Keyword: flood
Filmmaker Glenn Baker hopes to re-frame American views of the South Asian region through "Easy Like Water," a documentary about a Bangladeshi architect's quest to bring education to flooded areas of his homeland.
A man bikes through a flooded field in Laguna, Philippines on August 10, 2012. (IRRI Images/Flickr)
China is to give another 200 million USD in emergency flood aid to Pakistan, Premier Wen Jiabao announced during a visit to New York for a UN anti-poverty summit.
Pakistani children living in the town of Faridabad, cut off by surrounding flood waters, climb a tree to watch a navy helicopter evacuating residents to safer ground.
Not all Muslim countries in Asia are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr this year. Deadly flooding in Pakistan and violence in Indian-administered Kashmir have set a somber mood this holiday season.
Hassan Abbas, Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Fellow, explained that the Pakistani Taliban's attacks on Shiites would not weaken their campaign against the army or Nato.