SINGAPORE (TIP): An Indian-origin police officer went on trial in Singapore on July 20 for his role in the death of a maid from Myanmar for which his former wife and mother-in-law are already serving […]
Colombo (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe had wide-ranging bilateral discussions which include an oil pipeline, ferry connectivity, UPI, trade-in rupee, a possible land route and increased air connectivity, amongst […]
KYIV (TIP): Russia followed its withdrawal from a grain export deal by expanding its attacks from port infrastructure to farm storage buildings in Ukraine’s Odesa region on July 21, while also practising a Black Sea […]
GENEVA (TIP): Swiss authorities have temporarily shut the airspace over a small part of southwestern Switzerland because recreational gliders have endangered the work of emergency teams battling a persistent forest fire in the area. The […]
SEOUL (TIP): One person was killed and three more wounded when a man went on a “stabbing rampage” near a subway station in the South Korean capital Seoul on July 21, police told AFP. The […]
BAGHDAD (TIP): Muslim-majority nations expressed outrage July 21 at the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. Some prepared for street demonstrations following midday prayers to show their anger. In Iran, Iraq and […]
PARIS (TIP): A man dubbed the “Geneva patient” is the latest person with HIV to be declared in long-term remission — however he did not receive a transplant with a virus-blocking gene mutation like previous […]
TORONTO (TIP): Canadian police have arrested 15 Indian-origin men for allegedly running a major organised cargo theft ring, and property worth more than 9 million dollars was recovered along with stolen goods. A joint task […]
LONDON (TIP): Two Indian-origin brothers and an accomplice have been jailed for a total of over 45 years for kidnapping a businessman in Wolverhampton City Centre in the West Midlands region of England. Baljit Baghral, […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Sita Dahal, wife of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, passed on July 12 after suffering from a rare neurological condition for a long time. She was 69. Sita, who has been ill […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The International Monetary Fund on July 12 approved a much-awaited $3 billion bailout for Pakistan, the global lender said, a move that’s likely to save the nation from defaulting on its debt repayments. […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Thai lawmakers are gathering on July 13 to select a new prime minister, a process whose outcome is far from certain even though the country’s most progressive party won both the popular vote […]
TALLINN (TIP): Russian lawmakers on July 13 approved a toughened version of a bill that outlaws gender transitioning procedures, with added clauses that annul marriages in which one person has “changed gender” and bar transgender […]
JAKARTA (TIP): China’s top diplomat said on July 13 Beijing would strengthen ties with Russia in areas of strategic communication and coordination, as the allies’ contacts grow closer after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year. […]
LONDON (TIP): The British government offered millions of public sector workers pay raises on July 13 in a bid to end an array of strikes, including a five-day walkout from doctors in Britain’s publicly funded […]
ROME (TIP): Italian authorities have ordered the Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship to remain in a port near Rome after it failed an inspection, the charity that owns it said on July 13. The ship […]
JOHANNESBURG (TIP): A mass shooting in South Africa left six people dead and four wounded when three men entered the yard of a home and opened fire, police said on July 12. The shootings happened […]
KYIV (TIP): Ukraine said on July 13 it had downed 20 Russian attack drones and two cruise missiles in an overnight attack that killed one and wounded at least four in the capital Kyiv. “We […]
LONDON (TIP): In what is believed to be one of the largest compensation settlements for the UK’s Royal Mail, an Indian-origin employee has been awarded more than 2.3 million pounds after her bullying claim was […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Myanmar’s military-controlled government is accusing pro-democracy fighters of killing 15 civilians in a nighttime mortar attack in a restive central area of the country, charges denied by the guerrilla group. A report on […]
Karachi (TIP): Footage emerged on social media on July 5, showing a man on a bike attempting to sexually assault a woman in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar, according to media reports. The CCTV footage shows the man […]
COLOMBO (TIP): An Indian national has been arrested for allegedly murdering a fellow Indian at a restaurant here in Sri Lanka, police said on July 6. The accused, who is the manager of the restaurant […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Torrential rains in Pakistan have killed at least 50 people and injured 87 others while damaging scores of residential properties in the past few days, the country’s disaster management agency said on July […]
MILAN (TIP): A fire at a retirement home in the early hours of July 7 in Milan killed six people, firefighters said, with “numerous” residents hospitalised. “Six people killed, numerous (others) suffering from smoke inhalation […]
FRANCE (TIP): Dozens of marches against police violence in France have been announced for July 8 after authorities banned a memorial rally, fearful of reigniting the recent unrest that engulfed the country. Seven years after […]
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