LONDON (TIP): British Airways has signed a revenue-sharing agreement with Qatar Airways, allowing the pair to co-operate on scheduling and pricing, BA’s owner IAG said in a statement on Sept 28. State-owned Qatar Airways owns […]
BERLIN (TIP): Germany’s second largest lender Commerzbank said on Thursday it plans to cut 9,600 jobs, nearly a fifth of its workforce, by 2020 and withhold dividends to pay for a 1.1-billion-euro restructuring. The Frankfurt-based […]
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 […]
SEOUL (TIP): South Korea on sept 30 formally announced a new location for deploying a North Korea-focused US anti-missile defence system, after vocal protests from local residents over potential health and environmental hazards. Seoul and […]
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (TIP): Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from a launcher brought into Ukraine+ from Russia+ and located in a village held by pro-Russian rebels, international prosecutors said on […]
BEIJING (TIP): China on Sept 29 warned Japan against “playing with fire” in the contested waters of the South China Sea, after Tokyo announced it may patrol alongside the US in the region. China also […]
BEIJING (TIP): China will make countering the Dalai Lama’s influence the “highest priority” in its work on ethnic affairs in Tibet, the region’s Communist Party boss has said, vowing to uproot the monk’s “separatist and […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Following Indian claims of “surgical strikes” at the terror launch pads in Pakistani Kashmir, Pakistan opposition party leader Imran Khan said he will show his Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif how to react to […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistan Army on Sept 29 denied the Indian Army’s claim of surgical strikes across the LoC, saying it forcefully responded to “cross-border fire” in which “two Pakistani soldiers were killed and nine […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Bangladesh was the first neighbouring country to accept that India had “all legal and globally accepted right” to respond to any attack on her sovereignty, even as the United Nations urged India […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Apart from India, Bangladesh and Bhutan have also pulled out of the Saarc Summit in Islamabad in November, saying the environment is not right for the successful holding of the meet. The […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has expressed concern over the possibility of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons falling into the hands of jihadists, which she said was “a threatening scenario”, according to a media report. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama will join other world leaders in attending the funeral of Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, the White House said sept 28. Obama, […]
SAN DIEGO (TIP): Defence secretary Ash Carter said on sept 29 the US will “sharpen our military edge” in Asia and the Pacific in order to remain a dominant power in a region feeling the […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): Panic gripped the border belt of Amritsar district sharing boundaries with Pakistan following the evacuation orders announced through public address system on September 29. KEY NUMBERS 38: Estimated number of terrorists killed in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Mounting a swift counter-terror operation across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army announced, September 29 that it had neutralized terrorists waiting to infiltrate. The brave military man […]
In a direct action on rising terror attacks launched from Pakistan into Indian Kashmir, The army has carried out surgical strikes in Pakistan occupied Kashmir to prevent Pakistani terrorists who had “positioned themselves at launch […]
New York: An online White House petition asking for Pakistan to be declared as a state sponsor of terrorism has crossed 100,000 signatures, thus qualifying to get a response from the Obama administration. Launched by […]
TORONTO: Three Sikh truck drivers have been ordered to wear hard hats at work by a Canadian court which ruled that no exception can be made for them as the men lost a 10-year-long legal […]
UNITED NATIONS: Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, speaking at the 71st United Nations General Assembly, said on Monday that it was time to identify nations who nurture, peddle and export terrorism and isolate […]
Pakistan-born actor Marc Anwar is the latest to join the India-Pakistan tug of war. Unfortunately for him, he has been sacked from British TV show Coronation Street after posting racially offensive tweets against India. The […]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday demanded isolation for the supporters of terrorism. While addressing the 71st session of UN General Assembly In New York, Swaraj Said ” We all have to come together […]
Suspect in New York and New Jersey bombings spent three weeks in 2011 at Kaan Kuwa Naqshbandi madrassa, source says, amid questions of terrorism links Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man suspected of placing bombs in […]
“Blood and water cannot flow together,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he chaired a review meeting of 56-year-old Indus Water Treaty during which it was decided that India will “exploit to the […]
In a major boost to the Indian Air Force, India has signed a formal agreement with France to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets for $8.7bn, in a major defense deal. The deal was signed by […]
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