Katherine Boo wins US award for Mumbai book
NEW YORK (TIP): Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Katherine Boo won the National Book Award for nonfiction on November 15 for her…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Republicans Reconsider Immigration Laws Rethinking in GOP Camp after Hispanic Voters ensured Obama’s Win
WASHINGTON (TIP): House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans in Congress said Thursday, November 8 that they want to consider…
Read MorePakistan allows mobile phone services with India
ISLAMABAD (tip): Authorities have agreed to allowmobile phone services between Pakistan and India though certain issues remain to be settled,…
Read MoreMobile jammers installed at Golden Temple
AMRITSAR (TIP): Two mobile jammers have been installed on Golden Temple's first floor to curb cell phone usage in the…
Read MoreChina’s new first lady: A star in her own right
BEIJING (tip): She sports Tibetan costume or military uniform and regales Chinese audiences with folk and patriotic songs. Until recently,Peng…
Read MoreMalala ‘up and walking’, says her father
LONDON (TIP): Pakistan's teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, shot in the head by the Taliban, is "up and walking," her…
Read MoreItaly’s Berlusconi sentenced to jail for tax fraud
MILAN (TIP): An Italian court on Friday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to four years in jail for tax…
Read MoreKate crowned UK’s most beautiful
LONDON (TIP): The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton has been voted as the most naturally beautiful woman in Britain, beating…
Read MoreMeningitis outbreak in US claims 24 lives
WASHINGTON (TIP): The death toll from a U.S. outbreak of fungal meningitis due to injections of tainted steroid medication has…
Read More41 killed in Eid bombing at Afghanistan mosque
Kabul (TIP): At least 41 people were killed and 34 wounded when a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform targeted…
Read MoreMicrosoft unveils Windows 8, Surface tablet
NEW YORK (TIP): Microsoft Corp launched its new Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet on October 25 in a…
Read MoreLess than 25% of Chinese like India, finds survey
BEIJING (TIP): Less than onefourth of Chinese like India, found a survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center. The attitude…
Read MoreMalala’s attacker was held in 2009, then freed
KHAR (TIP): One of the two Taliban militants suspected of attacking a teenage girl activist was detained by the Pakistani…
Read MorePakistan opposition thwarts anti-terror move
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government was forced to drop a move to seek parliament's support for action against militants in the wake…
Read MoreErotic film icon Sylvia of ‘Emmanuelle’ fame dies
THE HAGUE (TIP): Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel, whose iconic 'Emmanuelle' role symbolized the sexual revolution of the 1970s and who…
Read MoreObama nominates Dunford to head NATO forces in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: Gen Joseph Dunford, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps and a combat veteran who led a regiment in…
Read MoreBangladesh’s ex-army chief surrenders over graft cases
DHAKA (TIP): Former Bangladeshi army chief Harunur Rashid surrendered before a court on Thursday, days after the cancellation of the…
Read MoreSuu Kyi says she’s willing to be president
YANGON (MYANMAR) (TIP): Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi declared her willingness on Monday to serve as president, and…
Read MoreMob ransacks house of Pak Christian boy accused of blasphemy
KARACHI: A mob led by Islamic clerics ransacked the home of a teenage Christian boy in Pakistan's Karachi city and…
Read MoreZardari graft cases: Pak SC approves Swiss draft letter
ISLAMABAD (TIP): After weeks of wrangling, Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday approved a third draft of a letter that will…
Read MoreMaldivian ex-President freed after court appearance
MALE (TIP): Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed was on Tuesday freed by a court where he appeared after an overnight…
Read MoreUN human rights chief wants Nepal to look into war abuses
GENEVA: Nepal should proceed with long-delayed plans to investigate its 10-year civil war ending in 2006 which saw abuses by…
Read More7 Royal Marines arrested over ‘suspicion of murder’ in Afghanistan
LONDON (TIP): Seven Royal Marines from the British Royal Navy (RN) have been arrested on suspicion of murder, the UK…
Read MoreAdmiral Gorshkov delivery by late 2013, says Russia
NEW DELHI (TIP): Russia has said it would deliver the refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov to India in the fourth…
Read MoreChavez reelected Venezuelan president
CARACAS (TIP: Incumbent Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won Sunday's presidential election with 54.42 percent of the vote, while opposition leader…
Read MoreProtect Afghan girls from child marriage: UN
KABUL (TIP): UN agencies in Afghanistan on Thursday called for protecting Afghan girls against child marriage, even as the tradition…
Read MoreWorld’s ‘oldest person’ dies at 132
LONDON (TIP): A Georgian woman who claimed to be 132-years-old - making her the world's oldest human being ever -…
Read MoreNow, A Black Market for Sperm in China
BEIJING (TIP): There is a thriving black market in China -- for sperm. With the country's only 11 sperm banks…
Read MoreWalmart workers threaten to go on nationwide strike
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hundreds of Walmart workers rallied across dozen cities in the US, protesting against low wages and alleged unjust…
Read MoreChina to become second-wealthiest nation in five years
BEIJING (TIP): China will overtake Japan as the world's second-wealthiest nation after the US in the next five years, says…
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