‘Pak should be given a path to nuclear normalcy’
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan should be offered a path to nuclear normalcy in the same way India was accepted into the…
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Hindu households, temple attacked in Bangladesh
DHAKA (TIP): A mob of nearly 3,000 attacked Hindu households and a temple in eastern Bangladesh after two youths from…
Read MoreAid rushed to survivors of Afghan landslide
AAB BAREEK (AFGHANISTAN) (TIP): Aid groups on May 4 rushed to help survivors of a landslide in northern Afghanistan that…
Read MoreNarendra Modi’s speech poll rhetoric: Bangladesh
KOLKATA (TIP): A day after reports of serious concern expressed in Dhaka's corridors of power over BJP's prime ministerial nominee…
Read MoreBomb kills 3 policemen in western Afghanistan
KABUL (TIP): An Afghan official says a roadside bombing has killed three policemen and wounded two in the country's western…
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Flight MH370: Australia dismisses possible plane wreckage claim
SYDNEY (TIP): The Australian agency heading up the search for the missing Malaysian jet has dismissed a claim by a…
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‘Legal highs’: UK minister warns against ‘dangerous’ Indian medicines
LONDON (TIP): A British minister has sought action against scientists in India and China who are allegedly producing dangerous new…
Read MoreCuban musician Juan Formell of Los Van Van dies
HAVANA (TIP): Cuban musician Juan Formell, who for more than four decades was the driving force behind the big band…
Read MoreSuicide bombers may have been behind Xinjiang blast
BEIJING (TIP): Two of the three people killed in a bomb explosion at a railway station in China's Xinjiang province…
Read MoreChinese man seeks divorce as smog drives family apart
BEIJING (TIP): A Beijing man is seeking to divorce his wife after she took their son to a tropical island…
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Putin wants troops out of Ukraine’s east
DONETSK (UKRAINE) (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 1 that Ukraine should withdraw its military from the eastern…
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UK seizes two large consignments of mangoes from India containing the deadly tobacco whitefly
LONDON (TIP): UK has seized two large consignments of mangoes from India in April containing the deadly tobacco whitefly which…
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Obama, Merkel talks focus on Ukraine as rebellion spreads
KIEV (TIP): US President Barack Obama and German chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the escalating Ukraine crisis on May 2…
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60 militants dead after major attack on Afghan army post
KABUL (TIP): Afghan forces repulsed an assault by hundreds of militants, many from across the border in Pakistan, officials said…
Read MoreTaliban suicide car bomb kills 13, including six policemen, in Afghanistan
KABUL (TIP): A Taliban suicide car bomb killed at least 13 people, including six policemen, on May 1 in a…
Read MoreTrains collide head-on in Sri Lanka; 68 injured
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (TIP): Two trains have collided headon in northwestern Sri Lanka, injuring 68 people. Police spokesman Ajith Rohana…
Read MoreSeasonal storm kills 14 in Bangladesh
DHAKA (TIP): At least 14 people were killed when a powerful storm lashed northern and northwestern parts of Bangladesh, disrupting…
Read MoreMinor girl killed after being brutally raped in Pak
CHARSADDA (TIP): A minor girl was killed after being raped in a remote village of Pakistan's northwestern Charsadda district on…
Read MorePakistan cuts prime minister’s electricity for not paying bills
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistani government on April 30 cut off the electricity supply to several major official buildings for non-payment…
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Bombers kill 31 at Iraq campaign rally for Shias
BAGHDAD (TIP): Suicide bombers killed 31 people Friday at a sports stadium hosting a campaign rally for thousands of supporters…
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China shuts embassies after protests by MH370 relatives
BEIJING (TIP): In a rare move, China has shut down a diplomatic district here housing the Indian and American embassies…
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Russian jets cross into Ukraine airspace
WASHINGTON (TIP): US officials on Saturday said that Russian fighter jets flew into Ukrainian airspace a handful of times over…
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China offers rewards for tip-offs in troubled Xinjiang region
BEIJING (TIP): Authorities in China are offering cash rewards for everything from "violent terrorism training" to growing long beards, the…
Read MoreG7 to ‘move swiftly’ on more Russia sanctions
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States and other nations in the Group of Seven said that they have agreed to "move…
Read MoreWorld’s fastest lift climbs 95 floors in 3 seconds at speeds of up to 45mph
LONDON (TIP): Climbing 95 floors in 43 seconds flat? Even Usain Bolt couldn't do that. The world's fastest elevators with…
Read MoreNorth Korean nuclear threats are useless: Obama
SEOUL (TIP): North Korea will gain "nothing" by making threats, US President Barack Obama said on Friday, warning it of…
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BOMB KILLS 4, WOUNDS 23 IN KARACHI
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A powerful bomb went off outside a mosque in the port city of Karachi on Friday, leaving four…
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Flash floods kill over 80 in north Afghanistan
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan): Flash floods in northern Afghanistan after two days of torrential rain have killed more than 80 people, officials…
Read MoreBangladesh’s woman who survived 17 days under factory debris marries, finds new job
SAVAR: She was the "miracle" seamstress, plucked from the rubble of the world's worst garment factory disaster 17 days after…
Read MoreAfghan preliminary election results due as run-off looms
KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan is set to announce preliminary presidential election results on Saturday, with former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah ahead…
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