After talks, Sherpas set to resume work
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal's agitating Sherpa mountain guides on April 25 agreed to resume work on Mount Everest following negotiations with…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Anger mounts after bodies found trapped inside sunken South Korean ferry
JINDO/MOKPO (TIP): Angry relatives of more than 200 people, mostly children, missing inside a sunken South Korea ferry demanded authorities…
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Taliban negotiator under house arrest in UAE, Afghanistan says
KABUL (TIP): A leading Taliban peace negotiator has been placed under house arrest in the United Arab Emirates, officials said…
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12 killed in deadliest Mount Everest disaster
KATHMANDU (TIP): In one of the most distressing tragedies ever en route Mount Everest, 12 Nepalese Sherpa guides were killed…
Read MoreNepal govt files murder case against 13 Maoists
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepalese government has filed a case against 13 Maoist cadres for their alleged involvement in the murder of…
Read MorePresident Putin’s Desire for Russian Greatness Needs Lincoln, Not Crimea
What's wrong with Nato ships docked in New Russia's Sevastopol port aka Ukraine? None. It means no nation has anything…
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Dear Editor, In my view because of India's non-alliance policy towards America the US India relationship always at neutral level.…
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New Russia sanctions threats as Ukraine stalemate goes on
DONETSK (UKRAINE) (TIP): A day after an international deal in Geneva to defuse the East-West crisis in Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists…
Read MoreFlight MH370 search at ‘critical juncture’: Malaysia minister
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): The search for missing flight MH370 is at a "critical juncture", Malaysia's transport minister said on April…
Read MoreChina coal mine death toll rises to 20: Report
SHANGHAI (TIP): The death toll from a flooded coal mine in southwest China has risen to 20 with the recovery…
Read MoreSri Lanka justifies troop presence in former war zones
COLOMBO (TIP): A day after three key operatives of the banned LTTE were killed in a major military operation in…
Read MoreMusharraf’s plea for military trial rejected
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A special Pakistani court on April 19 rejected ex-Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's plea seeking his trial before a…
Read MoreIn UK, foreign doctors may face tougher tests
LONDON (TIP): British researchers have called for making tests taken by foreign doctors who want to work in the NHS…
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Dr. Sudhir Parikh appointed to N.J. State Board of Medical Examiners
NEW JERSEY (TIP): Gov. Chris Christie has appointed Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh, a reputed allergist in the Tristate area, to…
Read MoreObama threatens fresh sanctions against Russia
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on April 10 that the United States and its…
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Britain’s MI5 files reveal Mata Hari’s secrets
LONDON (TIP): The secret lives of some of the world's most revered spies — including the most notorious exotic dancer…
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Sikhs in US to honour Oak Creek shooting police officer
WASHINGTON (TIP): A US-based Sikh organization will honour Oak Creek police officer Brian Murphy with a service award for his…
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Powerful Cyclone Ita bears down on parts of Australia
SYDNEY (TIP): A cyclone packing winds of up to 300 kilometres (190 miles) an hour was set to smash into…
Read More‘Pentagon’s new religious guidelines still discriminatory
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pentagon's new religious guidelines are still discriminatory as they impose "stifling" requirements on religion observing service members, according…
Read MoreIndian-American professor convicted of defrauding students
WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian- American professor has been convicted by a federal grand jury of defrauding the US government and…
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Japan pushes plan to stockpile plutonium, despite proliferation risks
TOKYO (TIP): Just weeks after Japan agreed to give up a cache of weapons-grade plutonium, the country is set to…
Read MoreChina warns US against selling arms to Taiwan
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese defense ministry spokesman on April 9 told the United Stated to stop selling arms to Taiwan…
Read MoreRussia takes Voice of America radio off air
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia has pulled the US-funded Voice of America radio station from the air, a senior state media official…
Read MoreRussia plays gas card to threaten Ukraine
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that Russia may begin requiring advance payment for gas supplies unless Ukraine comes…
Read MoreSaudi Arabia mulls end to sports ban in girls’ state schools
JEDDAH (TIP): Saudi Arabia is considering ending its controversial ban on sports in girls' state schools, after its consultative council…
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Russia didn’t share all details on Boston bombing suspect, report says
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Russian government declined to provide the FBI with information about one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects…
Read MoreFlight search brings satellite company unaccustomed fame
LONDON (TIP): On an enormous electronic map of the globe in the modernist headquarters of a satellite company here, two…
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23 killed, 120 wounded in Islamabad bomb blast
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least 23 people were killed and nearly 120 injured when a powerful bomb went off at a…
Read MoreAP reporter injured in Afghan shooting flown to Germany
KABUL (TIP): The Canadian journalist who was badly injured when her Associated Press colleague was shot dead by a policeman…
Read MoreSri Lanka government ally doubts Indian motives on UNHRC vote
COLOMBO (TIP): The National Freedom Front (NFF), a key ally of President Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed doubts over India's motives in…
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