Indian PM in rare visit to Kashmir after attack on soldiers |
- Indian PM in rare visit to Kashmir after attack on soldiers
- German election puts Europe's ambitions on ice
- Australia seeks Triton superdrones for Indian Ocean overwatch
- Qatar emir hands power to son, no word on prime minister
- Indonesia sorry over haze as thousands sent to fight fires
- Who is the culprit?
- Cambodian ex-governor sentenced over protest shooting
- Taiwan legislators in brawl over tax
- Boot camps boom in Australian outdoors
- US daredevil completes Grand Canyon tightrope walk
- Unexpected car race to trace Snowden
- Qatar emir says steps down, hands power to son
- Afghan forces put down attack on presidential palace - police
- Iran condemns Egypt's sectarian killings as "contradicting Islam"
- Selangor, Perak bear the brunt as haze moves northwards
- Najib seeks Indonesia's cooperation on haze control
- In Asia, ancient writing collides with the digital age
- S. Korea sounds alert after official websites hacked
- BN to set up political reform lab: Najib
- Help at hand for those wanting to detox from technology
| Indian PM in rare visit to Kashmir after attack on soldiers Posted: 25 Jun 2013 12:44 AM PDT SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a rare visit to restive Kashmir on Tuesday, a day after militants killed eight soldiers in an ambush, the bloodiest in a series of attacks since India hanged a separatist in February. |
| German election puts Europe's ambitions on ice Posted: 25 Jun 2013 12:34 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - For the best part of a year, the minds of European policymakers have focused on one overriding issue - banking union. |
| Australia seeks Triton superdrones for Indian Ocean overwatch Posted: 24 Jun 2013 11:54 PM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Rising Indian Ocean rivalries as China seeks to safeguard key energy lifelines loom behind an Australian push for a $3 billion fleet of maritime superdrones, which will likely boost intelligence sharing with the United States. |
| Qatar emir hands power to son, no word on prime minister Posted: 24 Jun 2013 11:47 PM PDT DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani handed power on Tuesday to his son, Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim, taking the rare step for a Gulf Arab ruler of voluntarily ceding power to try to ensure a smooth succesion. |
| Indonesia sorry over haze as thousands sent to fight fires Posted: 24 Jun 2013 11:15 PM PDT Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has apologised to Singapore and Malaysia over fires that have cloaked the countries in thick haze, as thousands more emergency workers were deployed Tuesday to tackle the blazes. |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2013 11:06 PM PDT However, we wonder why the so call "culprits" on the name list released by the Indonesian Environment Ministry are all Malaysian-owned companies, while a senior officer responsible for forest fire control said that local farmers should be responsible. |
| Cambodian ex-governor sentenced over protest shooting Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:38 PM PDT A Cambodian court sentenced a former governor to 18 months in prison for shooting three female workers at a factory supplying sportswear giant Puma, a judge said Tuesday. |
| Taiwan legislators in brawl over tax Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:25 PM PDT Fighting broke out in Taiwan's parliament Tuesday as legislators scuffled and threw coffee during a debate on whether a controversial capital gains tax on share trading should be revised less than a year after it was brought in. |
| Boot camps boom in Australian outdoors Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:22 PM PDT The sun is rising over Sydney's Bondi Beach and in the pre-dawn cool, about 30 people are making their way through a set of arduous exercises -- tossing weights onto the sand, doing chin-ups and flexing an enormous rope up and down. |
| US daredevil completes Grand Canyon tightrope walk Posted: 24 Jun 2013 09:53 PM PDT  (United States, Little Colorado River-AFP) - US daredevil Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to cross a Grand Canyon-area gorge on a tightrope, completing his latest record-breaking feat in under 23 minutes. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Unexpected car race to trace Snowden Posted: 24 Jun 2013 09:51 PM PDT Two and a half hours before the scheduled take-off of a flight on which US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden was expected to travel, a car of the Ecuadorian embassy in Russia appeared Monday en route to Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport. |
| Qatar emir says steps down, hands power to son Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:18 PM PDT DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani said on Tuesday he was stepping down and handing power to his son Sheikh Tamim, explaining it was time for a new generation to take over. |
| Afghan forces put down attack on presidential palace - police Posted: 24 Jun 2013 09:37 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan forces put down an early morning attack by Taliban insurgents on the presidential palace and nearby buildings in central Kabul on Tuesday, with police saying all the assailants had been killed after a 90-minute gunfight. |
| Iran condemns Egypt's sectarian killings as "contradicting Islam" Posted: 24 Jun 2013 09:36 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's foreign ministry condemned the killing of four Shi'ite Egyptians near Cairo, saying such extremism violated the tenets of Islam, state television reported late on Monday. |
| Selangor, Perak bear the brunt as haze moves northwards Posted: 24 Jun 2013 09:17 PM PDT Port Klang in Selangor and Seri Manjung in Perak registered Air Pollutant Index (API) at the hazardous levels of 495 and 307 respectively at 8 am today as the haze affecting the country moved northwards. |
| Najib seeks Indonesia's cooperation on haze control Posted: 24 Jun 2013 09:02 PM PDT Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will send an official letter to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, seeking cooperation from the republic to enforce more effective measures to punish those responsible for causing the haze. |
| In Asia, ancient writing collides with the digital age Posted: 24 Jun 2013 08:56 PM PDT As a schoolboy, Akihiro Matsumura spent hundreds of hours learning the intricate Chinese characters that make up a part of written Japanese. Now, the graduate student can rely on his smartphone, tablet and laptop to remember them for him. |
| S. Korea sounds alert after official websites hacked Posted: 24 Jun 2013 08:52 PM PDT South Korea issued a cyber attack alert Tuesday after hackers apparently penetrated a number of official websites, including the presidential Blue House, the science ministry said. |
| BN to set up political reform lab: Najib Posted: 24 Jun 2013 08:48 PM PDT The Barisan Nasional (BN) Supreme Council has decided to set up a laboratory next month to propose specific changes needed for the coalition, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. |
| Help at hand for those wanting to detox from technology Posted: 24 Jun 2013 08:46 PM PDT Tired of checking your smartphone every few minutes for new emails, likes or retweets? Do you spend more time looking at your device than chatting to your date? Are you close to a digital burn-out? |
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