Author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk again, a day after being stabbed. Mr Rushdie, 75, was attacked while speaking at an event in New York state and was in a critical condition. His agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed the news to US media, but had

A gunman has opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem’s Old City, wounding at least eight people, two of them critically, according to medics and the Israeli police. The attack took place in the early hours of Sunday, as the bus carrying Israelis waited in a parking lot near the

Taliban fighters have dispersed dozens of female protesters in Kabul, almost a year after the militant group seized power. About 40 women marched through the Afghan capital demanding rights, before the Taliban broke it up by firing into the air. The fighters seized their mobile

Chinese and US officials have been discussing a possible face-to-face meeting between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden, with a report suggesting that two regional summits in South-east Asia in November are potential venues for the talks. "I can confirm that

Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday tested positive for COVID-19 again and will remain in isolation. Earlier this week, her daughter and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had also tested positive. "Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi has tested positive for

The FBI seized top secret files in a search of former US President Donald Trump's estate in Florida this week, according to a search warrant. Agents removed 11 sets of documents, including some marked "TS/SCI", a designation for material that could cause

At least 11 people have been killed in a shooting following a family dispute in the city of Cetinje in Montenegro. According to officials, a single gunman shot dead three members of the same family before shooting at passers-by. A mother and her two children all staying in the

Blasts at a Russian-operated airfield in Crimea this week have "significantly degraded" its navy's Black Sea Fleet, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) says. The Saky base in the west of Russian-ruled Crimea was rocked by a string of blasts on Tuesday, killing one person.

An armed man clad in body armour was killed after he tried to "breach" an FBI building in Ohio, officials say. The suspect fled the scene in Cincinnati and was shot by police after an hours-long standoff in a rural area. Law enforcement officials told US media they are

US Attorney General Merrick Garland has defended the FBI search conducted at former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida earlier this week, saying that he personally approved it. At a brief news conference on Thursday, Garland told reporters that the Department of Justice has

More shelling of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reported, with Ukraine and Russia again blaming each other for the attack. Each side said there were 10 hits on the plant's administrative office and fire station on Thursday. UN Secretary General

Taiwan rejects the “one country, two systems” model proposed by Beijing in a white paper published this week, the self-ruled island’s foreign ministry said on Thursday (Aug 11), after its army held another live-fire drill as China ended their own military exercises.

Former West Bengal Governor and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was Thursday sworn in as the 14th Vice President of India. Dhankar's oath was administered by the country's newly elected president Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi. Prime

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared victory over COVID-19 and ordered preventive measures eased just three months after acknowledging an outbreak, claiming the country’s widely disputed success would be recognized as a global health miracle. The North’s official

Former US President Donald Trump has declined to answer questions as part of a New York state investigation into his family's business practices. Mr Trump had sued in an effort to block the interview at the New York attorney general's office on Wednesday. State officials

The war in Ukraine began with Crimea and must end with its liberation, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. He was speaking just hours after a string of explosions hit a Russian airbase there, killing one person. Mr Zelensky did not mention the blasts but devoted his nightly

President Joe Biden on Tuesday (Aug 9) signed US ratification of bids by Finland and Sweden to enter NATO, taking expansion of the Western alliance in response to Russia's Ukraine invasion one step closer. Biden said the two northern European countries would become "strong,

Sri Lanka says it has asked China to defer a planned visit of a Chinese ship to the island country after initially approving its arrival this week, yielding to diplomatic pressure from neighbour India to keep the military vessel out. The Yuan Wang 5 was due to arrive on Thursday at the

Ex-US President Donald Trump has said his Florida home was raided by the FBI, and that agents broke open a safe. Mr Trump said in a statement that Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach was "occupied by a large group of FBI agents". Monday's search was reportedly connected to an

Vladimir Putin has given orders to prepare for use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, it is claimed. Former Russian president Dimitry Medvedev has said the West is seeking to "destroy Russia " as allegations Putin is looking for an excuse to use nuclear weapons surface.