INDIAN OFFICIAL: DIPLOMAT’S ARREST IN NYC BARBARIC
Indian police remove barricades that had been erected as a safety measure outside the main entrance of U.S Embassy, reportedly in retaliation to the alleged mistreatment of New York-based Indian…
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US TAKES AIM AT CHINA, UPS NAVAL AID TO SE ASIA
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. State Secretary John Kerry speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. The United States…
4 DEAD IN RENEWED VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi businessmen and others carry white flags as they march calling for peace in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Many of their businesses suffered because of…
ONLY NOMINAL COMPETITION IN TURKMENISTAN’S VOTE
A Turkmenistan woman dressed in traditional clothes casts her ballot at polling station during parliamentary elections in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Voters in the energy-rich Turkmenistan are casting…
NKOREAN OFFICIAL: PURGE WON’T HURT ECONOMIC POLICY
By ERIC TALMADGE Yun Yong Sok, a senior official in North Korea’s State Economic Development Committee, speaks inside a conference room in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013.…
UNCLE ROSE WITH NKOREAN LEADER BEFORE BRUTAL FALL
By JEAN H. LEE FILE – In this Feb. 16, 2012 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks past his uncle Jang Song Thaek, left, after reviewing a…
ONLINE GAME ADDICTION LAW DIVIDES SKOREA
By YOUKYUNG LEE Screens advertising an online mobile game are displayed in a subway train in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. A law under consideration in South Korea’s…
THAI DEMOCRACY ENTERS DANGEROUS NEW CROSSROADS
By TODD PITMAN Thai anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban gives a Thai tradition way of greeting “wai”, addressing his supporters at the Government House following a march rally Monday, Dec.…