Nepal mulls ban on foreigners climbing alone on Everest
KATHMANDU (tip): Nepal is considering banning foreign climbers from scaling Mount Everest alone in a bid to reduce accidents on…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Two policemen killed in Taliban attack on Kabul election office
KABUL (ITIP): Taliban militants staged a gun and suicide attack on an Afghan election commission office in Kabul on March…
Read MoreIndian couple in UAE seeks support for newborn’s treatment
DUBAI (TIP): An Indian couple in the UAE has sought help to raise 240,000 dirhams ($65,342) to cover their newborn…
Read MoreIndian loses passport in jet, stuck for 5 days at UAE airport
DUBAI (TIP): An Indian was stranded for five days at Abu Dhabi airport as he forgot his passport in the…
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Egypt’s military chief Sissi quits to run for president
CAIRO (TIP): Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the Egyptian military chief who last summer removed the elected Islamist president, announced on March 26…
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Flight MH370: Planes, ships race to beat bad weather in search for missing Malaysian jet
SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Aircraft and ships scouring the southern Indian Ocean for wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were racing…
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Michelle Obama stirs Tibet pot during China visit
BEIJING (TIP): US first lady Michelle Obama, who had signaled that she'll steer clear of controversy during her recent China…
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UK deputy PM Nick Clegg and anti-EU rival Nigel Farage trade barbs in debate
LONDON (TIP): Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg locked horns with the leader of the country's most anti-EU party in…
Read MoreFree morning-after pills, condoms for UK schoolgirls
LONDON (TIP): In a bid to cut the growing number of unwanted teen pregnancies in the UK, schools have been…
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Another Bush run for the White House? JEB MAY BE UP FOR IT
WASHINGTON (TIP): By all appearances, former Florida governor Jeb Bush is a man on a mission. His itinerary for the…
Read MoreUS rules out Malaysian plane landed at its Indian Ocean base
WASHINGTON: (TIP) The United States has ruled out the possibility of the missing Malaysian plane landing at its Indian Ocean…
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US, RUSSIA EXCHANGE THREATS AT TENSE UN MEETING
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Russia and the United States exchanged threats on March 19 at a tense UN security council meeting…
Read More25 killed, 55 injured in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD (TIP): At least 25 people were killed and 55 wounded in separate attacks across Iraq March 19, police said.…
Read MoreUS rejects dropping nomination of Vivek Murthy as surgeon general
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US on Wednesday rejected reports that it is abandoning the nomination of Indian-American Vivek Murthy as surgeon…
Read MoreIsrael gears up for possible unilateral strike on Iran
JERUSALEM (TIP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Moshe Ya'alon have ordered the military to continue preparations for…
Read MoreSoldiers killed in Egypt shootout
CAIRO (TIP): A raid by Egyptian police, military and special forces on a suspected bomb factory outside of Cairo turned…
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Warning Russia, Biden says US will defend allies
VILNIUS, LITHUANIA (TIP): Issuing an outright warning to Moscow, Vice President Joe Biden declared Wednesday the United States will respond…
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UNHRC members under US pressure on resolution: SRI LANKA
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka on March 19 claimed that most of the 47 member countries of the UN Human Rights…
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Pakistani fighter jets kill 30 militants
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistani fighter jets and helicopter gunships on Tuesday bombarded hideouts of the Taliban militants in the Waziristan region,…
Read MoreDozens arrested as Nepalese protest fuel price rise
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepalese students protesting at fuel price rises set a parked bus on fire and vandalised other vehicles on…
Read MoreSuicide attack kills 16 in north Afghanistan
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (AFGHANISTAN) (TIP): A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people at a crowded market in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday,…
Read MoreBangladesh indicts former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (TIP): A court in Bangladesh's capital on Wednesday indicted a former prime minister and leading opposition figure in…
Read MoreSri Lanka bows to international pressure, releases rights activists
COLOMBO (TIP): Under international pressure ahead of voting on a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC, the authorities here…
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EU moves towards travel bans, asset freezes for Russians
BRUSSELS/SIMFEROPOL, UKRAINE (TIP): The EU agreed a framework on Thursday for its first sanctions on Russia since the cold war,…
Read MoreG7 urges Russia to withdraw its support ‘immediately’ from Crimean referendum
WASHINGTON (TIP): The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the…
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US lawmakers urge Pentagon to end ban on Sikhs serving in army
WASHINGTON (TIP): A group of 105 US lawmakers has urged the Pentagon to lift the presumptive ban on the Sikhs…
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Court rules against gag on ‘frank’ letters from UK’s Prince Charles
LONDON (TIP): The possible publication of potentially embarrassing letters written by British heir-to-thethrone Prince Charles moved a step closer on…
Read MoreFiles reveal bravery of India’s WWI soldiers
LONDON (TIP): Documents from World War 1, declassified by Britain on March 13 has revealed for the first time the…
Read MoreIndian expats in Saudi Arabia demand online voting rights
DUBAI (TIP): Expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia have demanded that the Indian authorities facilitate online voting for them through biometric…
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FAMINE STALKS SINDH AREA IN PAK, 160 DEAD
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The death toll from famine in Pakistan's Hindudominated Tharparkar district has mounted to 160. More deaths are feared…
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