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Tehran: Iran has "categorically" denied any link with Salman Rushdie's attacker and in fact, blamed the Booker Prize winner for bringing it upon himself.Rushdie, 75, was left severely injured on August 12 after being stabbed on stage at an...

Quito: Ecuador government officials have blamed a deadly explosion in the port city of Guayaquil that left five people dead and 26 injured as "organized crime".Ecuador's interior minister called the Sunday blast a "declaration of war" by criminal...

Moscow: Moscow has vowed to "expand comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations" with North Korea, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.In a letter sent to his counterpart Kim Jong-un on Pyongyang's Liberation Day, Putin said the move would be in...

New Delhi: India has registered 14,917 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Monday.According to the bulletin issued by the Union Health Ministry, the total caseload rose to 4,42,68,349 while the overall toll rose to 5,27,037 as 32...

Cairo: At least 40 were killed and 45 others injured as a result of a fire inside a church in the city of Giza in Egypt, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing security sources.The sources told the media that 5,000...

Aden, Yemen: Tension between units of the Yemeni government forces flared up on Friday as the newly-formed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) insisted on removing rebellious security officers from their positions in the oil-rich province of Shabwa, an official told...

New York: The FBI seized top secret files from former US President Donald Trump's estate in Florida this week during its raid, according to a search warrant.Agents removed 11 sets of documents, including some marked "TS/SCI", a designation...

Washington: US House of Representatives passed the Democratic spending bill on tax policy, health care, and climate change, a few days after the Senate approval.The bill on Friday, dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, is scaled down from the massive...

New Delhi: Salman Rushdie, literally the "midnight's child" draws a close relation to his most celebrated title -- being born in 1947, when India too announced her "tryst with destiny".The Indian-born novelist catapulted to fame with "Midnight's Children" in...

New York: Celebrated author Salman Rushdie, whose "Satanic Verses" drew death threats in the 1980s, is on ventilator after a New York stabbing incident.Rushdie's agent told the media nerves in the novelist's arm were severed; and his liver was...