LONDON (TIP): With Indian PM Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to UK slated this November, Britain has said it will negotiate with New Delhi “on every opportunity” to pack off Indian prisoners serving time in their […]
LONDON (TIP): The UK government has rejected plans by an Islamic group to build a new 290,000-square-foot “mega mosque” in east London, citing a “conflict” with authorities’ local plans for the borough. Tablighi Jamaat’s mosque […]
LONDON (TIP): UK is all set to overtake France by 2030 and Germany by 2047 to become Europe’s most populous country if current population trends continue. Britain’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed on Thursday […]
CANBERRA (TIP): Australia is looking at a trial of an innovation that would allow its citizens to travel overseas without a physical passport, foreign minister Julie Bishop said on Oct 29. Revealing the idea of […]
ATHENS (TIP): At least seven children died when boats carrying migrants sank off Greece on Wednesday, as rescue workers battled to save more youngsters on the seashore in the latest desperate scenes in Europe’s refugee […]
TEHRAN (TIP): The upcoming international conference on Syria should facilitate national unity and open the ways for collective cooperation against terrorism in the country, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Oct 29, according to […]
PERTH, AUSTRALIA: A man missing for six days in a remote Australian desert in searing heat without water was found Tuesday after surviving by eating black ants, police said. Reg Foggerdy, 62, disappeared on October […]
JOHANNESBURG: Indian-origin toddler Khiyara Seedat has become South Africa’s youngest ever national karate champion, just a day after her third birthday last week. Sedate Khiyara, the daughter of karate instructor Sensei Ahmed Shaheen Seedat – from […]
TORONTO Oct 25: A Gujarati man from the Toronto suburb of Mississauga has been charged with the murder of his mother. Kunal Bhavan, 20, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder for the death of his […]
BEIJING (TIP): China’s Communist Party has banned its members from “extravagant eating and drinking”, engaging in “improper sexual relationships with others” and playing golf, state media reported on Thursday. The ruling party’s political bureau adopted new […]
TROLLHATTAN (SWEDEN) (TIP): A masked man brandishing a sword and reported to have far-right sympathies killed a teacher and a student and seriously wounded two other people at a school in Sweden Oct 22 before […]
GENEVA (TIP): Tanzania is facing a major cholera outbreak, counting nearly 5,000 cases and dozens of deaths, the World Health Organization said on Oct 22, calling for urgent action to stop the disease from spreading […]
VATICAN CITY (TIP): Pope Francis on Thursday announced a new Vatican department on life and family issues, in his latest effort to streamline the central administration of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church. It will […]
TORONTO (TIP): Welcoming the incoming Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau whose Liberal Party was swept to power October 19 major Indo-Canadian organizations have urged him to fast-track the long-pending free trade agreement with India. Ajit […]
TEHRAN, IRAN (TIP): The Iranian government will begin fully implementing the landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers “with good will,” and the work will be done while keeping in mind concerns voiced by Iran’s […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese media on Oct 22 trumpeted President Xi Jinping’s visit to Britain, running triumphant coverage of the trip at odds with Western accusations that London has sold out to the Asian giant. Editorial […]
LONDON (TIP): Indian students in London were the third largest revenue generator for the city last year, contributing £130 million. London mayor Boris Johnson’s first-of-its-kind analysis has found that Indian students paid £56 million in […]
SWEDEN (TIP): An undercover investigation has revealed doctors in Sweden are performing virginity tests on teenage girls against their will. Footage shot by reporters for the Swedish current affairs program ‘Kalla Fakta’ (Cold Fact) showed doctors […]
BRADFORD (TIP): Naveeda Ikram, a councillor in Bradford, was suspended by the party after an allegation was made about her to West Yorkshire Police. Ikram served as Lord Mayor of Bradford in 2011-12. She missed […]
LONDON (TIP): A British schoolgirl who admitted two terror offences of possessing “recipes for explosives” and a bomb-making guide was on Thursday spared a custodial sentence after she pleaded to a youth court to let […]
BEIRUT/AMMAN (TIP): Syrian troops and their allies, backed by Russian jets, attacked rebel-held towns north of the city of Homs on Thursday, targeting a long-held and strategic enclave of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. The […]
NAYPYITAW (TIP): Myanmar’s government and eight armed ethnic groups signed a ceasefire agreement on Oct 15, the culmination of more than two years of negotiations aimed at bringing an end to the majority of the […]
MANILA (PHILIPPINES) (TIP): A group of Western and Asian countries said Thursday that recent setbacks should not derail efforts that have brought a Muslim rebellion in the southern Philippines to the brink of a settlement, […]
BEIJING )TIP): Photos showing Chinese female flight attendants stuffed into an airplane’s luggage compartment by security officers has sparked widespread condemnation, the media reported on Oct 8. The photos were posted online from a personal Weibo […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese man was cremated along with his entire life savings of $33,000 as per his last wish that the money should be burnt along with him instead of giving it to his […]
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