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South Asia
Pakistani supporters observe 2nd anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death
Supporters of Pakistan’s religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) receive food distributed at a rally to pay tribute to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Quetta, Pakistan on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Hundreds of JUI supporters observed the second anniversary of bin Laden’s death on May 2, 2011 in a secret…
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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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South Asia
India’s ruling Congress chief Sonia Gandhi waves to supporters
India’s ruling Congress chief Sonia Gandhi waves to supporters during a campaign rally for the assembly elections at palace ground in Bangalore, India, on May 2, 2013. <Xinhua/stringer>
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East Asia
RCEP vs. TPP: Choice between China and America?
Editor’s note: A trade talk for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP) is scheduled to open from May 9 to 13 in Brunei. The RCEP covers more than half of the world’s population involving 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. It aims to become a platform for the integration of trade…
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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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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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Amnesty accuses Sri Lanka of intensifying repression of dissent
The international human rights group, Amnesty International, has accused the Sri Lankan government of intensifying repression of dissent in institutions such as the media and the judiciary. Amnesty says the sometimes violent crackdown is largely meant to tighten the government’s grip on power and silence criticism of rights violations during…
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South Asia
Posters look for missing persons in Bangladeshi building collapse
Workers toil in the collapsed garment factory building on Tuesday 30, April, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Emergency workers hauling large concrete slabs from a collapsed 8-story building said Tuesday they expect to find many dead bodies when they reach the ground floor, indicating the death toll will be…
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