DUBAI (TIP): Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed March 10 to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after seven years of tensions between the Mideast rivals. The major diplomatic breakthrough negotiated with China lowers the chance […]
BERLIN (TIP): Eight people including the perpetrator were killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in the northern German city of Hamburg on March 9 evening, and several people were wounded, police said. […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s agenda for the annual meeting of the ceremonial legislature: Revive the economy by encouraging consumers to spend more now that severe anti-virus controls have ended, and install a government […]
Giza (TIP): Egypt unveiled the discovery of long corridor inside the Great Pyramid of Giza on March 2, the first to be found on the structure’s north side. The corridor, which measures 9 meters (nearly […]
Abuja (TIP): Nigeria’s presidential candidate Peter Obi, who lost a historically tight February 25 election to the ruling party’s Bola Tinubu, said March 2 he would challenge the result in court. “We will explore all […]
Larissa (TIP): The Greek government on March 2 acknowledged failures in state management of its rail system, following a train collision that killed 48 and has triggered angry protests. As crews continued to work in […]
LONDON (TIP) : A transgender woman in Scotland convicted of raping two women before beginning to transition was on March 1 given eight years’ jail, in a case that has stoked political controversy in the […]
KYIV (TIP): Regional officials in southern and western Russia reported a string of drone attacks near the border with Ukraine and deep inside the country that caused no casualties, but provoked a security stir on […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): With the crucial presidential election in Nepal just nine days away, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda will seek a vote of confidence and reshuffle his Cabinet only after the polls, a media […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The cash-strapped Pakistan government surrendered to another IMF demand when it imposed a surcharge of up to Rs 3.23 per unit on electricity consumers across the country with effect from July 1, according […]
BANGKOK (TIP): An Indian state-owned arms manufacturer has shipped artillery barrels to military-ruled Myanmar, an activist group said March 1, warning they could be used by the junta in its crackdown on dissent. Myanmar has […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the foreign ministry to slash the number of missions abroad and reduce their offices, staff and initiate other measures to cut down expenditures of the debt-ridden […]
DHAKA (TIP): The only newspaper of Bangladesh’s main opposition party halted printing on February 20 after a government suspension order was upheld, stoking fears about media freedom in the South Asian nation. Campaigners and foreign […]
Islamabad (TIP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on February 20 thwarted the government’s plan to arrest him by personally appearing before the Lahore High Court, which granted him protective bail till March 3 in […]
MAYILADUTHURAI (TIP): Six fishermen from Tharangambadi in the district were allegedly assaulted by Sri Lankan Navy personnel at sea near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the wee hours of February 23. According to […]
OUAGADOUGOU (TIP): Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was reburied February 23, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation. Sankara’s body, and those of the 12 people who died with […]
GAZA CITY (TIP): The Israeli army and Palestinian militants traded air strikes and rocket fire in and around Gaza on February 23, a day after the deadliest Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank in […]
TEL AVIV (TIP): Israel’s foreign minister said on February 23 that the Gulf Arab state of Oman has decided to allow Israeli planes to fly through its airspace. The announcement was another sign of closer […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): The European Commission has banned TikTok on official devices used by staff amid concerns over data protection, a spokesperson told AFP on February 23. The ban also means European Commission staff cannot use […]
MOSCOW (TIP): President Vladimir Putin on Februray 23 called Russia’s army a guarantor of national stability, promising to boost arms production nearly a year after the start of the Ukraine offensive. “A modern, efficient army […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India and Bangladesh will consider trading in local currencies. This was amongst the things that were discussed when Foreign Secretary, Vinay Mohan Kwatra met with Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Gono […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): People in Pakistan woke up on February 16 to the shock of a historic price hike in the prices of petrol and gas as the government tried to appease the IMF for unlocking […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): The Yeti Airlines aircraft which crashed in Nepal last month killing 71 people, including five Indians, lost thrust and fell after the propellers of both engines went into a feathered position, according to […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A rare public show of division within the ranks of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban emerged in recent days when Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, a powerful government figure, gave a speech seen as an implicit […]
ANTAKYA (TIP): Hamid Yakisikli has waited outside the pile of concrete that used to be his house since an earthquake devastated his home in the ancient city of Antakya. He and his two brothers have […]
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