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New York: Renowned author Salman Rushdie, who faces death threats for years after writing 'The Satanic Verses', has been attacked on stage during an event at the Chautauqua Institution in New York, police said.The author was attacked when he...

Washington: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion to unseal the search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement days after Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents raided the Mar-a-Lago...

Islamabad: The Shehbaz Sharif government is preparing a ‘contingency plan’ to deal with the potential resurgence of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) after reports suggested the terrorist outfit was trying to make a comeback.On Thursday, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif...

Havana: The Colombian government wants to resume peace talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla in the Cuban capital, Colombia's Foreign Affairs Minister Alvaro Leyva said here."We hope to resume dialogues with ELN in this land of peace...

Beijing: Taipei views Beijing's white book on Taiwan as demonstrating its determination to invade the island, and rejects the "one country - two systems" approach, Taiwan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Joanne Ou said on Thursday."The contents of the White Book...

Kabul: More than 400 private schools have closed their doors due to various reasons including economic problems, reported a local television channel the Tolonews on Thursday.Tolonews quoted Zabihullah Furqani, a member of the Union of Private Schools, as...

Dhaka: TIB does not consider the recent series of attacks on journalists while collecting news of irregularities and corruption in Bangladesh as an isolated incident. The anti-corruption organization said these incidents are a continuation of the trend of suppressing...

Crimea: Satellite images show extensive damage and several destroyed Russian warplanes at a Crimea airbase following explosions earlier this week, media reports said.The Saky base in the west of Russian-ruled Crimea was rocked by a string of blasts on...

Washington: Marines' first black four-star general, Michael Langley, became the new chief of US Africa Command (AFRICOM) at a ceremony in Stuttgart on Tuesday."Langley becomes the sixth US Africa Command commander since the command was established in 2008,"...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet and the executive line-up of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday as the administration faces slipping public support.According to the line-up, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Finance Minister...