Alarm bells for India? China plans to build rail link with Nepal through Mt Everest
BEIJING (TIP): China is planning to build a tunnel under Mount Everest, called Qomolangma in Tibetan, as part of its…
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INDIA TO BUY 36 RAFALE FIGHTER JETS FROM FRANCE
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 10 announced that India has requested France to give 36 Rafale…
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Indian-Origin Schoolboy Wins Institute of Physics Prize in UK
LONDON: A 15-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy in the UK has been awarded the Institute of Physics Prize for conducting an experiment that…
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AL SHABAAB MILITANTS KILL 147 AT UNIVERSITY IN KENYA
GARISSA, KENYA (TIP): Al Shabaab gunmen rampaged through a university in northeastern Kenya at dawn Thursday, killing 147 people in…
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‘Lubitz researched suicide, cockpit security online’
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY (TIP): The co-pilot at the controls of the Germanwings airliner that crashed into the French Alps last week…
Read MoreMexico probes deadly oil rig blast and fire
MEXICO CITY (TIP): Mexican authorities have launched an investigation into what caused an explosion and fire on an oil platform…
Read MoreEngland farm starts growing Naga chillies
DEVON (ENGLAND) (TIP): A farm in southwest England has started growing Naga chillies -- Bhut Jolokia - - for the…
Read MoreUS commander accuses China of creating artificial landmass in South China Sea
BEIJING: A US navy commander has accused China of creating an "artificial landmass" in the disputed waters of the South…
Read MorePrince Harry to quit British army in June
LONDON: It's a soldier's life no more for Britain's Prince Harry. Royal officials said on Tuesday that the 30-year old…
Read More519 dead in two weeks of Yemen fighting: UN
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Some 519 people have been killed and nearly 1,700 injured in two weeks of fighting in Yemen,…
Read MoreExplosion near bus station in Gombe, Nigeria; 5 dead
KANO (Nigeria): An explosion near a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe killed at least five and…
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Racist attacks hits Sikh in BIRMINGHAM : Video captured goes Viral
BIRMINGHAM: A Sikh man has been filmed being attacked in Birmingham by another man, while a crowd watches the assault, but…
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New UK Law Allows Turban in all Workplaces
LONDON: A new law which will allow Sikhs in the UK to wear turbans in place of safety helmets in all…
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UK court clears publication of Prince Charles letters
LONDON (TIP): The UK Supreme Court today ruled that the 27 highly sensitive letters written by Prince Charles to the…
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Saudi Arabia-led air forces bomb Yemen’s Sanaa, Taiz
SANAA (TIP): The Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces launched a fresh air strike against military targets in Yemen's capital Sanaa and…
Read MoreChina excited about India’s visa-on-arrival plan
BEIJING (TIP): China's government and the tourism industry are both excited about the prospects of India offering visa-on-arrival facility to…
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Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear host, sacked by BBC
LONDON (TIP): The BBC has dropped one of its most popular presenters, "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson, two weeks after…
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Co-pilot who crashed jet was ‘very happy’ with Germanwings job
MONTABAUR,GERMANY (TIP): Andreas Lubitz never appeared anything but thrilled to have landed a pilot's job with Germanwings, according to those…
Read MoreFrance launches first bombing strike against IS in Tikrit
PARIS (TIP): France has bombed Islamic State positions in the Tikrit area of Iraq for the first time since the…
Read MoreMiss Universe Japan Ariana Miyamoto faces criticism for being ‘not Japanese enough’
NAGASAKI (TIP): She was born and raised in Nagasaki, speaks Japanese as her first language and has a Japanese mother…
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CHINA NOW WORLD’S THIRD-BIGGEST ARMS EXPORTER: SIPRI
BEIJING (TIP): China has overtaken Germany to become the world's third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5 per cent of the…
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Israeli minister accuses Iran of Argentina terror attacks
BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA) (TIP): Israel's agricultural minister on Thursday accused Iran of orchestrating two terrorist attacks in Argentina in the 1990s…
Read MorePRINCE HARRY TO QUIT BRITISH ARMY IN JUNE
LONDON (TIP): It's a soldier's life no more for Britain's Prince Harry. Royal officials said on Tuesday that the 30-year…
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EU LEADERS DAMPEN GREEK HOPES FOR BAILOUT RELIEF
BRUSSELS (TIP): Exasperated leaders of the European Union pressed the Greek prime minister to speed up plans to improve his…
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Libyan government forces bomb Tripoli airport
TRIPOLI/RABAT (TIP): Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government on Thursday bombed the only functioning commercial airport in Tripoli on March…
Read MoreCon artists ‘sold’ US embassy in Rome
LONDON (TIP): Four con artists have gone on trial for allegedly duping a German businessman of 1.3 million by pretending…
Read MoreISIS claims Tunisia attack that killed 23
TUNIS (TIP): The Islamic State group issued a statement on March 19 claiming responsibility for the deadly attack on Tunisia's…
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Russia’s Northern Fleet on ‘full alert’ – NATO exercises near Russian Border
U.S. and several Eastern European NATO countries conduct a series of military exercises near Russia's border while Russian President Vladimir…
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi accepts allegiance of Nigeria’s Boko Haram
BEIRUT (TIP): The leader of the Islamic State militant group that controls tracts of Syria and Iraq has accepted a pledge…
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2 University of Oklahoma students expelled over racist video
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA (TIP): The University of Oklahoma's president expelled two students on March 11 after he said they were identified…
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