ISLAMABAD (TIP): Republican Donald Trump’s election as US President has come as cold comfort for Pakistan where many believe that he would further precipitate American tilt towards India. His anti-Muslim rhetoric and business ties to […]
London/New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) Websites of seven Indian missions in Europe and Africa were hacked today with the External Affairs Ministry saying it was aware of the “problem” and was trying to fix it. […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh has arrested more than 900 fishermen and deployed the army to patrol its waterways after introducing a temporary ban on catching hilsa in an effort to save the hugely popular fish. Some […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif submitted a written statement to the Supreme Court during a hearing of the Panama Papers case petitions on Nov 3 in which he denied holding any offshore companies. […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal has successfully drained part of a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, averting risk of a disastrous flood that could have threatened thousands of lives, officials said on Nov 1. Scientists say […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In the wake of heightened tensions, Pakistan is likely to skip the largest global anti-tobacco conference to be held in India next week. The seventh Conference of Parties (COP) to the WHO […]
“India has to recognize that whether in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or Nepal, the essential political thrust of Chinese economic support is to prop up regimes that are given to being anti-Indian. It is noteworthy that […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): As India-Pakistan ties face an uncertain future in the wake of the Uri terror attack and retaliatory surgical strikes by India, Pakistan has decided against sending its representative to the Asian Ministerial […]
KABUL (TIP): Taliban insurgents on Oct 26 killed 26 Afghan civilians after abducting them in the remote central province of Ghor the previous day, officials said, the latest brutal attack targeting the local population on […]
YANGON (TIP): The death toll from a ferry disaster on a river in central Myanmar four days ago has risen to nearly 50, officials said on Oct 26, with most of the deceased identified as […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal will allow its nationals to go to war-torn Afghanistan for work, a labour ministry official said on Oct 27, ending an almost four-month ban imposed after 13 Nepali security guards were killed […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A Pakistan trade body has announced that it would consider suspending trade with India if the current hostile situation did not improve soon, a media report said on Oct 28. The Federation of […]
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 […]
BEIJING (TIP): In an interesting move, China is displaying a nuclear powered attack submarine to the public to boosts the people’s confidence in the country’s growing naval power. This is part of efforts by 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 […]
LONDON (TIP): Hailing the contribution of British-Indians, Prime Minister Theresa May has said she would highlight their success during her first official visit to India next month. May praised British-Indians in her message at the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Economists and senators warned that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s cheeky “goodbye” to the US was not the smartest move in a country where more than a million of service jobs are tied […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a tit-for-tat move, Pakistan on October 27 declared Indian high commission official Surjeet Singh as “persona non-grata” and asked him to leave the country in next 48 hours. “The foreign secretary […]
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 […]
Amid growing strain in relations, India and Pakistan today declared a staffer each at their High Commissions in New Delhi and Islamabad persona non-grata and sought their recall in tit-for-tat action after Indian police busted […]
“Sharif’s relations with the army have been no less tumultuous in his third term. Like in the case of his appointment of Musharraf, Sharif erred in this third term by his appointment of Gen Raheel […]
Islamabad, Oct 24 (TIP) : Pakistani authorities have frozen multiple bank accounts of suspects whose names were listed in the Fourth Schedule under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. These accounts carried net amount worth over Rs 400 million, revealed […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pentagon chief Ashton Carter on Oct 20 decried North Korea’s latest missile test+ and again vowed an “overwhelming” response if Pyongyang were ever to launch a nuclear weapon. North Korea on Oct 20 […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): France warned Britain at the start of a European Union summit on Oct 20 that it would face a tough, unyielding opponent if it sought too many concessions during its negotiations to leave […]
BEIJING (TIP): China will deploy world’s largest outdoor air purifier designed by a Dutch engineer in its smog- hit capital Beijing, as the thick heavily-polluted haze returned to haunt the city, driving people indoors. The […]
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