TRIPOLI/RABAT (TIP): Warplanes from Libya’s internationally recognised government on Thursday bombed the only functioning commercial airport in Tripoli on March 19, delaying the departure of a delegation from a rival parliament for UN peace talks, […]
LONDON (TIP): Four con artists have gone on trial for allegedly duping a German businessman of 1.3 million by pretending to sell him key buildings in Rome, including the US embassy and the UN food […]
TUNIS (TIP): The Islamic State group issued a statement on March 19 claiming responsibility for the deadly attack on Tunisia’s national museum that killed 23 people, mostly tourists. The statement described on March 18 attack […]
U.S. and several Eastern European NATO countries conduct a series of military exercises near Russia’s border while Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his Northern Fleet “to full alert in a snap combat readiness exercise” […]
BEIRUT (TIP): The leader of the Islamic State militant group that controls tracts of Syria and Iraq has accepted a pledge of allegiance from Nigerian Islamists Boko Haram, his spokesman said, calling on supporters to fight in […]
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA (TIP): The University of Oklahoma’s president expelled two students on March 11 after he said they were identified as leaders of a racist chant captured on video during a fraternity event. University president […]
LONDON (TIP): A parliamentary inquiry in Britain called on March 12 for an overhaul of the country’s electronic surveillance laws, but it cleared British spy agencies of breaking any laws by monitoring vast amounts of […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin is in good health, the Kremlin said on March 12, dismissing rumours that the leader was suffering from an illness after a foreign trip was cancelled. A Kazakh governmental […]
BEIJING (TIP): At least five people were killed and 10 others rescued after a fishing boat caught fire on March 11 in waters off eastern China. The fire broke out in the engine cabin of […]
SAN JOSE (TIP): San Jose’s international airport was forced to close and several villages were evacuated after clouds of ash from the newly active Turrialba volcano reached the Costa Rican capital, authorities have said. Flights […]
BEIJING (TIP): China is reviving growth of its nuclear power industry with approval of its first new project since Japan’s 2011 Fukushima disaster. A unit of state-owned China General Nuclear Power Corp. says the Cabinet’s […]
PARIS (TIP): About 15 armed assailants attacked two vans carrying millions of euros worth of jewels on a French highway March 11, forced out the drivers and sped away, according to police. Gendarmes and other […]
LONDON (TIP): A penniless British woman seeking financial support from her millionaire ex-husband 22 years after their divorce was told by Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday that she could pursue her claim, a ruling with […]
COLOMBO (TIP): India and Sri Lanka on March 13 signed four bilateral pacts — agreement on visa, customs, youth development and building Rabindranath Tagore memorial — during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first tour to the […]
LONDON (TIP): British police have detained a man who spent the night on the roof of the Palace of Westminster on suspicion of criminal damage and trespassing. Scotland Yard said on Sunday it was too […]
Prabha Arun Kumar, 41-year-old Indian IT consultant was brutally stabbed to death in Australia, just 300 metres from her home, police said on Sunday as they launched a probe into the horrific attack. She was on […]
DONETSK (TIP): Seventeen miners were confirmed dead and rescuers held out little hope for another 16 still missing after a blast at a coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk near the battle front […]
China’s drafting of its first counterterrorism law is a domestic issue, China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday in response to comments made by the US. US President Barack Obama on Monday said he was concerned […]
BAGHDAD (TIP): Islamic State militants “bulldozed” the ancient Nimrud archaeological site near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday using heavy military vehicles, the government said. A statement from Iraq’s Ministry of Tourism and […]
BEIJING (TIP): A man was shot dead by police and another detained after a knife attack at a Chinese train station which left nine people wounded March 06, police said. The incident at the main […]
TOKYO (TIP): The world’s oldest person says 117 years doesn’t seem like such a long time. Misao Okawa, the daughter of a kimono maker, made the comment on Wednesday, at a celebration a day before […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Syrian state-run news agency SANA says the army has killed the military commander of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front. The agency says Abu Hommam al-Shami was killed during a military operation carried out by […]
LONDON (TIP): A massive hunt has been launched in Britain to trace a historic wooden cup which which is believed to have the power to bestow eternal life. The Nanteos Cup, dubbed the Welsh Holy […]
BEIJING (TIP): China has announced it will enhance defense spending by around 10 percent this year. The announcement signals competitive defense spending as it comes at a time when hitherto pacifist Japan has declared a […]
SEOUL (TIP): The US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, was recovering from surgery on Thursday after having his face and arm slashed by a knife-wielding activist in an attack applauded by North Korean state […]
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