Jinnah sister sent water bill 47 years after death
KARACHI: Pakistani authorities here have sent a water bill amounting to Pakistani Rs 263,774 to Fatima Jinnah, the sister of…
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Overpass collapse kills two in Brazil World Cup city
BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL (TIP): An unfinished overpass being built for the World Cup crashed down on several vehicles in Brazil's…
Read MoreUK had plan to train and equip 100,000 Syrian rebels: BBC
LONDON (TIP): Britain had planned to train and equip a 100,000-strong rebel army to defeat Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before…
Read MoreBOLIVIA CONGRESS ALLOWS CHILD LABOUR FROM AGE 10
LA PAZ (TIP): Bolivian lawmakers have approved child workers as young as 10 years old, under a new law that…
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New Zealand MP says Rolf Harris groped her
WELLINGTON (TIP): A New Zealand politician on July 4 recalled how Rolf Harris groped her when she was a radio…
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China bans Ramzan fasting in Xinjiang
BEIJING (TIP): China has ordered schools and government offices in the northwest Xinjiang region to ban fasting during the ongoing…
Read MoreEgypt police crush pro-Morsi protests on anniversary
AIRO (TIP): Egyptian police swiftly quashed Islamist protests marking the first anniversary of the military ouster of president Mohamed Morsi…
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Former BBC presenter Savile ‘interfered with dead bodies’
LONDON (TIP): Late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile sexually abused vulnerable patients in scores of British hospitals over decades and claimed…
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MILITANTS TAKE IRAQI GASFIELD TOWN
BAGHDAD (TIP): Militants took a town an hour from Baghdad that is home to four natural gasfields on June 26,…
Read MoreNow, Assange on a catwalk
LONDON (TIP): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy for over two years is…
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US SAYS RUSSIA HAS ‘HOURS’ TO EASE UKRAINE CRISIS
PARIS (TIP): The United States warned Russia on june 26it had only "hours" to prove it was helping disarm Ukrainian…
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Nigerial singer offers her virginity in exchange for abducted girls
A total of 276 girls were taken from the Christian northeastern town of Chibok by the rebels in April. The…
Read MoreSavile sexually abused hospital patients for 4 decades
LONDON (TIP): Investigation reports unveiled to the public for the first time on June 16 confirming that renowned DJ and…
Read MoreChinese activist freed after Tiananmen anniversary
BEIJING (TIP): A leading figure of a small citizen movement in southern China was released on bail on June 25,…
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Hafiz Saeed slams ‘terror’ label for Jamat-ud-Dawa, says it serves people
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (TIP): The leader of a Pakistani Islamist organization that was labeled a terror group and slapped with economic…
Read MoreShots fired at Pak plane while landing in Peshawar, 1 killed
PESHAWAR (TIP): One person was killed and two others injured when shots were fired at a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)…
Read MoreNepal PM diagnosed with tuberculosis: Party spokesman
KATHMANDU (TIP): US doctors treating Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala have ruled out lung cancer and diagnosed the 75-year-old with…
Read More800 Taliban fought Afghan troops in 5- day battle: Officials
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): More than 800 Taliban insurgents have launched a major offensive in southern Afghanistan to try to gain…
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MYANMAR MULLS RELIGIOUS MARRIAGE CURB
YANGON (TIP): Proposals by radical Buddhist monks to criminalize interfaith marriage in Myanmar face strong opposition from women's rights groups…
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Bangladesh war crimes: Verdict on Jamaat chief deferred
DHAKA (TIP): A Bangladesh tribunal on June 22 deferred the verdict on the chief of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, accused of…
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Pak needs a long-term vision for Waziristan
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The long-awaited Pakistani military assault has been launched in North Waziristan. For over a decade, the region harboured…
Read MoreTALIBAN TARGET VOTERS IN AFGHANISTAN, KILL 50, MUTILATE 11
KABUL (TIP): Election officials overseeing Afghanistan's first democratic transfer of power sifted through scores of fraud complaints on June 12…
Read MoreTaliban strike Nato trucks in east Afghanistan
KABUL (TIP): Afghan officials say three Taliban suicide bombers targeted Nato fuel trucks at the border with Pakistan, setting off…
Read MoreEU alarmed by anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (TIP): The European Union expressed alarm on June 18 at recent violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka…
Read MoreAfghan election in peril over Abdullah Abdullah’s fraud claims
KABUL (TIP): Afghan presidential election candidate Abdullah Abdullah on June 18 demanded a halt to votecounting over fraud allegations, taking…
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8 killed as police, protesters clash in Lahore
ISLAMABAD: At least eight people were killed and 85 injured in Lahore on Tuesday when the police clashed with supporters…
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Spain’s new King Felipe aims to inspire his people
MADRID (TIP): Taking the Spanish throne on June 19, King Felipe VI sought to inspire his beleaguered countrymen amid troubled…
Read MoreWill sign EU pact this month: Ukraine President
KIEV (TIP): Ukraine's new pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko said on June 19 he would sign the crucial trade and economic…
Read MoreExpansion not in Chinese DNA, says premier Li
BEIJING: Seeking to allay fears over China's expansionist agenda, Premier Li Keqiang said territorial expansion is not part of the…
Read MorePrimary school building collapses in China; 4 missing
BEIJING (TIP): Four persons, including two children, are missing after a two-story building of a village primary school collapsed early…
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