Egypt Mass Protests Challenge Islamist President Mohammed Morsi
CAIRO (TIP): The same chants used against Hosni Mubarak were turned against his successor on Tuesday as more than 200,000…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Pakistan Judge Makes Official Stand Up for Hours As Punishment
LAHORE (TIP): In an action reminiscent of that of a school teacher punishing an errant student, a Pakistani judge made…
Read MorePakistan All Set to go to Polls in May
LAHORE (TIP): Pakistan's next general election will be held in May, information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Tuesday, offering…
Read MoreFBI adds US ‘rapping jihadi’ to terror wanted list
WASHINGTON (TIP): The FBI said on Wednesday it had added to its list of most wanted terrorists the American "rapping…
Read MoreDavid Petraeus sex scandal amuses Taliban
PESHAWAR (TIP): The sex scandal that has brought down CIA chief David Petraeus may be causing heartache in the Washington…
Read MoreMotorcycle Ban in Karachi: Hearing Begins in SHC
KARACHI (TIP): The case pertaining to Sindh High Court’s (SHC) suo moto action against interior ministry’s notification against the day-long…
Read MoreWith top brass under scrutiny, Pentagon chief orders ethics review
BANGKOK (TIP): Defense secretary Leon Panetta has ordered the US military's top brass to look for any gaps in ethics…
Read MoreFemicide to Get Life Sentence in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (TIP): Argentina has passed a bill to increase the prison time for femicide to life sentence, media reports…
Read MoreMYANMAR ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF 452 PRISONERS
YANGON (TIP): Myanmar ordered 452 prisoners to be freed on Thursday in an apparent goodwill gesture ahead of a historic…
Read MoreAung San Suu Kyi says Myanmar unrest an ‘international tragedy’
NEW DELHI: Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday described violence in west Myanmar between Buddhists and Muslims as a "huge…
Read MoreBritish Petroleum agrees to record criminal penalties for US oil spill
NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (TIP): BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater…
Read MoreXI Jinping takes China’s Helm with many Tough challenges
BEIJING (TIP): Long-anointed successor Xi Jinping assumes the leadership of China at a time when the ruling Communist Party is…
Read MoreIndian Woman Refused abortion Dies: Govt to take up Matter with Ireland
NEW DELHI (TIP): India will take up with Ireland the issue of death of an Indian woman dentist there after…
Read MoreWhy Vadra affairs not being probed, asks BJP
NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP on November 14 asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the government to spell out why…
Read MoreKatherine Boo wins US award for Mumbai book
NEW YORK (TIP): Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Katherine Boo won the National Book Award for nonfiction on November 15 for her…
Read MoreRepublicans Reconsider Immigration Laws Rethinking in GOP Camp after Hispanic Voters ensured Obama’s Win
WASHINGTON (TIP): House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans in Congress said Thursday, November 8 that they want to consider…
Read MorePakistan allows mobile phone services with India
ISLAMABAD (tip): Authorities have agreed to allowmobile phone services between Pakistan and India though certain issues remain to be settled,…
Read MoreMobile jammers installed at Golden Temple
AMRITSAR (TIP): Two mobile jammers have been installed on Golden Temple's first floor to curb cell phone usage in the…
Read MoreChina’s new first lady: A star in her own right
BEIJING (tip): She sports Tibetan costume or military uniform and regales Chinese audiences with folk and patriotic songs. Until recently,Peng…
Read MoreMalala ‘up and walking’, says her father
LONDON (TIP): Pakistan's teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, shot in the head by the Taliban, is "up and walking," her…
Read MoreItaly’s Berlusconi sentenced to jail for tax fraud
MILAN (TIP): An Italian court on Friday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to four years in jail for tax…
Read MoreKate crowned UK’s most beautiful
LONDON (TIP): The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton has been voted as the most naturally beautiful woman in Britain, beating…
Read MoreMeningitis outbreak in US claims 24 lives
WASHINGTON (TIP): The death toll from a U.S. outbreak of fungal meningitis due to injections of tainted steroid medication has…
Read More41 killed in Eid bombing at Afghanistan mosque
Kabul (TIP): At least 41 people were killed and 34 wounded when a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform targeted…
Read MoreMicrosoft unveils Windows 8, Surface tablet
NEW YORK (TIP): Microsoft Corp launched its new Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet on October 25 in a…
Read MoreLess than 25% of Chinese like India, finds survey
BEIJING (TIP): Less than onefourth of Chinese like India, found a survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center. The attitude…
Read MoreMalala’s attacker was held in 2009, then freed
KHAR (TIP): One of the two Taliban militants suspected of attacking a teenage girl activist was detained by the Pakistani…
Read MorePakistan opposition thwarts anti-terror move
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government was forced to drop a move to seek parliament's support for action against militants in the wake…
Read MoreErotic film icon Sylvia of ‘Emmanuelle’ fame dies
THE HAGUE (TIP): Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel, whose iconic 'Emmanuelle' role symbolized the sexual revolution of the 1970s and who…
Read MoreObama nominates Dunford to head NATO forces in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: Gen Joseph Dunford, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps and a combat veteran who led a regiment in…
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