Kathmandu (TIP) : Six Indian pilgrims were among seven people killed when the bus they were travelling in plunged some 50 metres from a mountain road in Nepal’s Madhesh province, a media report said on […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): The owner and operator of a stricken cable car that dangled over a Pakistan ravine for more than 12 hours have been arrested after repeatedly ignoring safety warnings, police said on August 24. […]
Colombo (TIP) : Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has pledged to transform the Tamil-dominated Eastern Province, particularly the Trincomalee district, into a multifaceted hub and underscored the need to engage Indian assistance for it. Addressing […]
NAIROBI (TIP): Scores of women and girls in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region were sexually assaulted, often by multiple men alleged to be combatants, after a peace agreement last year ended the conflict there, according to […]
HARARE (TIP): Voting is still underway in Zimbabwe, where hourslong delays in distributing ballot papers forced the president to extend the general election by a day at dozens of polling stations. Some frustrated voters slept […]
TEHRAN (TIP): Seventy years after a CIA-orchestrated coup toppled Iran’s prime minister, its legacy remains both contentious and complicated for the Islamic Republic as tensions stay high with the United States. While highlighted as a […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Air defences thwarted a Ukrainian missile attack in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow and several drones were destroyed off Crimea, Russian authorities said on August 25, with no reports of damage or […]
OKUMA (TIP): The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on August 24 — a controversial step that prompted China to ban seafood […]
LONDON (TIP): UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak should have declared his wife’s stake in a company that was set to benefit from government cash, a parliamentary watchdog declared on August 24. Sunak vowed “integrity, professionalism […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): The prestigious National University of Singapore on Wednesday, August 23, appointed UK-based Indian-origin academician Jasjit Singh as a visiting faculty to conduct lectures on Sikh beliefs and raise appreciation of the Sikh way […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on August 18 said he was ready to endure imprisonment even for 1,000 years and continue to stay incarcerated for his country, according to a media […]
Kabul (TIP): Afghanistan’s Taliban government on August 17 marked the second anniversary of their return to power, with supporters celebrating as critics denounced ever-tightening restrictions on women’s rights. Flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan […]
KUALA LAMPUR (TIP): A light plane crashed into a street in Malaysia’s central Selangor state on August 17, killing eight people on board and two motorists on the ground, the local police chief said. “For […]
WAD MADANI (TIP): Fighting between two rival generals has spread to cities in war-ravaged Sudan’s south, witnesses said on August 18, raising concerns for hundreds of thousands who have fled violence in the Darfur region. […]
YELLOWKNIFE (TIP): Thousands were fleeing wildfires advancing on one of the largest cities in Canada’s far north on August 17, as convoys snaked south to safety on the only open highway and evacuation flights took […]
BEIJING (TIP): China appears to be constructing an airstrip on a disputed South China Sea island that is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan, according to satellite photos. The work on Triton island in the […]
LONDON (TIP): A British nurse was on August 18 found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to murder six others at the hospital neonatal unit where she worked with sick and premature infants. […]
NIAMEY (TIP): Violence erupted this week in a string of villages in remote southwest Niger leaving at least 28 civilians dead, sources told AFP on August 18. “For now we have recorded at least 28 […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh is struggling to deal with higher casualties and infections from dengue this year, with officials warning that the death toll this month could break records. The government’s Directorate General of Health Services […]
K2 Basecamp (Pakistan) (TIP): Gazing up from K2 Basecamp, Sajid Ali Sadpara sees Earth’s second-highest mountain, his father’s final resting place, and a blight of litter on the furthest reaches of the natural world. Sajid […]
Kathmandu (TIP): A 16-year-old girl from Nepal has died after being banished to a ‘period hut’- the latest victim of an ancient ritual that still persists in the country- reports The Guardian. Anita Chand, from […]
VIENNA (TIP): At least 385 Ukrainian children deported to Russia have been returned home, an Austria-based international charity involved in some of the repatriations confirmed on August 11. According to Kyiv, more than 19,000 Ukrainian […]
NIAMEY (TIP): Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger’s flailing democracy. The ECOWAS bloc said on August 10 […]
COPENHAGEN (TIP): More evacuations were being considered on August 11 in southeastern Norway, where the level of water in swollen rivers and lakes continued to grow after days of torrential rain. Huge amounts of water, […]
VIENNA (TIP): At least 385 Ukrainian children deported to Russia have been returned home, an Austria-based international charity involved in some of the repatriations confirmed on August 11. According to Kyiv, more than 19,000 Ukrainian […]
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