BBC News North Korean leader sends envoy to China North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a special envoy to Beijing, state media has announced, amid cooling relations between the two neighbours. | Choe Ryong-hae, a top military official, flew to th... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon) China North Korea Nuclear Photos Wikipedia: 2013 North Korean nuclear test Huffington Post Review: Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails If Christopher Coyne's new book, Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails needed a subtitle, I'd be willing to offer up "We Meant Well, Too." | Coyne's book puts into formal terms what I... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Aid Humanitarian Photos Wikipedia: World Food Programme World Top Stories Al Jazeera Two key candidates barred from Iran election Iran's electoral watchdog has barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a close aide to president Mahmoud Ahadinejad from running in the June 14 presidential e... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Election Iran Photos Politics Wikipedia: Iranian presidential election, 2013 The Independent China proposes emissions cap for first time The battle against global warming has received a transformational boost after China, the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, proposed to set a cap on its greenhou... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) China Global Warming Photos Weather Wikipedia: Global warming The Siasat Daily Vice President Hamid Ansari leaves for a four-day official visit to Uzbekistan New Delhi, May 21: | Vice President Hamid Ansari today left on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan during which the two nations will discuss issues of cooperation in counter-t... (photo: PIB of India) India Photos Politics Uzbekistan Wikipedia: Mohammad Hamid Ansari The Siasat Daily German Defence Minister under fire over scrapped drone project Berlin, May 21: | Germany's Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere has come under fire over scrapping of a prestigious drone project after investing around USD 835 million d... (photo: AP / MTI, Zsolt Szigetvary) Berlin Defense Photos Politics Wikipedia: Thomas de Maizière The Siasat Daily Nawaz Sharif promises 'positive change' in Pakistan within 100 days Lahore, May 21: | Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has vowed his government would continue its work for the betterment of the people and would brin... (photo: AP / Vincent Thian) Business Lahore Photos Politics Wikipedia: Nawaz Sharif The Siasat Daily ‘Ex-Pak PM Ashraf used threats to secure funds’ Islamabad, May 21: | A top government official today told Pakistan's Supreme Court that former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf had threatened him in order to get funds release... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis, Pool) Business Islamabad Photos Politics Wikipedia: Raja Pervaiz Ashraf The Siasat Daily Asif Ali Zardari blames int'l forces for poll debacle Lahore, May 21: | President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday blamed national and international forces for his Pakistan Peoples Party defeat in the May 11 polls while the party... (photo: Press Information Dept. of Pakistan) Business Lahore Photos Politics Wikipedia: Asif Ali Zardari Newstrack India Chinese Premier visits TCS centre in Goregaon Tweet | Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) global development centre in suburban Goregaon east here Tuesday. | T... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool) Beijing Business Delhi Photos Wikipedia: Li Keqiang Newstrack India India's growth needs more opening, foreign funding: Powell Tweet | Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) US Ambassador Nancy Powell Tuesday called for greater economic opening and more foreign investments for India's higher economic growth, say... (photo: AP / Anupam Nath) Business Economy Kolkata Photos Wikipedia: Nancy Jo Powell Al Jazeera Physician dismisses force-feeding concerns A military physician who oversees a team of nurses force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has dismissed ethical concerns raised ... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elisha Dawkins) Guantanamo Health Human Rights Photos Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp
