US President Barack Obama will address the UN General Assembly for the eighth and last time on Tuesday during which he will review some of the trends that have been shaping the international order for […]
Washington, Sep 17 (TIP) The US is closely monitoring the current situation in Karachi, where political party MQM is facing a crackdown after its former self-exiled leader Altaf Hussain in London delivered an anti-Pakistan speech […]
Houston, Sep 16 (PTI) Three South Asian-Americans are among the five 2016-2017 fellows chosen by the Asian Pacific American Institute of Congressional Studies (APAIC) and will serve the US Congress. According to a release, the […]
Peshawar, Sep 16 (PTI) At least 28 people, including five children, were killed and 30 others injured when a Taliban suicide bomber shouting Allahu Akbar blew himself up inside a mosque packed with worshippers for […]
YANGON (TIP): Myanmar cheered a US promise to end sanctions on Sept 16, with residents in its commercial capital clamouring for American brands while politicians and business moguls heralded a new era of transparency and […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Even as North Korea an nounced the success of its fifth and largest nuclear test, a different kind of movement is shaping up in South Korea. A Gandhiji-inspired peace initiative backed by […]
BERLIN (TIP): Germany has temporarily closed its embassy, all other consular offices and a school in Turkey, reportedly due to fears of a possible attack. Germany’s Bild newspaper reported today that the move was taken […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The first democratically elected president of the Maldives said from exile in Britain that he has an agreement with the country’s former strongman to counter the current president, who is increasing his stranglehold […]
DENPASAR, INDONESIA (TIP): An explosion on a speedboat in Bali left two foreigners dead and 18 other tourists injured on September 15, sparking dramatic scenes as rescuers rushed to haul stunned and bloodied holidaymakers off […]
NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU (TIP): India is likely to offer Nepal’s new prime minister help building an east-west railway line and better access to its ports on his first visit this week, as it tries to regain […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will hold consultations with Hurriyat and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) leaders on Sept 16 before leaving for the US to address the UN General Assembly, where he is likely to raise […]
DHAKA (TIP): Large-scale animal sacrifices marking the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha combined with heavy rains have turned the streets of Bangladesh’s capital into rivers of blood. Authorities in Dhaka designated several places in the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): In a move that will no doubt annoy Pakistan, Geo News reported late yesterday that Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti, currently in exile in Switzerland, is set to get Indian citizenship after long negotiations […]
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 […]
RIYADH (TIP): Simon Collis, Britain’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has performed Haj after recently converting to Islam, it was reported on September 14. The diplomat was pictured with his wife in the traditional white garments […]
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 […]
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): A piece of aircraft wreckage+ found in June off Tanzania has been confirmed as coming from the doomed airliner MH370+ , Malaysia said on September 15. The debris, found on Pemba Island […]
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 […]
BEIJING (TIP): China has launched its second space station in a sign of the growing sophistication of its military-backed program that intends to send a mission to Mars in the coming years. The Tiangong 2 […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain’s Prince Charles was reportedly involved in a car crash with a deer on his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s estate in Scotland, a media report said on September 156. The 67-year-old heir to […]
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 […]
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said it is “high time” for the reform of Security Council for making it more “democratic and representative” as he appealed the member states to pay heed to the rapidly […]
US-based experts said that China and Pakistan are ‘passive enablers’ of the North Korean nuclear program and may face some secondary sanctions for violating UN approved sanction. Scott Snyder, senior fellow at the Council for […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama announced that US economic sanctions against Myanmar will be lifted, and trade preferences reinstated to provide duty-free treatment for goods from the Asian nation. The September 14 meeting in Washington […]
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