Section: Asia
- Afghanistan (54)
- Armenia (2,395)
- Azerbaijan (1,400)
- Bangladesh (459)
- China (1,817)
- India (3,608)
- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
- Kazakhstan (682)
- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
May Day protesters across Asia demand higher pay
May Day ralliesMoscow May Day parade lauds Putin as rebels seize more Ukraine buildings …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
May Day in Milan marked by violence
May Day ralliesMoscow May Day parade lauds Putin as rebels seize more Ukraine buildings …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Pakistan pins hopes on gas imports, but snags slow progress
The government plans to install new gas import terminals and pipelines to underpin an economic revival linked to $46 billion in Chinese deals but its ambitions are being undermined by poor planning, price uncertainty and security concerns, industry experts said. The government wants to increase imports to fuel industry expansion and reduce daily...
A Ukrainian military spokesman accused rebels of using heavy arms prohibited by a February truce agreement.
In Ukraine, two soldiers and one pro-Russian rebel have been killed in fighting in war-torn eastern parts despite ceasefire. A Ukrainian military spokesman accused rebels of using heavy arms prohibited by a February truce agreement. Fighting between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian army has killed over 6,100 people in the past year....
Vienna refuses US attempts to extradite Ukrainian industrialist
An Austrian court has refused to extradite Ukrainian industrialist Dmytro Firtash to the United States, accepting his argument that political motivations lay behind US efforts to try him on corruption charges. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Contact Group on Ukraine expected to meet soon
The three-party Contact Group on the Ukraine crisis is expected to meet in the coming 10 days to discuss the current situation in the conflict-torn country, a representative of insurgents in eastern Ukraine said Friday. …read more Source:...
Russia says too early to discuss peacekeeping in Ukraine
Russia said on Friday that it is too early to discuss the deployment of peacekeepers in the conflict zone in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Two Ukrainian serviceman killed in past 24 hours in east – military
KIEV (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian serviceman have been killed and two wounded in separatist attacks on government forces in eastern Ukraine despite the Minsk ceasefire agreement, Interfax news agency quoted the Ukrainian military as saying on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Pakistan, China, India on US intellectual property priority watch list
WASHINGTON: The US on Thursday issued its annual report on the status of intellectual property maintaining Pakistan presence on the Priority Watch List in its annual report along with India and China. Emphasis is placed on Pakistan’s ability to implement the specialized intellectual property rights under the IPO Act 2012. The report states,...
Mauthausen: The ‘camp of no return’ that built the Third Reich
Of the 200,000 prisoners who passed through Mauthausen from August 1938 until its liberation on May 5 in 1945, half would die.Ex-Nazi ‘bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ asks for ‘forgiveness’Ultra-nationalist Ukrainian battalion gears up for more fightingMore secrets may lurk at suspected Nazi hideout in Argentina …read more...
