Category: South 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nepali brick factory laborers take rest on eve of International Labor Day
Laborers take rest as they work at a brick factory on the eve of International Labor Day on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Nepalese workers affiliated […]
An Indian woman shields from rain waiting for PM Singh at campaign
An elderly Congress party supporter holds a chair to shield herself from rain as she waits with others for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a campaign rally for the […]
A Guinness record holder dead in stunt to cross river with zip wire
In this Sunday, April 28, 2013 photograph, people watch as Indian Sailendra Nath Roy attempts to cross Teesta river suspended from a zip wire attached to his ponytail moments before […]