One by one, Donald Trump’s defeated rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination took the stage to sing his praises at the party's convention on Tuesday night. From his box just above the convention floor, Trump smiled at times as he watched his former opponents Nikki Haley, Ron

Six people who died in a luxury hotel suite in Thailand were poisoned by drinks laced with cyanide, police have said. Police suspect that one of the dead was behind the poisoning and was driven by crushing debt. The six deceased were found dead by housekeepers at the Grand Hyatt

The European Union announced sanctions on Monday against five Israeli individuals and three entities, describing them as responsible for “serious and systematic human rights abuses” against Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The list included Tzav 9, a group

Four people have been killed in a shooting near a mosque in Oman's capital Muscat, the country's police say. In a brief statement, they say "a number" of people were also injured in al-Wadi al-Kabir area. Officers responded to the incident, and an investigation is

At least 22 Palestinians were killed and 100 wounded in a strike on Sunday on a UN-run school in central Gaza being used as a shelter by displaced people, the Hamas-run health ministry says. The Israeli military said it had targeted a number of Hamas “terrorists” operating

Joe Biden has defended his rhetoric against Donald Trump and cited why it was important, in his first interview since the attempt on his political rival's life. The president said his campaign had a duty to clearly communicate the threat of a second Trump term, adding that his

Donald Trump arrived at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee for his first public appearance since he survived an assassination attempt two days ago. He had a large bandage on his right ear, which was injured when an attacker opened fire at a political rally. The leading

Facing growing criticism over a massive security failure, the US Secret Service on Monday vowed to cooperate with an independent review after a shooter was allowed to open fire on Donald Trump. The 78-year-old former president was injured but survived an assassination attempt at a

The death toll from a car bombing at a cafe in Somalia's capital Mogadishu that was packed with football fans watching the the Euro 2024 final has risen to nine, security sources said Monday. Witnesses described scenes of panic and chaos after the powerful blast late Sunday, with

The Israeli military says senior Hamas commander Rafa Salama was killed in an air strike in Gaza on Saturday. Hamas has not confirmed the report. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said that Israel's strike hit a camp for displaced people in a designated humanitarian zone in

In a televised address to the nation, President Joe Biden called for the "temperature of politics" to be lowered after the attempted assasination of Donald Trump. "Politics must never be a literal battlefield, God forbid a killing field," he said. Trump, who says

K P Sharma Oli was appointed Nepal's Prime Minister for the third time on Sunday to lead the new coalition government that faces the daunting challenge of providing political stability in the country. Oli, 72, succeeds Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda who lost the vote of confidence in

China's President Xi Jinping expressed his "compassion and sympathy" to Donald Trump on Sunday, a spokesman said, following an assassination attempt on the former US president during a rally in the United States. "China is closely following the situation surrounding

The shooting that wounded Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday was an assassination attempt, the FBI confirms in a late night press conference. “This evening we had what we are calling an assassination attempt against our former president Donald

Taiwan's defense ministry said on Saturday it was monitoring "waves" of missile tests taking place in China's far northern region of Inner Mongolia and that its air defense forces were on alert. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory,

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says at least 90 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a designated humanitarian area. About 300 people have been injured, according to the health ministry's statement, in an attack which Israel says targeted senior Hamas

Former US president Donald Trump was rushed off stage by Secret Service agents Saturday after a series of loud bangs that sounded like possible gunshots were heard at the start of a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. As the bangs ran out, Trump clearly grimaced and clutched a hand to his

A Pakistani court on Saturday acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife of charges of illegal marriage, his lawyer Naeem Panjutha said. An Islamabad District and Sessions Court "dismissed charges" against Khan, a spokesman for his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)

A recent UN monitoring report on Afghanistan contains rare acknowledgement — bordering on praise — of the Taliban’s approach to governance issues, such as the relative stability brought on by their consolidation of power, elimination of petty corruption and efforts to

With seven more deaths, the total death toll in flood in Assam has mounted to 90 so far, said Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). According to the flood reports of ASDMA, 7 more people died in the state on Friday. "Five people died in a boat capsize incident in