BEIRUT (TIP): A diplomatic crisis pitting Saudi Arabia against Qatar has put Syrian rebels in a difficult position, analysts say, after rivalries between Gulf backers had already weakened the opposition. Both Sunni-ruled monarchies sided with the protesters in March 2011, when the […]
LONDON (TIP): Brewster, the longest serving police dog in the UK whose “incredible nose” detected drugs, cash and weapons across the country, has died after a brief illness following 11 years of service. The 13-year-old, 91 in dog […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Stopping short of a complete turnabout, President Donald Trump is expected today to announce a revised Cuba policy aimed at stopping the flow of US cash to the country’s military and security services while maintaining diplomatic relations […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia has climbed out of recession despite continuing Western sanctions, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, adding that the restrictions have forced the country to “switch on our brains” to reduce its dependence on energy exports. Speaking in a […]
PARIS (TIP): The leaders of France and Britain on June 14 announced an antiterror action plan to crack down on radicalisation through social media. After talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron said both countries agreed that social networks […]
BEIJING TIP: A court in northern China has sentenced three employees working for fugitive real estate billionaire Guo Wengui, who has been locked in a high-stakes political feud with the ruling Communist Party. The Dalian Xigang People’s Court […]
BERLIN (TIP): Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, died on Friday, the mass-selling newspaper Bild reported. He was 87. Bild reported in its online edition that Kohl died in the morning at his home in […]
LONDON (TIP): A man with a knife has been arrested outside the British parliament on Friday, police said, adding that there were no reports of any casualties. “The man, aged in his 30s, was arrested on suspicion of possession […]
LONDON (TIP): The death toll from the London fire stands at 30, and is still climbing. Some victims may never be identified, officials said. The Metropolitan Police said on Friday that at least 30 people were known to have died in […]
Representing the interests of the over 100,000 physicians of Indian origin, leaders of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic organization of physicians, for 35 years, AAPI Convention provides a platform to the medical fraternity […]
JAIPUR (TIP): A 55-year-old man was today allegedly thrashed to death by civic body employees in Pratapargh district when he reportedly stopped them from taking photographs of women defecating in the open. Zafar Khan, a social worker, was […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): Six policemen, including a Station House Officer of the Achabal police station, were killed when militants ambushed their vehicle at Thajiwara Achabal in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on June 16 (Friday) evening. Officials said that around 6:30 […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): TDP MP JC Diwakar Reddy, who has been banned by all domestic airlines from flying over his alleged unruly behaviour at the Visakhapatnam airport, flew to Europe on June 16 (Friday) night as part of his annual family vacation. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Moscow endorsed New Delhi’s view that India and Pakistan should resolve all outstanding disputes through bilateral talks in accordance with the Simla Agreement of 1972 and the Lahore Declaration of 1999. After New Delhi dismissed […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India last week provided the United Kingdom the documents required to be submitted in a London court for the extradition of fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) handed over the documents […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Twenty-four years after 12 blasts rocked the city killing 257 and leaving 713 grievously injured, a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court on Friday convicted six out of the seven accused, including Abu Salem and Mustafa Dossa. In […]
Ajaib Singh Bhatti elected deputy speaker The House opened with legislators unanimously electing Congress MLA from Malout, Ajaib Singh Bhatti, a Dalit leader, as deputy speaker of the 15th Vidhan Sabha. Bhatti said his family and he were […]
As consultation starts within the saffron party and with the Opposition for the prez election, the ruling side wants a President who has strong BJP affiliation NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s next President is likely to be a […]
Even as the situation in Darjeeking continues to be tense, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has called for its version of Dandi March to protest a police raid on its office DARJEELING (TIP): For the second successive time this […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it is cancelling an Obama-era policy to allow millions of illegal-immigrant parents of children born in the United States to stay in the country. The 2014 policy, known as […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Admiral Harry Harris, the US Pacific military chief known for combative views on Beijing’s South China Sea expansion, is expected to step down next year, US officials said on Friday, leaving President Donald Trump to fill a key post closely […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Two top lawmakers have accused Pakistan of supporting terrorism and urged the Trump administration to cut military aid to the country, saying the US should make it more difficult for Islamabad to get its hands on American weapons. During […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said he and his family have done nothing wrong as he lashed out at “some unseen elements” for hatching conspiracies against his democratically elected government. “Today, I have just presented my stance before […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): On Sunday, India will take on Pakistan in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in London. The same day, in Valencia in Spain, it will be a contest of a different sort as the government sets […]
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