OTTAWA (TIP): An Air Canada flight coming from St John’s city on Newfoundland Island had a rough landing at the Halifax airport in Goffs in Nova Scotia province that saw the aircraft skid down the […]
MUAN (TIP): Flags flew at half-mast on December 30 as South Korea mourned 179 people killed in the worst plane crash on its soil, as investigators probe why the Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst […]
2024 turned out to be a tumultuous year for Canada. Nothing went right. Acknowledged as one of the best countries to live in, Canada slid into one of the worst years in recent history. Its […]
It was in July 2009. Dr Manmohan Singh, the then Prime Minister of India, had come to Jalalabad in Ferozepur district, on an electioneering campaign. I was assigned to cover his rally. Since I had […]
Herb Dhaliwal, the first MP of Indian descent to become a federal minister in Canada, was joined by some of his contemporaries in eulogizing India’s one of tallest Prime Ministers, Dr Manmohan Singh, who left […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TIP): Sri Lanka’s navy rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who were found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation, a navy spokesman said on December […]
KABUL (TIP): Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed 52 people and injured 65, the Taliban government spokesmen said on December 19. The accidents happened […]
Lahore (TIP): A Pakistani court on December 17 extended the interim bail of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the second Toshakhana case until January 7. While the 72-year-old […]
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh is not going to become another Iran or Afghanistan, as far as the rights of women are concerned. Nevertheless, it’s women who are bearing the brunt of the recent political upheaval in […]
AVIGNON, France (TIP): A court in France on December 19 sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to a maximum 20 years of imprisonment for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her […]
Rafah (TIP): A new report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on December 19 noted that “repeated Israeli military attacks on Palestinian civilians over the last 14 months, the dismantling of the health care system and […]
MAGDEBURG (TIP): A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on December 20, killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities […]
MOSCOW (TIP): President Vladimir Putin boasted that his military operation in Ukraine has strengthened Russia and denied that the ouster of key ally Bashar Assad in Syria had hurt Moscow’s prestige, as he took questions […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The US Department of Defence, in its latest report, said that China has improved its training and infrastructure along the Line of Actual Control aimed at long-term sustenance of the troops along […]
ABUJA (TIP): Several children have died during a stampede on December 18 at a holiday funfair in southwestern Nigeria, authorities said. The incident happened at the Islamic High School in Basorun, Oyo State, near the […]
OTTAWA (TIP): With the induction of Brampton MP Ruby Sahota, the number of South Asians in the 38-member Cabinet of Justin Trudeau has gone up to six. She will be the Minister for Democratic Institutions […]
Islamabad (TIP): A Pakistani court indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on fresh charges of illegally selling state gifts on December 12, local broadcaster Geo reported. The indictment was the latest […]
Kolkata (TIP): Bangladesh has summoned Shikder Mohammad Ashrafur Rahman, the Acting Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata, for urgent consultations following protests over attacks on Hindu minorities. Rahman, who is also Minister – Political Affairs, stationed […]
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh’s deposed premier Sheikh Hasina has launched a fierce attack on the interim administration, accusing its Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus of running a “fascist regime” that allows terrorists and fundamentalists to act without […]
Khan Younis (TIP): Gaza’s civil defence agency said December 11 that an overnight Israeli air strike in the northern part of the Palestinian territory killed at least 22 people, including women and children. “At least […]
Kabul (TIP): The Afghan Taliban’s acting minister for refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani — the brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of insurgent group Haqqani network — and six other people were killed in an explosion […]
Tehran (TIP): Iran introduces stricter penalties for persons defying compulsory morality laws. The 74-article law titled ‘Protection of the Family through the Promotion of the Culture of Chastity and Hijab’ imposes severe penalties including fines […]
SEOUL (TIP): South Korea’s president defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges, vowing December 12 to “fight to the end” in the face of attempts to impeach him […]
PARIS (TIP): An Iranian singer was December 12 hailed as a hero by supporters but faced prosecution from the judiciary after giving an online concert not wearing the hijab in defiance of the dress code. […]
DAMASCUS (TIP): Syria’s interim government vowed on December 12 to institute the “rule of law” after years of abuses under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, as G7 powers pushed for an inclusive transition. Assad fled Syria […]
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