Apensioner who trafficked a 10-year-old deaf and mute girl into Britain, keeping her in his cellar to claim benefits, was convicted on October 15 of repeatedly raping her. Ilyas Ashar, 84, was found guilty of […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The UN security council voted unanimously on October 10 to extend the mandate of the Nato-led force in Afghanistan for the last time before it hands over total responsibility for security to […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Afghan Taliban on October 9 claimed their former deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has not been freed by authorities, prompting a denial from Pakistani officials who said he was free to […]
DHAKA (TIP): A fire on October 08, at a garment factory outside Bangladesh’s capital has killed at least nine people, an official said. Fire official Zafar Ahmed said nine bodies were found inside the fourstorey […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): A Nepalese constituent assembly election contestant died on Thursday a week after he was shot at in southern Nepal district of Bara adjoining Bihar. A pillion rider on a motorcycle with an Indian […]
DHAKA (TIP): A special Bangladesh tribunal has found a senior member of the opposition guilty of crimes against humanity stemming from the nation’s 1971 independence war and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The prosecution says […]
MALE (TIP): The Maldives will hold a new presidential election on October 19, the election commission announced on October 09, after the Supreme Court annulled a September 7 poll citing voter fraud. International election observers, […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Edward Snowden who had not been in news for quite some time, burst back into the limelight Thursday, October 10 after four whistleblowing advocates from the United States reported meeting him to give […]
BEIJING (TIP): A 26-year-old mistress has put up videos and photographs of her paramour, a senior Chinese official, now sacked and facing official investigation. This is part of a rising trend of official probes spurred […]
BEIRUT (TIP): International inspectors have so far visited three sites linked to Syria’s chemical weapons program, a spokesman said on Thursday, as the team races to destroy the country’s stockpile and delivery systems amid a […]
BEIJING (TIP): About 250,000 Chinese journalists will be given on-the-job training under a specially designed program by the government’s media agency, which also implements laws on censoring and “guiding” the media. The move suggests greater […]
Britain has decided to revive the bridge of diplomacy with Iran. The foreign secretaries of Britain and Iran have reached a consensus to appoint their respective non-resident charge d’affaires tasked with implementing the building of […]
PARACHINAR (TIP): A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into the compound of a rival militant commander in northwest Pakistan on October 3, killing 15 people, a government official said. The commander, Nabi […]
KABUL (TIP): A former Islamist warlord who is said to be responsible for bringing al-Qaida to Afghanistan and who trained the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, announced he was running for president on October 3, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): It’s been a year since YouTube was banned in Pakistan last September. But that’s not a stray case of online censorship in the strife-torn country. Activists say that several other websites such […]
KATHMANDU: Two people, including a Chinese tourist, were killed on Thursday when an ultra-light aircraft crashed in bad weather in Nepal’s resort town of Pokhara. Pilot Stephen Shrestha and a Chinese national died when the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A Pakistani passport is among the worst to travel on as the country’s citizens can only enter 32 countries without a visa, according to a survey. Pakistan shared its ranking with Somalia in […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia on October 3 evacuated all of its diplomats and their families from Libya, the day after a mob attack on the Russian embassy, and issued a warning to its citizens against visiting […]
LONDON (TIP): A new sword belonging to Tipu Sultan has been discovered. Decorated with Tipu’s personal emblem, the bubri or tigerstripe motif, the sword will be sold by Sotheby’s in London on October 9. This […]
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who took on the Taliban , and Russian human rights activists are seen as top contenders for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the International Peace Research Institute said. Sister Mary […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Robot brain! An Indian-origin scientist in US has developed a new feedback system that allows robots to operate with minimal supervision and could eventually lead to autonomous machines. The system may lead to […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): The Asian Indian Chamber of Commerce hosted its first Franchise Seminar and Show September 22 at the New Jersey Convention & Expo Center in Edison, NJ. Several franchise companies specializing in food, […]
SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN (TIP): Yielding to the hypnotic beat of drums and the intoxicating scent of incense, the woman danced herself into a state of trance, laughing and shaking uncontrollably alongside hundreds of others at […]
LONDON (TIP): Interpol on Thursday issued an international wanted people alert known as the Red Notice for the arrest of British motherof- three Samantha Lewthwaite for her role in the recent terrorist attack in Nairobi. […]
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (TIP): Two leading rights groups said Sudanese police killed at least 50 people this week, often “shooting to kill” when they moved to quell angry protests over the government’s cut of fuel subsidies. […]
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