Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is seen singing “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess during the 16th Annual Great Lawn Summer Concert held Wednesday night, July 30, on the Queens campus of St. John’s University. The […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Thursday to destroy Hamas’ tunnel network designed for deadly attacks inside Israel “with or without a ceasefire,” as the Palestinian death toll soared past 1,400 — […]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (TIP): A series of underground gas explosions killed 20 people and injured 270 others late Thursday in Taiwan’s second-largest city, authorities said. The National Fire Agency said five firefighters were among the dead. […]
FREETOWN (TIP): Sierra Leone declared a health emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims on Thursday, joining neighbouring Liberia in imposing tough controls as the death toll from the worstever outbreak of the […]
BEIJING (TIP): The head of a China’s largest mosque was murdered after conducting morning prayers, the local government in the far western region of Xinjiang said Thursday, amid intensifying violence in the turbulent region. Jume […]
Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) honored the President and Board of Directors of the Gujarati Samaj of New York on the organization’s 40th anniversary, for their nearly half century of service to the community. Since […]
SAAZ Enterprises ( Indu Gajwani and Rita Shah) organized a memorable musical concert Ek Sham Rafi-Kishore ke Nam on July 27th, 2014 in Flushing. The 4 hour musical bonanza cast spell on the audience who […]
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz joined the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers on Friday, July 18, on a boat tour of the Bay to observe the restoration projects taking place on the marsh lands in the areas […]
Creating Sikh American history, SALDEF’s SikhLEAD held the first-ever Langar on Capitol Hill, introducing Congressional leaders, colleagues and neighbors to a Sikh American way of life. Reflecting the values of langar, all faiths and races […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A Pakistani mob killed a woman member of a religious sect and two of her granddaughters after a sect member was accused of posting blasphemous material on Facebook, police said on Monday, the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistan government on Friday handed over federal capital Islamabad’s security to the army for three months. The move is seen in light of opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s call for […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Earthquakes of magnitude 6.2 and 6.1 struck Myanmar and Andaman islands on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. No Tsunami warning was issued after the Andaman quake, an official at the […]
NEW DELHI: Seeking a strong support from India, Nepal today said it is looking forward to the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as both the countries can work together to enhance trade and economic […]
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): A suicide attacker killed a cousin of outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai near the volatile southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, officials said, raising tensions during a struggle over the contested election […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to climb seven highest peaks in seven continents in under eight months, media reported on Sunday. Baig, 23, has completed the challenge of climbing seven of […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka’s president decided to stay away from the Commonwealth Games despite being chair of the bloc because Colombo was unhappy with Britain’s security arrangements, a minister said on July 31.Information minister Keheliya […]
KIEV (TIP): Ukraine’s prime minister tendered his resignation on July 24, berating parliament for failing to pass legislation to take control over the country’s increasingly precarious energy situation and to increase army financing. Earlier on […]
Why does war keep breaking out in Gaza? Under the 1993 Oslo Accords between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel, a Palestinian National Authority (PNA) was set up to govern Palestinian areas of West […]
BENGHAZI (TIP): At least nine people were killed and 19 wounded, mostly civilians, in heavy clashes overnight in Benghazi as government forces tried to oust Islamist militants holed up in Libya’s eastern port city, medical […]
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): The black boxes recovered from the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine will be sent to British aviation investigators for analysis, Malaysia has said. The decision by the Dutch-led […]
YANGON (TIP): Myanmar’s opposition has gathered millions of signatures in support of changes to a constitution that bars its leader Aung San SuuKyi from becoming president, in a show of political strength ahead of elections […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Even as Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif reached out to his counterpart Narendra Modi by dispatching gifts for the Indian PM’s mother, Pakistani media reported that he was “not too happy” with the […]
KABUL (TIP): At least eight civilians died and 28 were injured on July 24 when a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in a market in northern Afghanistan, an official said. The bomb, activated by […]
DHAKA (TIP): A Pakistani national was detained at the Shahjalal International Airport on July 20 for carrying a large sum of Indian currency. The airport officials said Abdur Rahim,35, came to Bangladesh on a Qatar […]
KARACHI (TIP): Five infants died in a hospital in Pakistan’s largest city allegedly due to medical negligence after a power cut stopped the oxygen supply to the incubators. According to sources, the five children were […]
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