Three persons
Three persons, including a boy, were killed after two pressure-cooker bombs went off during the historic Boston marathon on April…
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Typhoon Haiyan,
Typhoon Haiyan, an exceptionally powerful tropical cyclone, devastated the Philippines in early November. Over 6,000 people were killed in the…
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Seventy-two people
Seventy-two people were killed after the famous Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi in Kenya was attacked by unidentified gunmen on…
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Eighty-five-year-old
Eighty-five-year-old Pope Benedict XVI resigned on February 28 on ground of health, thus becoming the first Pope to resign since…
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Seventy-nine people
Seventy-nine people were killed while 140 were injured after a train overturned and got derailed due to over speeding. The…
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Egyptian President
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who came to power in June 2012 after the fall of a long dictatorial regime, was…
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Iran signed
Iran signed a crucial nuclear deal with the USA and five other world powers on November 24, marking it as…
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On September 16,
On September 16, a gunman shot 12 people and injured three others in a mass shooting at the Naval Sea…
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On February 16,
On February 16, a meteorite exploded over Chelyabinsk in Russia and rained fireballs over a vast area that damaged property…
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Pakistan’s teenage
Pakistan's teenage activist Malala Yousufzai stole the headlines throughout the year. On July 12, she spoke at the United Nations…
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Hasina invited to form govt in Bangladesh
DHAKA (TIP): Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina was on Thursday invited by the president to form government after her party's…
Read MoreAfghanistan accident kills 2 Nato troops, 1 civilian
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): The US-led international coalition in Afghanistan says two of its service members and one civilian employee have…
Read MoreHindu temple vandalized in Bangladesh
DHAKA (TIP): A Hindu temple was vandalized and set afire in central Bangladesh on Wednesday, as post poll attacks on…
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Musharraf’s heart like that of ‘18-yearold’: Prosecutor
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The condition of former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf's heart was today compared to that of an "18-year-old" by…
Read MoreAfghan police hunt brother of suicide attack girl aged 10
KANDAHAR: Afghan police on Tuesday searched for a Taliban commander who allegedly forced his 10-year-old sister to wear an explosivespacked…
Read More5 bullet-riddled bodies found near Sochi, Russia on high alert
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia on Thursday launched a counterterrorism operation after five bullet-riddled bodies were found in a region bordering the…
Read MoreChina has world’s most outbound tourists: Report
BEIJING (TIP): Nearly 100 million Chinese tourists visited foreign countries last year, and they are likely to extend their lead…
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North Korea dismisses South Korean family reunion proposal
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (TIP): North Korea on January 9 dismissed a South Korean proposal to resume reunions of families separated…
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INDIA-CHINA MAKE PEACE, FOR NOW
India and China inked the crucial Border Defence Cooperation Agreement in October to ease the strained relationship between the two…
Read MoreGovt offers to bring Musharraf’s ailing mother to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistan government on Friday offered to bring former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's ailing mother from Dubai in…
Read MoreTaliban suicide attack on Nato convoy in Kabul: Officials
KABUL: A Taliban suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle next to a Nato military convoy in Kabul on Friday, officials…
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Pak PM Nawaz Sharif is a billionaire
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is among the few parliamentarians who are billionaires, revealed statements of assets and…
Read MoreBangladesh security forces lay siege around Khaleda Zia’s residence
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh security forces on Wednesday laid a siege around the residence of opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia, ahead…
Read MoreNepal’s Maoists agree to join assembly, ending impasse
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal's Maoists have agreed to join the country's constituent assembly, ending a weeks-long impasse after they initially rejected…
Read MoreSikh leader found guilty of electoral fraud in New Zealand
MELBOURNE (TIP): A Sikh leader and six of his accomplices were on Thursday found guilty by a New Zealand court…
Read MoreJamaat calls for strike in Bangladesh over leader’s death
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami party has called for a nationwide dawn-to-dusk general strike on Sunday in protest of the execution…
Read MorePak cable hands defy HC ban on Indian content
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Thousands of cable television operators across Pakistan are continuing to show Bollywood films and Indian TV content despite…
Read MoreLawyer of ‘bin Laden doctor’ flees Pakistan
PESHAWAR (TIP): The main lawyer for a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden fled…
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Yemen wedding party hit by US drone strike, 13 killed
SANAA, YEMEN (TIP): Missiles fired by a US drone slammed into a convoy of vehicles travelling to a wedding party…
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