SRI LANKA’S WAR-HIT TAMILS VOTE FOR WIDER AUTONOMY
By KRISHAN FRANCIS A Sri Lankan man cycles with a boy a day after the northern provincial council election in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A former political…
South Asia
SUICIDE ATTACK ON PAKISTANI CHURCH KILLS 75 PEOPLE
By RIAZ KHAN Pakistani Christians chant slogans as they burn materials during a protest against a suicide attack on a church, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide…
PAKISTAN RELEASES TOP AFGHAN TALIBAN PRISONER
By MUNIR AHMED and KATHY GANNON FILE – This March 4, 2001, file photo shows Taliban’s then-Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Muttawakil, who served as foreign minister…
BANGLADESH OPPOSITION PROTESTS WAR CRIMES VERDICT
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi social activists shout slogans during a rally against a strike called by Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The Jamaat-e-Islami…
13-YR-OLD INDIAN GIRL BEGINS MICROBIOLOGY MASTER’S
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE In this Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 photo, Sushma Verma, 13, attends a ceremony organized by Sulabh International Social Service Organization to recognize her as “India’s Child Prodigy”…
INDIA RETESTS MISSILE ABLE TO REACH CHINESE CITIES
In this photo released by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India’s nuclear-capable missile Agni-V is test fired in Wheelar’s Island, off the coast of Odisha, India, Sunday, Sept.…
INDIA’S OPPOSITION PARTY NAMES PM CANDIDATE
By ASHOK SHARMA FILE – In this Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 file photo, Gujarat state Chief Minister and India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi receives a garland…
AFGHAN TALIBAN ATTACK US CONSULATE, KILL 2 AFGHANS
By AMIR SHAH and NAHAL TOOSI A damaged vehicle sits in front of the U.S. consulate after an attack by a car bomb and a gunfight in Herat Province, west…