WASHINGTON (TIP): In the summer of 2015, armed US drones over eastern Syria stalked Junaid Hussain, an influential hacker and recruiter for the Islamic State. For weeks, Hussain was careful to keep his young stepson […]
SANAA, YEMEN (TIP): Amid more clashes on Nov 17 in Yemen, the country’s Shiite rebels confirmed their endorsement a US-brokered cease-fire deal previously announced by US Secretary of State John Kerry. However, the backing of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Pentagon said that US air strikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State group may have killed 119 civilians since 2014, a figure far lower than casualty estimates by monitoring groups. […]
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (TIP): Siite rebels in Yemen fired a ballistic missile toward the holy Muslim city of Mecca overnight, Saudi Arabia said Friday, the insurgents’ deepest strike yet into the kingdom amid the […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): Britain said on Oct 26 it will send fighter jets to Romania next year and the United States promised troops, tanks and artillery to Poland in Nato’s biggest military build-up on Russia’s borders […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): A stone slab that many Christians believe once held the body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion has been unveiled for the first time in centuries. National Geographic, which was filming the restoration […]
PARIS (TI): Iraqi forces are “advancing faster than expected” in a major offensive to recapture Mosul from Islamic State jihadists, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Oct 20. “We are advancing faster than we […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia’s defence minister said Oct 20 that Moscow was extending a “humanitarian pause” in Aleppo scheduled to end at 1600 GMT by a further day. On the order of President Vladimir Putin, “a […]
KHAZER (TIP): Iraqi special forces joined the Mosul offensive on Oct 20 with a pre-dawn advance on a nearby town held by the Islamic State group, encountering heavy fire. Major general Maan al-Saadi said the […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia on Oct 13 said it was ready to guarantee safe passage for rebels to quit eastern Aleppo with their weapons, amid fierce Western criticism of its bombing campaign. “We are ready to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State in northern Iraq last week shot down a small drone the size of a model airplane. They believed it was like the dozens of drones the terrorist […]
Harrowing pictures of a one-month-old baby said to have been pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Idlib, northern Syria, was uploaded online on Friday. A member of Syrian Civil Defence team, […]
New Delhi, Sep 2: In what can be seen as a bid to strengthen ties with the Gulf region that is home to a large population of expatriates, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed […]
RIYADH (TIP): Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry condemned the passage of a US law that would allow families of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue the kingdom for damages, calling it a matter […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The growing threat from Islamic State and its spread has made the BRICS to work. The member nations have decided to pool in efforts to counter terrorism and violent extremism sprouting from […]
ROME (TIP): Some 235,000 migrants in Libya are ready to make the dangerous Mediterranean crossing to Italy as soon as the opportunity arises, UN envoy Martin Kobler said in an interview published September 15. According […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): The world’s oldest man turned 113 on sept 15 and the Holocaust survivor living in Israel readied for the Bar Mitzvah he was denied a century ago, his family said. Yisrael Kristal, an […]
MOSCOW (TIP): The Russian Defence Ministry said on Sept 15 it had recorded 45 violations of a ceasefire agreement in Syria in the last 24 hours. The ministry said Russian and Syrian forces had stopped […]
Russia has accused the United States of failing to fulfil its obligations under the truce agreement in Syria. A Russian defense ministry statement said Washington was using a “verbal curtain” to hide its reluctance to […]
Russia and the US have agreed to co-ordinate air strikes against Islamist militants in Syria, part of a detailed agreement to reduce the violence there. The plan will begin with a “cessation of hostilities” from […]
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 […]
ISTANBUL (TIP): Washington and Ankara are ready to work together to push Islamic State jihadists out of their de facto capital of Raqa in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in comments published […]
MOSCOW/DUBAI (TIP): Saudi Arabia is sending signals that it could boost its crude oil supplies in August to a new record level, overtaking Russia, the world’s top oil producer, as it gets ready for tough […]
MOGADISHU (TIP): At least seven people were killed in a bomb and gun attack on a beach restaurant in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu, police said on August 25.Shabaab jihadists attacked the Banadir Beach Restaurant in […]
DUBAI: An Indian businessman here has announced a cash prize of Rs. 50 lakh for India’s silver-medalist ace shuttler P V Sindhu and Rs. 25 lakh for wrestler Sakshi Malik for winning the bronze medal […]
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