Thailand: Military plane with defense chief crashes
BANGKOK (TIP): A Laos air force plane carrying about 20 people including the country's defense minister and other senior officials…
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Anti-China unrest spreads in Vietnam, 21 killed in clashes
BEIJING (TIP): At least 21 people are feared to have been killed and over 129 injured since anti-China demonstrations led…
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Moderate 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan
QUETTA, PAKISTAN (TIP): A 5.1- magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan on Friday, but officials said there were no immediate reports…
Read More40 dead as Bangladesh ferry search called off
MUNSHIGANJ, BANGLADESH (TIP): Rescuers called off the search for missing passengers of a sunken ferry in central Bangladesh on Saturday…
Read More10 militants killed in US drone attack in Pakistan
PESHAWAR(TIP) At least 10 militants were reportedly killed and 14 others injured on Wednesday in a US drone strike at…
Read MoreAfghan presidential election goes to 2nd round
KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan's election commission announced on Thursday that the country's presidential election is going into second round, with the…
Read MoreBomb in Kabul kills 1 Afghan soldier
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): An Afghan official says a bomb stuck onto a military vehicle exploded in the capital, Kabul, killing…
Read MoreTaliban suicide car bomber kills 5 in southern Afghanistan
KABUL (TIP): A suicide car bomber attacked an Afghan army vehicle Sunday in southern Afghanistan, killing five civilians and wounding…
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Thai protesters rally to ‘sweep’ away Thaksin regime
BANGKOK (TIP): Thousands of royalist protesters fanned out across Thailand's capital on May 9 to try to bring down a…
Read MoreSilvio Berlusconi to begin community service
CESANO BOSCONE (TIP): Italy's Silvio Berlusconi began community service for tax fraud on Friday in a spectacular fall from grace…
Read MoreRussell Brand wins damages from UK tabloid over cheating report
LONDON (TIP): Russell Brand has accepted a "substantial" but undisclosed sum of damages at the High Court in London from…
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London arms its policemen with video cameras
LONDON (TIP): Police officers across London will wear video cameras when responding to emergency calls as part of a year-long…
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China’s air force creates a battalion of monkeys
BEIJING (TIP): The air force of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China has trained a group of macaques to…
Read MoreChina detains, shames 70- year old ex-editor for leaking state secrets
BEIJING (TIP): China has detained a 70-year old former editor who has won international awards for journalism on charges of…
Read MoreBoko Haram should learn Islam: Malala over girls’ abduction
LONDON (TIP): Pakistani teenage rights' activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban, has advised…
Read MoreCargo ship sinks, 11 missing near Hong Kong: Officials
HONG KONG (TIP): Authorities launched an air and sea rescue operation on May 5 to find 11 crew members from…
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‘Pak should be given a path to nuclear normalcy’
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan should be offered a path to nuclear normalcy in the same way India was accepted into the…
Read MoreHindu households, temple attacked in Bangladesh
DHAKA (TIP): A mob of nearly 3,000 attacked Hindu households and a temple in eastern Bangladesh after two youths from…
Read MoreAid rushed to survivors of Afghan landslide
AAB BAREEK (AFGHANISTAN) (TIP): Aid groups on May 4 rushed to help survivors of a landslide in northern Afghanistan that…
Read MoreNarendra Modi’s speech poll rhetoric: Bangladesh
KOLKATA (TIP): A day after reports of serious concern expressed in Dhaka's corridors of power over BJP's prime ministerial nominee…
Read MoreBomb kills 3 policemen in western Afghanistan
KABUL (TIP): An Afghan official says a roadside bombing has killed three policemen and wounded two in the country's western…
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Flight MH370: Australia dismisses possible plane wreckage claim
SYDNEY (TIP): The Australian agency heading up the search for the missing Malaysian jet has dismissed a claim by a…
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‘Legal highs’: UK minister warns against ‘dangerous’ Indian medicines
LONDON (TIP): A British minister has sought action against scientists in India and China who are allegedly producing dangerous new…
Read MoreCuban musician Juan Formell of Los Van Van dies
HAVANA (TIP): Cuban musician Juan Formell, who for more than four decades was the driving force behind the big band…
Read MoreSuicide bombers may have been behind Xinjiang blast
BEIJING (TIP): Two of the three people killed in a bomb explosion at a railway station in China's Xinjiang province…
Read MoreChinese man seeks divorce as smog drives family apart
BEIJING (TIP): A Beijing man is seeking to divorce his wife after she took their son to a tropical island…
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Putin wants troops out of Ukraine’s east
DONETSK (UKRAINE) (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 1 that Ukraine should withdraw its military from the eastern…
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UK seizes two large consignments of mangoes from India containing the deadly tobacco whitefly
LONDON (TIP): UK has seized two large consignments of mangoes from India in April containing the deadly tobacco whitefly which…
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Obama, Merkel talks focus on Ukraine as rebellion spreads
KIEV (TIP): US President Barack Obama and German chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the escalating Ukraine crisis on May 2…
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60 militants dead after major attack on Afghan army post
KABUL (TIP): Afghan forces repulsed an assault by hundreds of militants, many from across the border in Pakistan, officials said…
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