Kuala Lumpur (TIP): Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as prime minister on November 24, capping a three-decade political journey from a protege of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad to protest leader, a prisoner convicted of […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan’s former spy master and senior-most Lt General AsimMunir was named as the new Army Chief by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on November 24, ending speculation over the most powerful position in the […]
Seoul (TIP): Yoo Young Yi’s grandmother gave birth to six children. Her mother birthed two. Yoo doesn’t want any. “My husband and I like babies so much … but there are things that we’d have […]
Seoul (TIP): The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made insult-laden threats against South Korea on November 24 for considering unilateral sanctions on the North, calling the South’s new president and his […]
Kyiv (TIP): An overnight rocket attack destroyed a hospital maternity ward in southern Ukraine, killing a 2-day-old baby, Ukrainian authorities said on November 23. Ukraine’s first lady said the attack caused “horrible pain,” vowing that […]
Cianjur (Indonesia) (TIP): More rescuers and volunteers were deployed on November 23 in devastated areas on Indonesia’s main island of Java to search for the dead and missing from an earthquake that killed at least […]
Kyiv (TIP): About 70 per cent of the Ukrainian capital was left without power, Kyiv’s mayor said on November 24, a day after Moscow unleashed yet another devastating missile and drone barrage on Ukraine’s energy […]
Brasilia (TIP): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged his electoral defeat last month to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, according to a complaint filed with the country’s federal electoral court (TSE) that alleges […]
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lankan President RanilWickremesinghe on November 23 rejected the opposition’s demand for early parliamentary elections and vowed to use the military to crush any future anti-government protests aimed at regime change. Wickremesinghe, 73, […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal Airlines Corporation, the Himalayan nation’s flag carrier, has urged the civil aviation authority to drop its unilateral decision to cut the number of flights on the lucrative Kathmandu-Delhi sector from 14 to […]
London (TIP): British PM Rishi Sunak was under pressure from the Opposition on November 8 as he expressed regret on appointing one of his close allies and embattled ministers who was forced to resign pending […]
Dubai (TIP): Protests in Iran raged on streets into November 10 with demonstrators remembering a bloody crackdown in the country’s southeast, even as the nation’s intelligence minister and army chief renewed threats against local dissent […]
London (TIP): NitnemGutkas, the prayer books of the Sikhs have been issued to military personnel in the British Army for the first time in a century, a media report said on November 9. A move […]
Beijing (TIP): China’s capital Beijing has closed city parks and imposed other restrictions as the country faces a new wave of covid cases. Elsewhere, more than five million people were under lockdown on Nov 10 […]
Canberra (TIP): Australia’s defence minister said on November 9 he had told the nation’s military to review secrecy safeguards in response to concerns that Beijing was recruiting pilots to train the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. […]
Phnom Penh(TIP): Ukraine signed a peace accord Nov 10 with Southeast Asian nations, a largely symbolic act that comes as Kyiv seeks to shore up international support in isolating Russia. Ukrainian Foreign Minister DmytroKuleba signed […]
Kabul (TIP) : The Taliban are banning women from using gyms in Afghanistan, an official in Kabul said on November 10, the religious group’s latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms since they […]
Kathmandu (TIP): A 4.1-magnitude earthquake hit western Nepal on November 10, a day after a powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted the Himalayan nation, which killed six people and sparked panic among citizens. According to the National […]
Lahore (TIP): Tens of thousands of supporters of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on November 10 gathered at the site in Wazirabad in Punjab province where an assassination attempt was made on the former prime […]
Islamabad (TIP): Cash-strapped Pakistan has secured about USD 13 billion in additional financial support from its traditional allies China and Saudi Arabia, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said, as the government tries to steady the […]
Colombo (TIP): The Sri Lankan government has formally decided to initiate the process of divesting the ownership of the loss-making national carrier, SriLankan Airlines, to select investors, a cabinet note released on November 3 said. […]
Lahore (TIP): Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan who survived an assassination attempt has hailed the man who foiled the attack and apprehended the shooter during his long march in Punjab province as the country’s […]
Nairobi (TIP): Drought in Kenya killed 205 elephants and scores of other wildlife between February and October as much of East Africa endures its worst drought in 40 years, tourism minister PeninahMalonza said on November […]
Muenster (TIP): Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialised democracies on November 5 rallied support for Ukraine in its resistance to Russia’s invasion and coalesced around suspicion of China’s increasing assertiveness amid a panoply of […]
Beijing (TIP): In a much-scrutinised meeting on November 4 with visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine and warned against the conflict going nuclear. The […]
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