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With his long black hair flowing beneath a traditional cap and over his masked face, a Taliban guard, machine gun in hand, indicated I should follow the doctor.   I

Sir Salman Rushdie’s injuries remain “severe” after he was stabbed, but his condition is heading “in the right direction”, the author’s agent has said. The 75-year-old was airlifted to hospital

A popular walrus in the Norwegian capital has been put down by authorities due to fears she posed a risk to people. Freya, a 600kg animal named after the Norse

Saudi oil giant Aramco has revealed profits of $48.4bn (£40bn) for the second quarter of 2022 – a 90% year-on-year increase. The sum has broken the firm’s quarterly profit record

At least one person is dead and dozens more are injured after an explosion ripped through a large market in Armenia. The blast happened at a fireworks storage area at

An explosion has hit a large market in the capital of Armenia, with reports saying that people are trapped under the rubble. The blast in Yerevan reportedly set off a

At least 41 people have reportedly been killed in a fire at a church near Egypt’s capital, Cairo. The number of dead was announced by the country’s Coptic Church, citing

A man has been arrested after shots were fired in the check-in area of Canberra Airport in Australia. The airport was evacuated and planes were grounded for about three hours

A gunman has opened fire at a bus stop in Jerusalem’s Old City, wounding eight people. It happened early on Sunday as the group of Israelis were waiting in a