Electrical fire kills 41 in Cairo Coptic church
Forensic evidence reveals that the blaze broke out in an air-conditioning unit
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Rushdie attack suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder
Rushdie moved to New York in early 2000s and became a US citizen in 2016
Taiwan thanks US for maintaining security in Taiwan Strait
Chinese air force planes had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait
Salman Rushdie on ventilator after stabbing
India-born Rushdie, who identifies as an atheist, was forced to go underground following the publication of his book 'The Satanic Verses'
150,000 Bangladeshi tea workers strike against dollar-a-day wages
Minimum wage is 120 taka a day – about $1.25 at official rates
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, a security ‘nightmare’ that housed classified documents
Former US president under federal investigation for possible violations of the Espionage Act
Taliban violently disperse rare women’s protest in Kabul
Some women protesters who took refuge in nearby shops were chased and beaten by Taliban fighters with their rifle butts
Ukraine in default according to Fitch and S&P
Battered by Russia’s invasion, Ukraine faces a 35-45 per cent economic contraction in 2022 and a monthly fiscal shortfall of $5bn
Boat capsizes crossing river in northern India, three killed, 17 missing
Two bodies of women and one child were recovered in the rescue operation
Violence in Mexican border city leaves 8 dead, businesses burned
Following the killings, several parts of Juarez are deserted
Drought declared in several parts of England
Every month of the year except February has been drier than average, according to the Met Office
US attorney general says ‘personally approved’ raid on Trump’s Florida home
Search warrant for Donald Trump's home authorised by a federal court
Taliban cleric killed in blast in Kabul - officials
It is not immediately clear who is behind the blast
‘New work of fiction’: Iran rejects US claim of plot to kill ex-NSA John Bolton
US says it indicted a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards over allegations he had offered to pay an individual $300,000 to kill Bolton
Taiwan holds military drill after China repeats threats
Forces fired howitzers and target flares as part of defensive drill, says spokesman for Taiwan’s Eighth Army Corps
Suspect arrested for killings of Muslim men in New Mexico
Authorities say killings may have been rooted in personal grudge; all four victims were of Afghan or Pakistani descent
Armed man demanding frozen deposits takes hostages at Lebanese bank
Armed man takes hostages demanding bank to return frozen deposits
G7 foreign ministers urge Russia to hand Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant back to Ukraine
This issue will also give rise to conflict and chaos
Taliban torn over reforms one year after seizing power
It is Afghan people who suffer as country reels under massive economic crisis
Arson suspected as huge French wildfire reignites
More than 6,000 hectares of tinder-dry forest have burned in just 24 hours
Modi’s party loses crucial Indian state of Bihar after ally switches sides
We will win more than two-thirds of the total assembly seats in next 2025 elections
Ukraine’s nuclear chief warns of ‘very high’ risks at occupied power plant
Around 500 Russian troops are currently at the facility with heavy vehicles
Biden signs bill to boost US chips, compete with China
Signed a landmark bill to provide $52.7 billion in subsidies for semiconductor
A year after Taliban’s return, some women fight for lost freedoms
Under the new government, there are no women in the cabinet and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs was shut down
TTP top commander Khalid Khorasani reportedly killed in Paktika
Mufti Hassan and Hafiz Dawlat were also killed in the blast
Ten killed in stabbing spree in Iran’s south: state media
Six Afghans and four Iranians are killed in the attack in a rural area
Gaza crossing opens as truce holds between Islamic Jihad, Israel
Each side warned the other that it will respond with force to any violence
Any attack on a nuclear plant ‘suicidal’: UN chief Guterres
Warns of dangers of nuclear powers after fresh shelling hits a huge atomic power complex in Ukraine
New Mexico beefs up security at mosques after target killings
New Mexico police seek public's help in probe of four Muslim slayings
Fourth Muslim man murdered in New Mexico in ‘targeted killings’
Governor calls for deploying extra state police officers to Albuquerque
