Myanmar Government Apologizes For Crackdown Violence
YANGON (MYANMAR) (TIP): Myanmar's government has formally apologized to the country's Buddhist monks for its recent crackdown on protesters at…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)33 Dead In Sudan Bus Collision
KHARTOUM (TIP): Thirty-three people were killed and twenty four injured when two inter-city buses collided in Sudan in one of…
Read MoreNasa Photo Error Puts Mount Everest In India
KATHMANDU (TIP): The world's highest mountain should not be hard to spot but American space agency Nasa has admitted it…
Read MoreHamid Karzai To Meet Obama In Washington, Leon Panetta Says
KABUL (TIP): Defense secretary Leon Panetta says Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama to…
Read MoreLeon Panetta In Afghanistan To Meet With Hamid Karzai
KABUL (TIP): US defense secretary Leon Panetta, who has flown to Afghanistan for talks with President Hamid Karzai, says President…
Read MoreZardari Among Pak Leaders Who Evade Taxes: Report
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A majority of Pakistani parliamentarians and politicians, including President Asif Ali Zardari, are tax dodgers, a report on…
Read MoreNelson Mandela ‘Recuperating’ South Africa President
LOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA (TIP): South African President Jacob Zuma on Dec 13 honoured anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who has been…
Read MoreRecovering After Operation, Chavez May Miss Swearing-In
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (TIP): Somber confidants of President Hugo Chavez say he is going through a difficult recovery after cancer surgery…
Read MoreKate Middleton Hoax Call : Nurse Found Hanging In Her Room; Left Three Suicide Notes
LONDON (TIP): A nurse at the hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine was found hanging in her room after…
Read MoreDefiant North Korea Holds Mass Rally, Vows More Launches
SEOUL (TIP): Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans held a mass rally on Friday to celebrate the nuclear-armed state's rocket…
Read MoreMali Gets New Prime Minister After Military Ouster
BAMAKO (TIP): The troubled nation of Mali swore in a new interim prime minister on Thursday, just days after soldiers…
Read MoreChina, Japan in Air Duel Over Disputed Isles
BEIJING (TIP): A day after China's top leader Xi Jinping asked the People's Liberation Army to intensify its "real combat"…
Read MoreUK Hacking row: Editor of Murdoch Paper Quits
LONDON (TIP): News Corporation's UK newspaper unit, embroiled in the aftermath of a phone hacking scandal, lost another highranking executive…
Read MorePakistan Extends Refugee Status for Afghans
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan has extended refugee status for over a million Afghans in the country by an additional six months,…
Read MoreSpain Seizes 28 Million Euros in Hosni Mubarak-Linked Assets
MADRID (TIP): Spain announced on Thursday it had seized 28 million euros ($37 million) in financial products, luxury cars and…
Read MoreDemocracy the Victim in Divided Egypt
CAIRO (TIP): The latest crisis to sweep Egypt has inflicted considerable damage and now threatens the country's transition to -democracy.…
Read MoreIndian Techie Convicted of Groping Woman in Flight
WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian software consultant, on a work visa in the US, was convicted by a Chicago court on…
Read More26/11: Hafiz Mohammad Saeed targets Hina Rabbani Khar for promising to take action
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has criticized foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar for promising to take action against…
Read MoreParty symbol: A Q Khan wants missile
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan's Tehrik-e-Tahaffuz Pakistan party has asked the Election Commission to allot a missile…
Read MoreTwo Pakistani soldiers killed as troops foil suicide attack
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least two Pakistani soldiers were killed and four others injured today during an attempt by a pair…
Read MorePalestine Wins Historic UN Assembly Vote
Gets status of non-member observer state India votes for resolution; US, Israel oppose bid UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Palestine overwhelmingly won,…
Read MoreStockholm Airport Paralysed as Snow Storm Strikes Sweden
STOCKHOLM (TIP): Sweden's main airport was paralyzed on Wednesday due to a snow storm in the country's capital, just as…
Read MoreChina Omits India, Pak from 72-Hour Visa Free Travel
The list mostly includes US and European countries but China's neighbours in South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and…
Read MoreRussian Prison Dubbed ‘hell’ by Top Official
With more than 700,000 Russians behind bars, there have been frequent complaints of sub-standard living conditions, torture, and disease in…
Read MoreWhite House Refutes Iranian Claim on Drone
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has refuted the Iranian claim that it has captured an American drone after it entered…
Read More475 Dead, Many Homeless in Philippines Typhoon
Rescuers are still looking for at least 377 missing people and seeking help for more than 1,79,000 others who are…
Read MoreIndia Fighting to Salvage Equity in Doha Climate Talks
DOHA (TIP): India is fighting an increasingly difficult battle to prevent the principle of equity from being junked from the…
Read MoreGuatemala Detains Software Guru McAfee
GUATEMALA CITY (TIP): Guatemalan police arrested U.S. software guru John McAfee for illegally entering the country and said it would…
Read MoreSouth China Sea: India Backs Access to Resources
India says it is aware that the sovereignty of many parts of South China Sea is disputed, but it supports…
Read MoreMarijuana Legal in Washington State
SEATTLE (TIP): Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality under Washington state law on Thursday, and some people planned to celebrate…
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