President Hamid Karzai again asks US to end air strikes in Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Afghanistan's president demanded on January 21 that the United States no longer carry out military operations or…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)6 Pak cops die protecting Spaniard from jihadis
PESHAWAR (TIP): At least six Pakistani tribal policemen, escorting a Spanish cyclist, were on January 24 killed and the tourist…
Read MoreNepal doctors’ strike continues despite SC order
KATHMANDU (TIP): Strike by doctors in Nepal to push for reforms in medical education entered the third day on January…
Read MoreAfter Little India riots, Singapore mulls booze control
SINGAPORE (TIP): Rattled by the December 8 riots in Little India, the Singapore government now plans a nationwide restriction on…
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Ukraine opposition sets 24-hour deadline
KIEV (UKRAINE) (TIP): Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on January 22 to call early…
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Seven dead in tit-for-tat killings in Central African Republic
BANGUI (TIP): Seven people died in inter-religious attacks and reprisal killings in Central African Republic's capital Bangui on January 22,…
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Permanent Mission of India hosts Republic Day reception with GA President John Ashe
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations hosted the traditional Republic Day reception on…
Read MoreSyrian peace talks stuck over Assad’s future
MONTREUX (SWITZERLAND) (TIP): Peace talks intended to carve a path out of Syria's civil war got off to a rocky…
Read MoreUK’s Cumbria is first public university to accept fees in bitcoin
LONDON (TIP): A university in the UK has become the first public varsity in the world to allow students to…
Read MoreDespite intel warning, UK to free terror suspects
LONDON (TIP): Five terror suspects, including the one who allegedly plotted a Mumbai style attack in London, are set to…
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Hollande’s ‘dullest hour’ disappoints British press
LONDON (TIP): Britain's newspapers were on Wednesday left mystified by their French counterparts' reluctance to quiz President Francois Hollande over…
Read MoreUK gives Af atheist religious asylum
LONDON (TIP): Britain has granted asylum to an atheist from Afghanistan due to fears he would be prosecuted back home,…
Read More8 arrested after blast in China’s gambling den killed 15
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese police said eight people have been arrested in connection to an explosion which killed 15 people at…
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DJ Dave Lee Travis ‘assaulted girls on air’, court hears
LONDON (TIP): Veteran British presenter Dave Lee Travis sexually assaulted young women while live on television and in his radio…
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Britain’s World War I diaries go online
LONDON (TIP): Britain is recruiting an army of amateur historians to sift through more than 1.5 million pages of diaries…
Read MoreXi Jinping warns of grim fight against corruption
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the drive to curb corruption in public life will become harsher and…
Read MoreOxford apologizes for email blunder
MELBOURNE (TIP): Oxford University has apologized after an administrator accidentally emailed a list of all the poorly performing students' marks…
Read MoreSlow and steady tortoise beats rabbit, wins pet ski-off
BEIJING (TIP): A tortoise beat a rabbit in a skiing competition held for pets and their owners in China, a…
Read MorePolls in Egypt close after final day of voting on new constitution: State media
CAIRO (TIP): Polls across Egypt closed on Wednesday evening, state media reported, after a second and final day of voting…
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Sheikh Hasina sworn in for 3rd time as Bangladesh PM
DHAKA (TIP): Sheikh Hasina was sworn in on Sunday for her second straight term as Bangladesh's prime minister and third…
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United States seeks probe into Sri Lankan war crimes
COLOMBO (TIP): The US on Sunday pressed Sri Lanka to probe alleged rights abuses by its army through independent and…
Read MoreFire breaks out at Pak military hospital where Musharraf is undergoing treatment
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A small fire on Wednesday broke out at a military hospital in Rawalpindi, where former Pakistani military ruler…
Read MoreIndian Army chief’s statement provocative: Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has said Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh's statement on ceasefire violations was provocative and regrettable. In a…
Read MoreSeven militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (TIP): At least seven militants were killed in separate military operations in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said in a…
Read MoreSuicide attacker strikes police bus in Afghanistan, 6 injured
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP) : Police say a suicide attacker has struck a bus carrying police recruits in eastern Kabul, wounding…
Read MoreChennai-born Indian- American elected to Chinese Academy of Sciences
WASHINGTON (TIP): Subra Suresh, Chennaiborn Indian-American president of Carnegie Mellon University, has been elected a foreign member of the Chinese…
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Marijuana: Frequently asked questions
Twenty states plus the District of Columbia have enacted laws that allow people to use medical marijuana with a doctor's…
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UK working on idea to sell visas to highest bidder
LONDON (TIP): Overseas millionaires may soon be able to buy or bid for UK visas in exchange of donations to…
Read MoreChemical spill brings US city to standstil
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA (TIP): A chemical spill left the water for 300,000 people in and around West Virginia's capital city…
Read MoreNight fire destroys ancient Tibetan town in China
BEIJING (TIP): A 10-hour inferno has razed an ancient Tibetan town in China's southwest Yunnan province that's popular with tourists.…
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