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West Asia
Series of attacks in Iraq kills 56, raising concern over sectarian bloodshed
Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 49 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed. There was no claim of responsibility for…
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West Asia
12 dead in Afghan Taliban’s suicide attack on NATO supplier’s compound
A suicide truck bomber followed by heavily armed men stormed a NATO supplier’s compound Tuesday in Kabul, prompting a gunbattle that left a dozen people dead in the latest Taliban attack on a high-profile target in the Afghan capital. The bold strikes have signaled the Islamic militant movement has no…
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West Asia
Egyption President Morsi rejects demands of protersters and military
His fate hanging in the balance, embattled President Mohammed Morsi vowed not to resign Tuesday, hours before a deadline to yield to the demands of millions of protesters or see the military suspend the constitution, disband parliament and install a new leadership. The Islamist leader demanded that the powerful armed…
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West Asia
Egyptian military issues ultimatum for Morsi to meet people’s demand
Egypt’s military issued a “last-chance” ultimatum Monday to President Mohammed Morsi, giving him 48 hours to meet the demands of millions of protesters in the streets seeking the ouster of the Islamist leader or the generals will intervene and impose their own plan for the country. The military’s statement, read…
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West Asia
The Quest for Arab Knowledge Cities
Humanity’s awareness of science and the world changed as ages changed. Scientists have been describing ages according to the major innovation that occurred in it: the printing age, the machine age, the Industrial Revolution age, the technology age, the computer decade, the atom age, the Internet age, up to the…
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South Asia
Suicide attack targeted Pakistani religious seminary kills over 28
At least 28 people were killed and over 60 others were injured in a suicide attack that targeted a religious seminary in Pakistan’s southwestern provincial capital of Quetta on Sunday night, said police official. Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Mir Zubair Mehmood told to the media that a total of…
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West Asia
Thousands of Egyptians pour out onto streets for anti-Morsi demonstration
Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country Sunday and marched on the presidential palace, filling a broad avenue for blocks, in an attempt to force out the Islamist president with the most massive protests Egypt has seen in 2 years of turmoil. In a…
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East Asia
[Asia Round-up] Haze pollution – punish the criminals
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. Haze – punish the criminals [Brunei, The Brunei Times, 25-06-2013] Haze blowing onto Malaysia and Singapore from fires in Indonesia brings air population to life-threatening levels in some areas. Most of Indonesia is not affected by…
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West Asia
A tanker blast in Kazakhstan damages 20 buildings and 10 vehicles
A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire after a road accident in downtown Almaty, on Thursday, June 27, 2013. A multi-story apartment building caught fire in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan after a road accident, on Thursday, June 27. According to witnesses, the fire is a result of a petrol…
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South Asia
India-Pakistan border people celebrate 300-year old annual Chamliyal fair
Indian Border Security Force officials, left, offer a holy cloth handed by Pakistani rangers at the shrine of a Sufi saint Baba Dalip Singh Manhas during the annual Chamliyal fair near the India-Pakistan international border at Chamliyal post, about 47 kilometers (29 miles) south of Jammu, India, Thursday, June 27,…
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