Gunman Kills Five In Philippines
KAWIT (TIP): A gunman armed with a semi-automatic pistol killed at least five people and wounded 11 others as he…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Venezuela’s Chavez Still Has ‘Severe’ Respiratory Problem
CARACAS (TIP) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still suffering a "severe" respiratory infection that has hindered his breathing as he…
Read More‘Midnight’s Children’ fails to draw viewers in UK
LONDON (TIP): 'Midnight's Children', a film based on the 1981 Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie is scheduled to…
Read MoreAnglican leader Rowan Williams steps down
LONDON (TIP): The head of the Church of England is leaving office after a decade as the spiritual leader of…
Read MoreRita Singh elected Federation of Indian Associations president
CHICAGO (TIP): Rita Singh, an Indian American businesswoman from Bihar with close connections to Bollywood, has been elected the first…
Read MoreIndia offers sympathies to families affected by Newton school tragedy
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has expressed grief over the massacre of 20 children and seven adults in an American school,…
Read MoreHamid Karzai to meet Obama in Washington, Leon Panetta says
KABUL (TIP): Defense secretary Leon Panetta says Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama to…
Read MoreRita Singh elected Federation of Indian Associations president
CHICAGO (TIP): Rita Singh, an Indian American businesswoman from Bihar with close connections to Bollywood, has been elected the first…
Read MoreIran Denies UN Experts Access To N-Site
TEHERAN (TIP): Iran has again denied a request by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to allow its experts to…
Read MoreIndian Nurse Blames Australian RJs For Suicide
LONDON (TIP): The Indian-origin nurse, who committed suicide after a prank phone call to the hospital treating the pregnant Duchess…
Read MoreHuman Rights Group Wants Tamil Students Charged Or Freed
COLOMBO (TIP): A human rights group on Thursday urged Sri Lanka to formally charge or release four university students detained…
Read MoreBomb Kills Seven In Southwest Afghanistan: Officials
HERAT (TIP): A roadside bomb targeting a police pickup truck killed two policemen and five civilians in southwestern Afghanistan Thursday,…
Read MoreStrike Called In Bangladesh To Ban Islamic Parties
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (TIP): A general strike to demand that Muslim-majority Bangladesh ban Islamic political parties has shut down schools and…
Read MoreLandmine Blast Kills 10 Girls In Afghanistan
KABUL (TIP): A car bomb exploded outside of a compound housing a US military contractor in Kabul the Afghan capital…
Read MoreMyanmar Government Apologizes For Crackdown Violence
YANGON (MYANMAR) (TIP): Myanmar's government has formally apologized to the country's Buddhist monks for its recent crackdown on protesters at…
Read More33 Dead In Sudan Bus Collision
KHARTOUM (TIP): Thirty-three people were killed and twenty four injured when two inter-city buses collided in Sudan in one of…
Read MoreNasa Photo Error Puts Mount Everest In India
KATHMANDU (TIP): The world's highest mountain should not be hard to spot but American space agency Nasa has admitted it…
Read MoreHamid Karzai To Meet Obama In Washington, Leon Panetta Says
KABUL (TIP): Defense secretary Leon Panetta says Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama to…
Read MoreLeon Panetta In Afghanistan To Meet With Hamid Karzai
KABUL (TIP): US defense secretary Leon Panetta, who has flown to Afghanistan for talks with President Hamid Karzai, says President…
Read MoreZardari Among Pak Leaders Who Evade Taxes: Report
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A majority of Pakistani parliamentarians and politicians, including President Asif Ali Zardari, are tax dodgers, a report on…
Read MoreNelson Mandela ‘Recuperating’ South Africa President
LOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA (TIP): South African President Jacob Zuma on Dec 13 honoured anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who has been…
Read MoreRecovering After Operation, Chavez May Miss Swearing-In
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (TIP): Somber confidants of President Hugo Chavez say he is going through a difficult recovery after cancer surgery…
Read MoreKate Middleton Hoax Call : Nurse Found Hanging In Her Room; Left Three Suicide Notes
LONDON (TIP): A nurse at the hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine was found hanging in her room after…
Read MoreDefiant North Korea Holds Mass Rally, Vows More Launches
SEOUL (TIP): Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans held a mass rally on Friday to celebrate the nuclear-armed state's rocket…
Read MoreMali Gets New Prime Minister After Military Ouster
BAMAKO (TIP): The troubled nation of Mali swore in a new interim prime minister on Thursday, just days after soldiers…
Read MoreChina, Japan in Air Duel Over Disputed Isles
BEIJING (TIP): A day after China's top leader Xi Jinping asked the People's Liberation Army to intensify its "real combat"…
Read MoreUK Hacking row: Editor of Murdoch Paper Quits
LONDON (TIP): News Corporation's UK newspaper unit, embroiled in the aftermath of a phone hacking scandal, lost another highranking executive…
Read MorePakistan Extends Refugee Status for Afghans
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan has extended refugee status for over a million Afghans in the country by an additional six months,…
Read MoreSpain Seizes 28 Million Euros in Hosni Mubarak-Linked Assets
MADRID (TIP): Spain announced on Thursday it had seized 28 million euros ($37 million) in financial products, luxury cars and…
Read MoreDemocracy the Victim in Divided Egypt
CAIRO (TIP): The latest crisis to sweep Egypt has inflicted considerable damage and now threatens the country's transition to -democracy.…
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