SEOUL (TIP): North Korea conducted a fifth nuclear test on sept 8, an underground blast that Seoul quickly labelled its “most powerful to date”. Here are some key questions around the blast and the isolated […]
BEIJING (TIP): Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed on Monday to cooperate in world oil markets, saying they will not act immediately but could limit output in the future, sending prices higher on hopes the two […]
A six-year-old Indian girl has won praise for her brave attempt at stopping an axe-wielding robber, who attacked an employee at her father’s store in New Zealand in a burglary. Sarah Patel was captured on […]
NEW DELHI — Bangladeshi authorities executed a top Islamist party leader convicted of war crimes involving the nation’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan, AP reports. Mir Quasem Ali, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called Barack Obama a “son of a whore” on Monday, September 5, as he vowed not to be lectured by the US leader on human rights when they meet in Laos, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A recent Congressional report has revealed that US security assistance to Pakistan has declined by nearly 73% since 2011, after the country’s ties turned sour with Pakistan. The capping on US’ security assistance […]
BEIJING (TIP): China is developing a new long-range bomber, the head of the Chinese air force was quoted as saying in state media on Friday, the latest move in its ambitious military modernisation programme. China […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): At least 12 people were killed and 52 wounded when two bomb blasts were detonated outside a district court in northwestern Pakistan on September 2, a rescue official said. “So far we recovered […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The Maldives announced on September 1 it is seeking former president Mohamed Nasheed’s arrest for failing to return to the troubled archipelago to complete a prison sentence after receiving medical treatment in Britain. […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh’s top court on August 31 rejected a final appeal by the leader of an Islamist party against a death sentence over atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was among eight persons against whom the Sri Lankan graft commission filed a corruption case on for causing a loss of nearly US$ 75 million to […]
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Malaysia on September 1 reported its first suspected case of Zika, a 58-year-old woman believed to have contracted it in neighbouring Singapore where more than 100 cases have been confirmed. The Malaysian […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka’s new draft Constitution could be presented in Parliament before the next budget which would be announced by mid-November this year, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said while hoping that it will […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Companies building a multi-billion dollar bridge to link the Russian mainland with annexed Crimea, a project close to the heart President Vladimir Putin, were targeted by the United States in an updated sanctions […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Calling China the “worst abuser” and “currency manipulator”, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump warned that if elected+ , he will identify all countries violating trade agreements and take serious actions against them. The […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India is ready to hold talks with Pakistan only on the issue of terrorism emanating from the territory of the neighbouring country and affecting the entire region. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on […]
BEIJING (TIP): China’s defence ministry said on Thursday that it hoped India could put more efforts into regional peace and stability rather than the opposite, in response to Indian plans to put advanced cruise missiles+ […]
A group of 72 American lawmakers have asked US President Barack Obama to publicly support the right of the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet and call for an immediate and unconditional release of all […]
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: A recent Congressional report has revealed that US security assistance to Pakistan has declined by nearly 73% since 2011, after the country’s ties turned sour with Pakistan. The capping on US’ security assistance was initiated […]
Twelve people were killed in an attack on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, a spokesman for the Chief of Kabul Police told CNN on Thursday, August 25. Seven students, three policemen and two […]
BALOCHISTAN: Pro-India protests have been staged by residents of Balochistan, condemning cases filed by Pakistan government against three Baloch leaders who praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s August 15 Independence Day speech. Cases have been filed against […]
DALLAS (TIP): Completed in December, the 430m-long bridge cost$3.4m (£2.6m) to build and stands 300m above ground, state news agency Xinhua reported. It has been paved with 99 panes of three-layered transparent glass. And according […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s minister for planning, reforms and development Ahsan Iqbal has said that those protesting against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor+ (CPEC) will be charged under anti-terrorism laws. Quoting minister Ahsan Iqbal, Gilgit-Baltistan National Congress […]
KATHMANDU, NEPAL: An overcrowded bus veered off a mountain highway in Nepal on Monday, killing at least 33 people and injuring 28 others in one of the country’s deadliest bus crashes in recent years. Injured […]
DHAKA (TIP): In a relief to Bangladesh’s former premier and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, a court today granted her bail in nine cases, including one for sedition and others for a deadly transport blockade. Metropolitan […]
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