Thai police officers investigating rescued Vietnamese women after raiding a surrogacy clinic in Bangkok, Thailand, on February 23, 2011. Thai police arrested a group of Taiwan nationals for running the Baby 101 Company with hiring illegal immigrants and human trafficking, offering surrogacy birth services in Bangkok using Vietnamese women. Photo: EPA
28 April 2015
Criminal groups benefit US$2 billion annually in Asia through people smuggling leading to...
Indian parliament during 2015 Budget session Photo: EPA
27 April 2015
India has asked UN members to drop the annual ritual of passing a resolution on Myanmar’s...
Thura U Shwe Mann, left, meets Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Thura U Shwe Mann/Facebook
27 April 2015
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Thura U Shwe Mann, chairman of Myanmar's ruling...
Cadres belonging to the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah), NSCN(I-M) during their group's 30th Republic Day celebrations at the Hebron camp about 40 kms from Dimapur town in Nagaland, northeast India in a stock photos from March 2010. Photo: EPA
27 April 2015
Militants operating in India’s northeastern state of Assam, and based over the border in...
Climbers in the debris of the Mount Everest base camp after it was hit by an avalanche that killed at least 18 people following the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal, 25 April 2015 (picture made available 26 April 2015). The avalanche that swept through parts of base camp is reported having had the combined force of two separate snowslides from different peaks. EPA/AZIM AFIF Courtesy of Azim Afif
27 April 2015
International rescue teams and relief supplies began arriving in Nepal's devastated...
The European Union flag flies outside the European Commission Building, the Berlaymond, in Brussels. Photo: Olivier Hoslet/EPA
27 April 2015
Southeast Asia and the European Union (EU) agreed on April 26 to take steps toward...
Children near their temporary tent on open ground in Kathmandu after a powerful earthquake followed by strong aftershocks struck Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 27, 2015. Photo: Narendra Shrestha/EPA 
27 April 2015
Almost one million children urgently need help after an earthquake claimed more than 3,...
Overview as Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders hold hands for the traditional ASEAN handshake to start the 26th ASEAN summit during the opening ceremony at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia, April 27, 2015. The two-day summit of the 10-nation bloc is expected to focus on festering disputes in the South-China Sea and also expected to assess initiatives for the regional single market that is scheduled to begin at the end of the year. Photo: EPA
27 April 2015
Southeast Asian leaders hold a summit in Malaysia on April 27 seeking to maintain unity...
People inspect the damage to the collapsed landmark Dharahara, also called Bhimsen Tower, after an earthquake caused serious damage in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 25, 2015. Photo: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
26 April 2015
Nepal rescuers battled landslide debris and communication blackouts Sunday as they...
Indian is flying in relief supplies and rescue teams into Kathmandu. Photo: Bdnews24.com
26 April 2015
Indian Air Force has started carrying disaster relief teams and supplies for Nepal
A man comforts a woman next to a seriously injured person on the ground after an earthquake hit Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 25 April 2015. A 7.9-magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal destroying buildings in Kathmandu and surrounding areas, with unconfirmed rumours of casualties. Photo: Narendra Shrestra/EPA
25 April 2015
A major earthquake has hit Nepal and the tremors were felt across Bangladesh and eastern...
Indian security personal on guard duty at the Mao gate at the Nagaland-Manipur state border about 30 kms from Kohima, capital of Nagaland state, northeast India, May 7, 2010. Photo: EPA
25 April 2015
Myanmar soldiers are reported to have encroached on a three-square kilometre area in...

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