Investigators yesterday said the gunman who tried to storm a gala dinner attended by US President Donald Trump planned to target top government officials, as scrutiny grew over the event’s security.

Says State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam

World leaders expressed shock after a shooter charged a glitzy media gala in Washington

As details continue to emerge and investigations are underway, here is what we know about the shooting

Gunman fired at agent during Correspondents’ Dinner; president and officials unharmed

Trump had earlier said, however, that "you never know" if it could be linked to the Iran war, and said investigators were working on the motive of the shooter whom he described as a "lone wolf."

"Our votes matter," said Tenzin Tsering, 19, a first-time voter, waiting to cast his ballot to push for greater youth representation.

Children under five account for more than two-thirds of malaria deaths. A new drug offers hope for this vulnerable group

US President Donald Trump said Saturday that the suspect behind a shooting incident at a media gala in Washington was a "would-be assassin," adding that the man was "armed with multiple weapons."

The deadlock leaves the world's biggest economy and a major oil power locked in a confrontation that has already pushed energy prices to multi-year highs, stoked inflation and darkened global growth prospects.

Donald Trump and Melania Trump rushed out of White House Correspondents' Association ‌dinner after a man armed with a shotgun tried to breach security

US President Donald Trump yesterday announced he had cancelled his envoys’ planned trip to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran yesterday, but said that did not mean an immediate resumption of the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic.

Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least six people, officials said yesterday, most of them in an attack on a residential building in the eastern city of Dnipro.

Palestinians in the West Bank and central Gaza voted yesterday in municipal elections, the first since the war in Gaza erupted, with low early turnout and a limited political field.

Things could get awkward Saturday night when US President Donald Trump takes his seat at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, his first time attending the gala while in office.

The army in junta-ruled Mali yesterday battled what it called “terrorist groups” that launched surprise attacks around the capital Bamako and other parts of the west African nation.

Things could get awkward Saturday night when US President Donald Trump takes his seat at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, his first time attending the gala while in office.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday he considered the EU’s common defence clause “stronger” than the one binding Nato together.

Iran's foreign minister leaves Islamabad

Iranian state television had said before Araghchi's departure that he had no plans to meet with the Americans, and that Islamabad would serve as a bridge to 'convey' Iranian proposals