Royal Dutch Shell agreed to buy smaller rival BG Group for 47 billion pounds ($70.2 billion) in the first major energy industry merger in more than a decade, closing the gap on market leader ExxonMobil after […]
Rashad Hussain (37), an Indian-American has been appointed Special Envoy and Coordinator for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications to expand global engagement and partnerships of the US to counter violent extremism. Rashad […]
CAIRO (TIP): Canadian Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy was released from an Egyptian jail on Friday, after spending more than a year in prison on terror-related charges in a case that was denounced as a sham […]
Charlie Hebdo is fetching $600 asking prices on eBay as millions hope to get their hands on the commemorative edition, the first to come out after eight staffers and four others were slaughtered. PARIS (TIP): […]
Cast: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Ben Kingsley, María Valverde, Sigourney Weaver, Indira Varma Direction: Ridley Scott Genre: Action Duration: 2 hours 32 minutes Story: Moses (Bale) learns about who he really is and […]
BANGALORE (TIP): Ever since Pankaj Advani broke onto the scene as a precocious talent in 2003, he has made winning a habit. Having taken over as the torchbearer of cue sports from Geet Sethi, the […]
OTTAWA (TIP): An unarmed Canadian military guard was shot in Ottawa Wednesday, October 22 morning by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a convert to Islam and a selfdeclared jihadist whose alleged photo was posted hours after the shooting […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations organized a Special Commemorative Event to highlight the sacrifices of Indian soldiers who lost their lives in the First World War. Ten other […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian territories: Israeli jets bombed targets across Gaza on Thursday, retaliating to Palestinian rocket attacks in spiraling violence that left a truce extension teetering on the brink of collapse. The resumption of hostilities […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Alarmed by the disclosure last month that US authorities spied on BJP when it was not in power, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj raised the issue with visiting secretary of state John Kerry […]
By S Nihal Singh America’s Receding Ability to Bring Peace “The major power in the region, the United States, is increasingly compromised by its total support of Israel, largely due to domestic factors, and its […]
“At the heart of the dilemmas presented by the evolving situation is the kind of Middle East major regional and world powers want to see. More importantly, where will the present series of conflicts take […]
AIRO (TIP): Egyptian police swiftly quashed Islamist protests marking the first anniversary of the military ouster of president Mohamed Morsi on July 3, firing tear gas and arresting dozens of demonstrators. The protests are seen […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A senior state department official will represent the United States at Sunday’s inauguration of the new Egyptian president, but in a sign of US unease, no cabinet-level ministers will attend. The US delegation […]
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