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Protesters hurl “paint bombs” at the office of Shell Oil company at the financial district of Makati city east of Manila, Philippines

Manila protesters hurl paint to protest oil prices

Philippine police say dozens of protesters have hurled paint at a subsidiary office of oil giant Shell to demand a rollback of fuel price hikes.Police ... Full story

US: NKorea agrees to suspend nuclear activities

The United States says North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and a moratorium on nuclear, and long-range missile tests.State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland also ... Full story

China, Philippines argue over planned oil search

The Philippines said yesterday it has the right to invite foreign companies to explore for oil and gas in waters located between its western coast ... Full story

Bomb kills women, child in Pakistan: officials

Two women and a child were killed on Wednesday when a bomb ripped through their vehicle in Pakistan’s Taliban and Al-Qaeda infested tribal ... Full story

Japan PM website adds Chinese version

The office of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Wednesday added a Chinese-language version to its official website, alongside existing Japanese and English ones. ... Full story

New Delhi attack plot foiled: home minister

India’s home minister said Wednesday that police had foiled an attack by suspected militants from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group who were caught with explosives ... Full story

Clothing lying in heaps at the site of a neighborhood destroyed by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Rikuzentakata, Japan. Scientists believe ocean waves carried away 3-4 million tons of the 20 million tons of debris created by tsunamis that slammed int

Tsunami debris floating across Pacific toward US

Refrigerators, TVs and other debris dragged into sea when a massive earthquake hit Japan last March, causing tsunamis as high as 130 feet (40 meters) ... Full story

Call for Australian apology for forced adoptions

A Senate inquiry on Wednesday called for the Australian government to apologize and offer compensation to thousands of unwed mothers who were forced to give ... Full story

Radiation monitor indicates 131.00 mSv per hour near Unit 3 and 4 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.,’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma,

Plant chief: Fukushima nuke plant still vulnerable

Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima power plant remains fragile nearly a year after it suffered multiple meltdowns, its chief said, with makeshift equipment — some mended with ... Full story

Gilgit-bound passengers wait for a bus as transporters suspend their service due to firing on their buses, at a bus terminal in Islamabad, yesterday. Gunmen wearing military uniforms stopped a convoy of buses on way to Gilgit in northern Pakistan

Gunmen shoot dead 16 Shiites from bus in Pakistan

Gunmen wearing military uniforms stopped a convoy of buses in northern Pakistan yesterday, ordered selected passengers to get off and then killed 16 of them ... Full story