In August 2022 Rushdie, now 77, lost vision in his right eye after the attack by a knife-wielding assailant

The letter was signed by the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE

Trump has increasingly turned to the military to help carry out his immigration agenda

Global stock markets had slumped as Trump's threat of sweeping 25 percent levies on exports from Canada and Mexico to the United States sparked fears of a global trade war

The United States is the world's largest provider of official development assistance

Hundreds of people protested in New York Monday against President Donald Trump's executive orders restricting treatment for transgender children, and reports that a local hospital group consequently cancelled appointments for two trans youths

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading US President Donald Trump’s drive to shrink the federal government, gave an update on the effort early yesterday, saying work is underway to shut down the US foreign aid agency USAID.

US President Donald Trump will pause new tariffs on Mexico for one month after Mexico agreed to reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members to stem the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday warned Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino that Washington will “take measures necessary” if Panama does not immediately take steps to end what President Donald Trump sees as China’s influence and control over the Panama Canal.

A car bomb killed at least 15 people in the Syrian city of Manbij yesterday, the second attack there in three days and Syria’s deadliest since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power in December.

Ukraine struck energy facilities in southern Russia with dozens of drones launched yesterday, triggering fires at a major oil refinery and gas processing plant and disrupting flights from the Volga to the Caucasus Mountains, Russian and Ukrainian officials said.

The office of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas denounced an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank as ethnic cleansing yesterday, urging the United States to intervene.

Putin congratulated Trump on his election and stated he is ready to meet Trump to discuss Ukraine and energy.

Before departing, Netanyahu told reporters he would discuss "victory over Hamas"

Here are some responses to the tariffs out of Europe

There were no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

The Trump tariffs, outlined in three executive orders, are due to take effect 12:01 a.m. ET (0501 GMT) on Tuesday.

Trump initially froze all aid spending for three months

Artificial intelligence newcomer DeepSeek has sent Silicon Valley into a frenzy

Trump has also hit China with a 10-percent tariff in addition to levies already in place.