JAKARTA (TIP): Indonesians were shaken but refusing to be cowed a day after a deadly attack in a busy district of central Jakarta that has been claimed by the Islamic State group. In a new […]
BAGHDAD (TIP): Saudi Arabia has reopened its embassy in Baghdad, with its ambassador submitting his credentials at the foreign ministry, after a closure that lasted 25 years. The kingdom had closed the embassy in 1990, […]
BEIJING (TIP): Five people were killed and seven injured January 14 in an explosion at a fireworks factory in central China just weeks ahead of the Chinese New Year, authorities said. The Tongxu county government […]
BERLIN (TIP): An irate local politician in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria has dispatched a bus filled with dozens of refugees on a 7-hour journey to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in Berlin as a protest […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia: The secretary general of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has condemned the bombings and gun attacks in Jakarta and expressed “his solidarity with the government and people of Indonesia.” A statement released by […]
BEIJING: Days after China passed a new law that for the first time permits its military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations, its marines began exercises in the western deserts of Xinjiang, more than 2,000 […]
For years, advocates and community based organizations have urged the New York City Department of Education to increase the translation and interpretation services to public school parents and guardians with limited English proficiency. On Monday, I […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a leading US think tank, has announced the launch of its sixth international centre to produce high-quality public policy research about critical national, regional, and global issues. Based […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The dreaded Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack on a Pakistani media house that had injured one person. Unidentified assailants riding a motorbike lobbed a hand grenade on ARY […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan on Wednesday set up a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) comprising security and military officials to probe whether any Pakistani individual or organization was involved in the Pathankot terror attack in India. The […]
TORONTO (TIP): A Canadian who was held by the Taliban in Afghanistan since 2010 has been released. Canadian foreign minister Stephane Dion said in a statement on Monday that efforts to secure the release of […]
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new government on Saturday presented its plan for a new constitution aimed at devolving power and preventing the sort of ethnic tensions that led to a long and bitter civil war that […]
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The multiple terror attacks in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, which left at least seven dead, mark the return of organized Islamist violence to the country after a brief period. The Southeast Asian country witnessed several terror […]
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: Tonight marks the eighth year I’ve come here to report on the State of the Union. And for this final one, I’m going to […]
Police in Uttar Pradesh have arrested a woman for beating her mother-in-the law after CCTV footage of the assault went viral on social media. The daughter-in-law ‘Sangeeta Jain’ was arrested on Tuesday, January 12, in […]
Taiwan’s voters go to the polls on Saturday to choose a new president and parliament. This year an unusual candidate is running for MP. Freddy Lim is the lead singer of the Taiwanese heavy-metal band […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India and Pakistan agreed to re-schedule diplomatic talks between the officials slated for Jan 15 after a militant attack on the Pathankot air base. India accused Pakistan-based group Jaish-e-Mohammad of carrying out […]
JAKARTA (TIP): The Jakarta attacks began, January 14, at about 10:40 local time (03:40 GMT) with a series of bomb blasts at an intersection near the Sarinah shopping mall and a Starbucks coffee shop. Reports […]
At least three winning tickets for the record $1.6bn Powerball lottery jackpot have been announced as per officials and media reports. The winning tickets in the Powerball jackpot were sold in California, Tennessee and Florida. […]
Ambassador Asoke K Mukerji has been the Permanent Representative of India at the United Nations from early 2013 to December 31, 2015. Ambassador Mukerji who has served with distinction the MEA for almost 38 years […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Royal Bank of Scotland reportedly has advised clients to brace for a “cataclysmic year” and a global deflationary crisis, warning that major stock markets could fall by a fifth and oil […]
HOUSTON (TIP): The world-record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot will be split three ways after tickets purchased in Florida, Tennessee, and a Los Angeles suburb matched all five of last night’s numbers, including the Powerball. The […]
Goldman Sachs says it has reached a deal with US authorities over charges that it used fraudulent marketing material to sell mortgage bonds before the financial crisis. The bank agreed to pay $5.1bn in civil […]
Research into the effects of e-cigarettes lags behind their popularity. But ready or not, the era of e-cigarettes is here. How E-Cigarettes WorkThey look like the real thing. The end glows as you inhale. As […]
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