PESHAWAR, Pakistan (TIP): Gunmen stormed a school in Pakistan’s volatile northwest on May 4, killing seven teachers and gunning down another teacher from the school in a separate attack. Earlier in the day, a shootout […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): At least six people, including two women, have gone missing in Nepal while picking up a precious Himalayan herb meant for vitality, as avalanches struck two remote mountainous regions of the country, police […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Myanmar’s ruling military council on May 3 said it was releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian gesture. Thousands more remain imprisoned on charges generally involving nonviolent protests or criticism of […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari left for India on May 4 to attend a key multilateral meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation scheduled to take place in Goa on May 4 and […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): At least six people, including two women, have gone missing in Nepal while picking up a precious Himalayan herb meant for vitality, as avalanches struck two remote mountainous regions of the country, police […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The Sri Lanka Navy said on April 12 that it has joined the Kankesanthurai harbour facility expansion to aid the passenger ferry service project between the island nation and India, set to start […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on April 11 killed as many as 100 people, including many children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule, said a witness, a member of […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A roadside bomb exploded in northwest Pakistan, killing two soldiers who were traveling in their vehicle, the military said. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan gave a […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): A Pakistani soldier was killed and eight terrorists were eliminated during an overnight raid at a militant hideout in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military has said. According to a statement issued […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal on April 3 confirmed the detection of a new Omicron variant of COVID-19 identified as “XBB1.16” and said that at least 10 out of 24 latest samples of patients across the country […]
DHAKA (TIP): A massive fire partly destroyed one of the biggest clothing markets here in the Bangladesh capital on April 4, injuring eight people, including two fire personnel. The fire broke out at the Bangabazar […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has convened a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) for April 7, amid the widening chasm between the judiciary and the federal government over holding polls in […]
KABUL (TIP): A suicide attack on March 27 near Afghanistan’s foreign ministry killed six civilians and wounded several others, the interior ministry said. Security has dramatically improved since the Taliban stormed back to power in […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ruled out any talks between the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan unless the former premier admits his wrongdoings and issues a public apology. While addressing […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The much-delayed passenger ferry service between Sri Lanka and India is set to start by the end of April, Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said on March 26. “On April 29, […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): A major tragedy was averted on March 25 when an Air India and a Nepal Airlines aircraft came close to collision mid-air but the warning systems alerted the pilots whose timely action prevented […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): With the ongoing Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) presidency, India has been hosting various meetings and also inviting all members, including Pakistan. However, Pakistan has skipped these meetings, barring once which it attended […]
KABUL (TIP): In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran under the watchful eye of a religious scholar. The number of Islamic schools […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka’s crisis-hit economy shrank a record 7.8 percent last year as long blackouts and critical fuel shortages put a chokehold on local commerce, official data showed March 16. An unprecedented economic crisis […]
LAHORE (TIP): Observing that the recent pitched battles between the security personnel and defiant supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan in Lahore have “tarnished the image of Pakistan across the world”, a top court […]
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP):: Malaysia’s former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was charged March 10 with abusing his power to obtain bribes and money laundering linked to the alleged misuse of a Covid economic recovery fund. Muhyiddin […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka voiced hope on March 8 that a long-awaited IMF bailout would be finalised soon and help unfreeze billions of dollars in foreign aid for projects suspended since last year. Government spokesman […]
QUETTA (TIP): A suicide bomber killed nine police officers and wounded 16 others March 7 in an attack on their truck in southwestern Pakistan, officials said. Security forces have been battling a years-long insurgency by […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): With the crucial presidential election in Nepal just nine days away, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda will seek a vote of confidence and reshuffle his Cabinet only after the polls, a media […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The cash-strapped Pakistan government surrendered to another IMF demand when it imposed a surcharge of up to Rs 3.23 per unit on electricity consumers across the country with effect from July 1, according […]
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