Raj links: British PM’s ancestry traced to Kolkata
LONDON (TIP): British PM David Cameron's ancestry has been traced to India, specifically Kolkata. This comes just months after Prince…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Nurse wins Britain’s top literary award
The Shock of the Fall - the story of two brothers dealing with schizophrenia by first time author and mental…
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OBAMA VOWS TO ACT ALONE ON ECONOMY
WASHINGTON (TIP): Declaring that 2014 can be the "breakthrough year" for America and the US is "better-positioned for the 21st…
Read MoreSouth Sudan to try rebel leaders, risking ceasefire
JUBA (TIP): South Sudan released seven rebel detainees January 30 but vowed to put on trial key leaders accused of…
Read MoreUkraine lawmakers offer protester amnesty
KIEV, UKRAINE (TIP): Ukraine's Parliament has passed a measure offering amnesty to arrested protesters, but only if demonstrators vacate most…
Read MoreSpace tour? Chinese not allowed: UK firm
Chinese nationals have been banned from flying on the commercial space flights operated by Virgin Galactic over fears that the…
Read MoreLibya interior minister escapes assassination bid: Report
TRIPOLI (TIP): Libya's interior minister escaped unscathed from an assassination attempt in Tripoli on January 29, the LANA news agency…
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Pervez Musharraf’s treason trial adjourned
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf's treason trial was on January 29 adjourned for a day after his lawyers…
Read MoreMalala book launch scrapped at Pakistan university
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A ceremony to launch teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai's book at a Pakistan university has been scrapped on…
Read MoreThousands protest against government in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Thousands of protesters from opposition parties, human rights groups, trade unions and media groups marched on Monday in Sri…
Read MoreDespite attacks, Pak PM for talks with Taliban
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Despite a wave of deadly attacks unleashed by the Taliban across the country in recent months, Prime Minister…
Read MoreAfghanistan to free 37 prisoners soon despite US protests
KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan said on January 28 it expects to release within two weeks a first batch of alleged Taliban…
Read MoreSushil Koirala leads race to become Nepal’s new PM
KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress president Sushil Koirala January 28 became the favourite to be Nepal's new prime minister after he was…
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‘Former Pak Taliban head among 50 killed in military operations’
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD (TIP): The former interim chief of the Pakistani Taliban was among 50 militants, including 36 foreign fighters, killed in…
Read MorePresident Hamid Karzai again asks US to end air strikes in Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Afghanistan's president demanded on January 21 that the United States no longer carry out military operations or…
Read More6 Pak cops die protecting Spaniard from jihadis
PESHAWAR (TIP): At least six Pakistani tribal policemen, escorting a Spanish cyclist, were on January 24 killed and the tourist…
Read MoreNepal doctors’ strike continues despite SC order
KATHMANDU (TIP): Strike by doctors in Nepal to push for reforms in medical education entered the third day on January…
Read MoreAfter Little India riots, Singapore mulls booze control
SINGAPORE (TIP): Rattled by the December 8 riots in Little India, the Singapore government now plans a nationwide restriction on…
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Ukraine opposition sets 24-hour deadline
KIEV (UKRAINE) (TIP): Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on January 22 to call early…
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Seven dead in tit-for-tat killings in Central African Republic
BANGUI (TIP): Seven people died in inter-religious attacks and reprisal killings in Central African Republic's capital Bangui on January 22,…
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Permanent Mission of India hosts Republic Day reception with GA President John Ashe
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations hosted the traditional Republic Day reception on…
Read MoreSyrian peace talks stuck over Assad’s future
MONTREUX (SWITZERLAND) (TIP): Peace talks intended to carve a path out of Syria's civil war got off to a rocky…
Read MoreUK’s Cumbria is first public university to accept fees in bitcoin
LONDON (TIP): A university in the UK has become the first public varsity in the world to allow students to…
Read MoreDespite intel warning, UK to free terror suspects
LONDON (TIP): Five terror suspects, including the one who allegedly plotted a Mumbai style attack in London, are set to…
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Hollande’s ‘dullest hour’ disappoints British press
LONDON (TIP): Britain's newspapers were on Wednesday left mystified by their French counterparts' reluctance to quiz President Francois Hollande over…
Read MoreUK gives Af atheist religious asylum
LONDON (TIP): Britain has granted asylum to an atheist from Afghanistan due to fears he would be prosecuted back home,…
Read More8 arrested after blast in China’s gambling den killed 15
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese police said eight people have been arrested in connection to an explosion which killed 15 people at…
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DJ Dave Lee Travis ‘assaulted girls on air’, court hears
LONDON (TIP): Veteran British presenter Dave Lee Travis sexually assaulted young women while live on television and in his radio…
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Britain’s World War I diaries go online
LONDON (TIP): Britain is recruiting an army of amateur historians to sift through more than 1.5 million pages of diaries…
Read MoreXi Jinping warns of grim fight against corruption
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the drive to curb corruption in public life will become harsher and…
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