeshift merry-go-round next to a cemetery in Kabul
Afghan children enjoy a ride on a makeshift merry-go-around next to a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. An Afghan girl rests after fetching water for her home on a tombstone at a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ahmad Jamshid>
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West Asia
Moroccan unionists march through capital Rabat chanting fall of the gov’t
Moroccan union members chant for the fall of the government as thousands of labor union activists marched through Morocco’s capital Rabat Sunday March 31, 2013. The banner in Arabic reads “Benkirane you take us to the precipice” in reference of the Moroccan Prime Minister. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Abdeljalil Bounhar>
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South Asia
Indians attend World Hindu Council’s meeting for building a Ram Temple in Ayodhya
Indian Hindus raise their hands as they attend Vishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP) or World Hindu Council’s meeting in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The VHP organized the meeting Sunday as part of restarting it’s campaign for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Placard reads, “Hindu Ahead.” <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ajit…
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West Asia
Egyptian activists denounce the gov’t for having escalated intimidation of critics
Egyptian activists shout anti-Muslim brotherhood slogans in front of Egypt’s state prosecutors office in support of popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Government opponents said the warrant against such a high profile figure, as Youssef, known for lampooning President Mohammed Morsi and the…
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