Pakistan is developing non-strategic nuclear arms: US experts
WASHINGTON (TIP): To enhance its nuclear capability, Pakistan is developing non-strategic nuclear weapons, and thus joining the ranks of countries…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Bo scandal: Doubts over UK businessman’s death arise
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese forensic scientist has cast doubt on the official version of the death of a Briton, which…
Read MoreAfghan burqa opponent wins ‘alternative Nobel’
STOCKHOLM (TIP): Afghan human rights activist, ex-minister and burqa opponent Sima Samar on Thursday won the Swedish Right Livelihood Award…
Read MoreChinese media mogul put on mat over graft
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese newspaper baron, acclaimed in the west for trying to make a difference in the highly controlled…
Read MoreZardari rakes up Kashmir in UN, calls it a symbol of UN system’s failure
UNITED NATIONS (tip): Pakistan once again resorted to its old tactics of raking up Kashmir in the United Nations when…
Read MoreActress sues California man behind anti-Muslim film
LOS ANGELES (TIP): An actress in an anti-Islam film that triggered violent protests across the Muslim world sued a California…
Read MoreNATO: Halt in joint Afghan operations won’t hurt strategy
played down the significance of the alliance’s decision to scale back joint operations with the Afghan army and police after…
Read MoreMaharaja Dalip Singh’s dinner plate up for auction
LONDON: Collectors of Maharaja Dalip Singh memorabilia will be thrilled at the prospect of bidding for a dinner plate that…
Read More“Prime suspect” in Libya consulate attack dares government to arrest him
BENGHAZI : Ahmed Boukhatala didn't look like a wanted man, sipping mango juice across the table from me in a…
Read MoreUS ignored Israel’s warnings of radicalizing trends
JERUSALEM (TIP): "In spite of Israel's repeated warnings to the United States about "radicalizing trends" in post-revolution Arab states the…
Read MoreAllies use power of purse against Syrian regime
SCHEVENINGEN (NETHERLANDS) (TIP): A coalition including the United States, the European Union and the Arab League met on Thursday to…
Read MoreFast-track lanes for rich Indians at Heathrow?
LONDON: After facing embarrassment over long delays at immigration at Heathrow before the Olympics, Britain is working on plans for…
Read MoreMass graves found after tribal fighting in Kenya
MOMBASA (TIP): Two mass graves were found in Kenya's coastal Tana River region and 20 people were charged with murder,…
Read MoreAnti-Islam film: Protesters storm diplomatic enclave in Islamabad, army called in
NEW DELHI (TIP): Hundreds of demonstrators protesting against the anti-Prophet Muhammad film stormed the diplomatic enclave in Islamabad, Pakistan on…
Read MoreIslamic body warns of turmoil over French cartoons
JEDDAH (TIP): The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has warned that cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed published in France will trigger…
Read MoreProtest marks souring of Chinese democracy experiment
WUKAN (TIP): One of China's most celebrated experiments in grass-roots democracy showed signs of faltering on September 21, as frustrations…
Read MoreEgypt’s mufti urges Muslims to endure insults peacefully
CAIRO (TIP) - Muslims angered by cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad should follow his example of enduring insults without retaliating,…
Read MoreBuddhists do battle in world’s highest horse race
UPPER DOLPA(Nepal) (TIP):The clansmen and monks of the mystical land of Upper Dolpa first gathered eight centuries ago to pray,…
Read More314 perish in twin blazes in Karachi garment factory & Lahore shoe unit
Karachi/Islamabad (TIP): Two devastating fires engulfed a garment factory in Karachi and a shoe unit in Lahore killing at least…
Read MoreAct against Hafiz Saeed, Krishna tells Pak
Lahore (TIP): Continuing to exert pressure on Pakistan to act against terror, India has conveyed to Chief Minister of Punjab…
Read MoreIndian American director’s thriller wins another US
Washington (TIP): "9 Eleven", a Bollywood-style thriller by Indian American director Manan Singh Katohara, has won the Best Narrative Feature…
Read MoreQaida posts online video of two 9/11 hijackers
DUBAI (TIP): Al-Qaida on September 13 posted an online video of two plane hijackers of the September 11, 2001 suicide…
Read MoreIraq VP Tariq al-Hashemi sentenced to death in absentia
BAGHDAD (TIP): Iraq's fugitive vice-president Tariq al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death in absentia after a court found him guilty…
Read MoreFormer Pakistani PM’s son arrested
Islamabad (TIP): Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s son Ali Musa Gilani was arrested Friday from the gate of the…
Read MoreLondon’s Big Ben is now Elizabeth Tower
London (TIP): The iconic Clock Tower of Britain’s Parliament was officially renamed Wednesday in honor of Queen Elizabeth II. The…
Read MoreCalifornia law bars discrimination against Sikhs, Muslims
Washington (TIP): California Governor Jerry Brown has signed two bills aimed at battling workplace discrimination against Sikhs and Muslims by…
Read MoreTaliban insurgents posing as “attractive women” on Facebook for spying
Melbourne (TIP): Taliban insurgents are posing as “attractive women” on Facebook to befriend coalition soldiers for gathering sensitive intelligence about…
Read MoreSM Krishna arrives in Pakistan with mandate to build trust
Islamabad (TIP): External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on September 7 arrived inIslamabad on a three-day visit to Pakistan to hold…
Read More‘Chinese defence minister’s India visit a success’
Beijing (TIP): Terming Chinese Defence Minister Gen Liang Guanglie’s visit to India a success, China on Thursday said the two…
Read MoreHundreds of Afghan soldiers detained, sacked for insurgent links
KABUL (TIP): The Afghan army has detained or sacked hundreds of soldiers for having links to insurgents, the Defense Ministry…
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