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Salman Rushdie suspect had Shia extremist sympathies: NBC New York

-- 2022-08-13 21:45:02

The suspect in the attack on Salman Rushdie at an event in New York state was sympathetic to Shia extremism and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), NBC New York cited law enforcement sour...

Hezbollah official says they knew nothing about attack on Rushdie

-- 2022-08-13 19:36:59

An official from Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Saturday the group had no additional information on the stabbing attack against novelist Salman Rushdie. “We don’t know...

India hid Russian origin of fuel shipped to US

-- 2022-08-13 18:39:49

The United States has expressed concern to India that it was being used to export fuel made from Russian crude, through high-seas transfers to hide its origin, to New York in violation of US sanctions...

Iran's hardline newspapers praise Salman Rushdie's attacker

-- 2022-08-13 15:51:05

Several hardline Iranian newspapers poured praise on Saturday on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” had drawn death threa...

China sanctions Lithuanian deputy minister for Taiwan visit

REUTERS 2022-08-13 15:06:26

China's foreign ministry said on Friday it had imposed sanctions on Lithuanian Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Agne Vaiciukeviciute for visiting Taiwan, the latest development in Beijing'...

Salman Rushdie, novelist who drew death threats, on ventilator after New York stabbing

-- 2022-08-13 13:31:22

Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in New York...

North Korea lifts mask mandate, distancing rules after declaring COVID victory

REUTERS 2022-08-13 12:12:46

North Korea has dropped a face mask mandate and other social distancing rules as leader Kim Jong Un declared victory over COVID-19 this week, state media said on Saturday, three months after its first...

Ukraine, Russia blame each other for nuclear plant shelling

-- 2022-08-13 11:40:08

Ukraine and Russia accused each other on Friday of risking catastrophe by shelling Europe's largest nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces in a region expected to become one of the next big f...

Taiwan's foreign ministry thanks US for maintaining security in Taiwan Strait

REUTERS 2022-08-13 10:37:44

Taiwan's foreign ministry expressed its "sincere gratitude" towards the United States for taking "concrete actions" to maintain security and peace in the Taiwan Strait and the region in a statement on...

Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage in New York

-- 2022-08-12 21:56:45

Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. According to the Associated Press, its...

Sierra Leone president says protests over economic hardship are acts of terror

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-12 20:50:54

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has described recently deadly anti-government protests in the country as acts of terrorism instigated by agitators living abroad, reports BBC. According to R...

Sri Lanka's ousted president reaches Thailand for a temporary stay

-- 2022-08-12 20:33:58

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa reached Thailand on Thursday, according to three witnesses, as he seek temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nat...

Trump says 'nuclear weapons issue is a hoax' after Washington Post report

-- 2022-08-12 19:41:41

Former US President Donald Trump said on Friday on social media that the "nuclear weapons issue is a hoax", responding to a Washington Post report that FBI agents sought nuclear documents in a search...

At least five people killed, 100 hurt in Somaliland protests

REUTERS 2022-08-12 14:33:54

At least five people were killed and 100 injured in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region when security forces clashed with protesters demanding presidential elections be held in November, a reg...

First export of wheat under UN deal as two more ships leave Ukraine

-- 2022-08-12 13:08:06

Two more ships left Ukraine's Black Sea ports on Friday, including one laden with the first Ukrainian wheat to be exported under a UN-brokered deal, Turkey's defence ministry said. A total 14 ships h...

China's Taiwan military drills offer spying opportunity for US

REUTERS 2022-08-12 11:30:21

While China's expanded drills surrounding Taiwan have marked an unprecedented military and political warning against outside interference over the island, they opened a window to gather intelligence f...

China defends decision to delay bid at UN to sanction Pakistan militant

-- 2022-08-11 19:57:58

China on Thursday defended its decision to delay a proposal by the United States and India at the UN Security Council to sanction a senior commander in a Pakistan-based militant group. India an...

UK summons China envoy over 'aggressive' escalation on Taiwan

-- 2022-08-11 19:13:51

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Wednesday summoned China's ambassador to Britain, Zheng Zeguang, to explain Beijing's actions towards Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit. A...

'Extreme' weather warning in force in Britain as new heatwave hits

-- 2022-08-11 16:14:45

A four-day "extreme heat" warning came into force in parts of England and Wales on Thursday, with temperatures poised to top 35 Celsius in another heatwave that could cause wildfires and pressur...

Taiwan rejects China's 'one country, two systems' plan for the island

REUTERS 2022-08-11 12:54:13

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. Only Taiwan's people can...

Militants attack Indian army post in Kashmir; 3 soldiers, 2 attackers die in shootout

-- 2022-08-11 12:44:28

Militants attacked an Indian army post in the disputed Kashmir region on Thursday, killing three soldiers, while two attackers died in the shootout that came amid heightened security ahead of In...

Taiwan fishing community casting for fresh markets after China ban

REUTERS 2022-08-11 12:44:04

Even before last week's visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, fish farmer Chen Sheng-You was on the lookout for new business, with trade curbs cutting him off from his m...

Heavy fighting near Donetsk as Russia presses offensive in eastern Ukraine

REUTERS 2022-08-11 11:58:38

Heavy fighting raged around the eastern Ukrainian town of Pisky on Thursday as Russia pressed its campaign to seize all of the industrialised Donbas region, while to the west Kyiv accused Moscow of us...

European retailers turn off lights, cut opening hours to save energy

-- 2022-08-10 22:23:20

As energy bills mount and the threat of rationing increases, some European retailers are turning off lights and considering shorter opening hours this winter. Energy bosses and government officials h...

UK summons Chinese ambassador to explain Beijing's actions towards Taiwan

-- 2022-08-10 19:12:57

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Wednesday summoned China's ambassador to Britain, Zheng Zeguang, to explain Beijing's actions towards Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit. A...

Biden signs documents endorsing Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO

-- 2022-08-10 18:23:08

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed documents endorsing Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the military alliance since the 1990s as it responds to Russia's...

Indian companies swapping dollar for Asian currencies to buy Russian coal

-- 2022-08-10 18:09:01

Indian companies are using Asian currencies more often to pay for Russian coal imports, according to customs documents and industry sources, avoiding the US dollar and cutting the risk of breaching We...

Trump seizes on FBI raid to boost 2024 presidential bid

-- 2022-08-10 17:15:02

Hours after denouncing the FBI's raid on his Florida home as political persecution, former President Donald Trump released a campaign-style video that may be the strongest hint yet that he plans to ru...

Taiwan residents largely calm in the face of Chinese anger

-- 2022-08-10 15:33:15

Many people on self-ruled Taiwan look upon China's unprecedented military exercises with calm resignation, doubting that war is imminent and if anything, feeling pride in their democratic island's det...

Rotavirus childhood vaccine shortage hits four African countries

REUTERS 2022-08-10 15:02:47

Supplies of a vaccine to prevent the deadly rotavirus infection in children have either run out in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Cameroon or are close to doing so, officials close to the roll-out told...