Hafiz Saeed slams ‘terror’ label for Jamat-ud-Dawa, says it serves people
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (TIP): The leader of a Pakistani Islamist organization that was labeled a terror group and slapped with economic…
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Shots fired at Pak plane while landing in Peshawar, 1 killed
PESHAWAR (TIP): One person was killed and two others injured when shots were fired at a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)…
Read MoreNepal PM diagnosed with tuberculosis: Party spokesman
KATHMANDU (TIP): US doctors treating Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala have ruled out lung cancer and diagnosed the 75-year-old with…
Read More800 Taliban fought Afghan troops in 5- day battle: Officials
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): More than 800 Taliban insurgents have launched a major offensive in southern Afghanistan to try to gain…
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MYANMAR MULLS RELIGIOUS MARRIAGE CURB
YANGON (TIP): Proposals by radical Buddhist monks to criminalize interfaith marriage in Myanmar face strong opposition from women's rights groups…
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Bangladesh war crimes: Verdict on Jamaat chief deferred
DHAKA (TIP): A Bangladesh tribunal on June 22 deferred the verdict on the chief of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, accused of…
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Pak needs a long-term vision for Waziristan
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The long-awaited Pakistani military assault has been launched in North Waziristan. For over a decade, the region harboured…
Read MoreTALIBAN TARGET VOTERS IN AFGHANISTAN, KILL 50, MUTILATE 11
KABUL (TIP): Election officials overseeing Afghanistan's first democratic transfer of power sifted through scores of fraud complaints on June 12…
Read MoreTaliban strike Nato trucks in east Afghanistan
KABUL (TIP): Afghan officials say three Taliban suicide bombers targeted Nato fuel trucks at the border with Pakistan, setting off…
Read MoreEU alarmed by anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (TIP): The European Union expressed alarm on June 18 at recent violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka…
Read MoreAfghan election in peril over Abdullah Abdullah’s fraud claims
KABUL (TIP): Afghan presidential election candidate Abdullah Abdullah on June 18 demanded a halt to votecounting over fraud allegations, taking…
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8 killed as police, protesters clash in Lahore
ISLAMABAD: At least eight people were killed and 85 injured in Lahore on Tuesday when the police clashed with supporters…
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Spain’s new King Felipe aims to inspire his people
MADRID (TIP): Taking the Spanish throne on June 19, King Felipe VI sought to inspire his beleaguered countrymen amid troubled…
Read MoreWill sign EU pact this month: Ukraine President
KIEV (TIP): Ukraine's new pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko said on June 19 he would sign the crucial trade and economic…
Read MoreExpansion not in Chinese DNA, says premier Li
BEIJING: Seeking to allay fears over China's expansionist agenda, Premier Li Keqiang said territorial expansion is not part of the…
Read MorePrimary school building collapses in China; 4 missing
BEIJING (TIP): Four persons, including two children, are missing after a two-story building of a village primary school collapsed early…
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WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange marks 2nd year in Ecuador’s embassy
LONDON (TIP): The gathering at the Ecuadorean embassy in London has the feel of something which may become an annual…
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China oil giants prepare Iraq evacuation plans: REPORT
BEIJING (TIP): Major Chinese oil firms have prepared evacuation plans in case spreading violence in Iraq — a key energy…
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Man rescued from cave after 11 days
BERLIN (TIP): German rescuers on June 19 brought to safety an injured caver, ending his 11-day ordeal and a massive…
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Stamp sold for $9,480,000
LONDON (TIP): An inch wide, dirty and heavily postmarked stamp has set a new world auction record by getting sold…
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Brent trading around $115, near nine-month high
SINGAPORE (TIP): Brent crude held near $115 a barrel on June 20, close to a nine-month high and headed for…
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GOPIO’s 25th Anniversary Jubilee Convention a historic success
PORT OF SPAIN (TIP): The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO International) concluded its 25th Anniversary (Jubilee) Convention…
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Russia wants UN action to stop violence in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Russia introduced a UN Security Council resolution on June 12 that strongly urges an immediate end to…
Read MoreFresh fighting erupts on DR Congo-Rwanda border
KINSHASA (TIP): Rwandan and Congolese troops traded heavy weapons fire on June 12 in a second day of fighting on…
Read MoreHarrison Ford injured on ‘Star Wars’ set
LONDON (TIP): Veteran actor Harrison Ford was airlifted to hospital on June 12 after suffering an ankle injury on the…
Read MorePirates steal tanker carrying million litres of oil, Malaysia on hunt
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Malaysia is hunting for a group of machete-wielding pirates who hijacked a tanker off its eastern coast,…
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Colombia, ELN guerrillas launch peace process
BOGOTA (TIP): Colombia's government and the country's second largest guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army, announced Tuesday they have opened…
Read MoreBlast in apartment in China’s Yunnan province kills 3
BEIJING (TIP): Three people were killed and four others were injured in a blast in an apartment in southwest China's…
Read MoreJapan summons China envoy over ‘dangerous’ flights
TOKYO (TIP): Japan on June 13 summoned the Chinese ambassador to complain about fighter jets flying "dangerously" close to two…
Read MoreIraqi Kurds take Kirkuk, Sunni rebels surge towards Baghdad
BAGHDAD/ARBIL (TIP): Iraqi Kurds took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on June 12 after government forces abandoned…
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