RIYADH (TIP): Outside of the Saudi capital, in one of the country’s most conservative provinces, Jowhara al-Wably is making history. She’s running in this weekend’s elections. Dec 12 vote for local council seats marks two […]
SYDNEY (TIP): Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sparked criticism by saying Islam has a “massive problem” and needs to reform. Writing in Australian media, Mr. Abbott said “not all cultures are equal” and the […]
SYDNEY (TIP): A 15-year-old charged over a terror plot used coded text messages to try and avoid detection, an Australian court heard as he was denied bail Dec 10 over fears he could commit serious […]
GENEVA (TIP): Geneva police were “actively searching” on Dec 10 for suspects in connection with a probe into the Paris attacks, and authorities raised the security alert level in the city and surrounding region, Swiss […]
SEOUL (TIP): North and South Korea on Friday held high-level talks at a North Korean border town, a small step meant to improve ties battered by a military standoff in August and decades of acrimony […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Another turn in the Sheena Bora murder as misappropriation of funds & money laundering comes up in a report published by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). The report alleges Indrani Mukerjea […]
MUMBAI (TIP): A former journalist & social worker S Balakrishnan bought underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s Mumbai restaurant for Rupees 4.28 crores in an auction of the property on December 9. The government auctioned the restaurant […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Global food and beverages major PepsiCo Chairperson and CEO Indra Nooyi called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, December 10. The meeting was a courtesy call, sources said although PepsiCo […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on December 10 threw its weight behind efforts to clean up Delhi’s air, agreeing to explore various options including banning diesel cars from the Capital’s roads and stopping trucks […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on December 10 became instrumental in bringing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the same dais for the first time in […]
PRISTINA: Police in Kosovo said on Thursday they had arrested seven men after an investigation during which they found hundreds of fake passports and other ID documents from EU countries, probably intended to be sold […]
BEIJING: Beijing’s first ever red alert for smog expired Thursday, as blue skies and sunshine replaced the thick haze that covered the city for days. The Chinese capital put its air pollution emergency plan into […]
NEW YORK (TIP): New Delhi’s iconic landmark, India Gate, turned orange on 25 November to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against […]
BEIRUT (TIP): At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded on Dec 11 in a triple suicide car bomb attack in a town in northeastern Syria’s Hasakeh province, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory […]
ALBANY, NY (TIP): The Directors of New York’s twenty-three public library systems, on behalf of all seven hundred fifty-six local public libraries, have released a letter calling on Governor Cuomo to increase funding for the […]
COLORADO SPRINGS (TIP): The man accused, Robert Lewis Dear, of killing three at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado has said in court that he is guilty and a “warrior for the babies”. “I am […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Minister of Defense of India Manohar Parrikar made an official visit to the United States at the invitation of US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter from December 7-10, 2015 that included visits to […]
LAHORE (TIP): Prosecution in Mumbai attack case faced embarrassment when a key witness turned hostile saying that Ajmal Kasab, the lone gunman caught alive after the assault and later hanged, was alive. “Mudassir Lakhvi, the […]
KANDAHAR (TIP): With final mopping up operations continuing late on Wednesday in Kandahar, 24 hours after Taliban insurgents attacked its airport, 37 civilians and members of Afghan security forces had been killed and 35 wounded, […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Police in Nepal detained about 50 activists protesting outside the Indian Embassy on Thursday to demand an end to a monthslong blockade of supplies from India. The protesters held banners demanding India halt […]
DHAKA: She’s one of the most talked-about women in Bangladesh today and also one of the most admired and reviled. Tureen Afroz is the person responsible for sending the 1971 war criminals to the gallows […]
ISLAMABAD: A three-tier security arrangement headed by police and backed up by para-military and the army was put in place by Pakistan for a regional conference on Afghanistan with security forces keeping a strict vigil […]
ELMONT, NY (TIP): Legislator Carrie Solages is upset over the delay in announcement of the location of the Casino. “For months we have all heard the rumors of a Casino being built somewhere in Nassau […]
WASHINGTON: The US Air Force says it plans to more than double the number of squadrons that fly drones, and will spread them out in more locations across the US and overseas. The decision would […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): As External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj walked past the Pakistani media waiting in the Foreign Office corridor on Dec 9 evening, she was asked, “Ma’am, koi breakthrough hai.” Standing behind a lectern, she didn’t […]
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