LONDON (TIP): A royal guardsman at the Buckingham Palace is under investigation after he broke into an impromptu jig during one of London’s most attended events — the change of guard. A video uploaded on […]
PARIS (TIP): French President Francois Hollande’s former companion writes in a tell-all book to be published this week that months after their breakup he was trying to win her back with flowers, dinner invitations and […]
TOKYO (TIP): Japan’s vital signs remained weak in July as wages fell further and household spending dropped, signaling continued weakness in the world’s third-largest economy. Data released Friday showed the inflation rate was unchanged from […]
Up to 5,000 Crime Stoppers Award Offered for Information Leading to an Arrest MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced, August 25, an aggressive investigation by the Nassau County Police Department after […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The UN security council met on August 29 in an emergency session on the growing crisis in Ukraine with some members expressing outrage. UN undersecretary-general of Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman told council […]
WASHINGTON (TIP)The FBI is investigating a suspected Russian cyber attack on a number of American banks. Hackers are believed to have targeted JP Morgan and at least four other banks in the US, amid increasing […]
BEIJING (TIP): The world’s first live broadcast of a panda birth has been called off after experts said the “mother” involved may have been faking the pregnancy to receive better treatment. “Phantom pregnancies” are common […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Confrontation between Pakistan government and the opposition escalated today with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif rejecting demands for his resignation and Imran Khan calling off the dialogue with his regime until he quits. Addressing […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Pentagon has said Pakistan continues to be a safe heaven for terrorists while lauding the efforts of the country’s military to eliminate extremism, which it described as a “common threat” for both […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Afghanistan’s troubled presidential election was rocked by more turmoil on August 27 as both candidates vying to succeed Hamed Karzai pulled their observers out of a ballot audit meant to determine the […]
NOVOAZOVSK (TIP): Tanks, artillery and infantry have crossed from Russia into an unbreached part of eastern Ukraine in recent days, attacking Ukrainian forces and causing panic and wholesale retreat not only in this small border […]
SYDNEY (TIP): Fifteen Australians, including two suicide bombers, are believed to have died fighting in Syria and Iraq, intelligence chief David Irvine said on August 27, while warning espionage and foreign intervention threats were increasing. […]
TEHRAN (TIP): Iran said on August 27that Palestinian militants had emerged the victors and brought their Israeli foe “to its knees” during the bloody 50-day Gaza conflict. “The heroic Palestinian people have forged a new […]
LONDON (TIP): Earthquakes are rocking Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano, adding to concerns that magma movements may trigger an eruption that could hinder air traffic. Iceland’s Met Office says two earthquakes measuring over magnitude 5 shook the […]
BEIJING (TIP): In a rare public admission of Pakistani links to militancy in China’s Muslimmajority Xinjiang province, the official media on August 27 said that the co-founder of al- Qaida linked East Turkestan Islamic Movement […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistani ministers and opposition politicians met antigovernment protesters on August 20 but talks ended for the day with the sides appearing no closer to resolving a weeklong political crisis that has rattled the […]
LONDON: The first recorded case of an Indian travelling to Switzerland for “suicide tourism” has now been confirmed. In a first of its kind study, researchers in UK have confirmed tremendous spike in a worrying […]
KIEV, UKRAINE (TIP): A Ukrainian official said nine troops were killed in overnight fighting in the streets of the town of Ilovaysk, which lies just east of the rebel stronghold Donetsk. Anton Herashchenko, an adviser […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese authorities have arrested “nearly a thousand” members of a banned religious group. The crackdown comes after members of Quannengshen, or the Church of Almighty God, thrashed a woman to death inside a […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Thailand’s coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha was appointed prime minister on August 21 by a legislature he hand-picked, giving the army chief a veneer of legitimacy even while the military presses on with […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): ‘I will free Pakistan from the dictatorship of Nawaz Sharif who is the fake prime minister,’ says Imran. And Sharif does not want to let go. With the result, there is terrible uneasiness […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): The US and its allies are growing increasingly concerned as Afghanistan shows signs of unraveling in its first democratic transfer of power from President Hamid Karzai. With Iraq wracked by insurgency, Afghanistan’s […]
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (TIP): Sri Lanka will not grant visas to UN investigators probing war crimes allegedly committed during the island’s decades-long separatist conflict, President Mahinda Rajapakse said on August 19. “We will not allow […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): As tens of thousands of protesters advanced on the Pakistani capital last week to demand his resignation, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif dispatched two emissaries to consult with the army chief. He wanted to […]
KATMANDU (TIP): Nepalese authorities said Monday they feared an outbreak of diseases as they attempt to reach thousands of people stranded by flooding that has already killed more than 100 people. The swirling floodwaters have […]
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