The novelist, who has lived under threat for decades, is recovering after being repeatedly stabbed in New York state.

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The churches attract millions of followers with their promises to heal illnesses and deliver people from poverty.

Dr Gaurav Sharma has gone public with claims of bullying, misspending of taxpayer funds and wrongdoing by staffing and standards agency Parliamentary Service.

Beijing responded to Nancy Pelosi’s visit by sending missiles, warships and warplanes into the seas and air around Taiwan.

The romance between Nilar Thein and Ko Jimmy persisted through coups and revolutions, death threats and periods of separation. Until last month.

A Sherpa has filmed a bottleneck on K2, which documents a line of climbers trying to reach the summit of the world's most dangerous mountain.

Incredible video footage has shown a massive waterspout off the coast of Greece.

Anne Heche, Wag the Dog and Donnie Brasco star, has been taken off life support after a horror crash that left her braindead.

A fireworks explosion has killed at least three people in an Armenian mall.

Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, are having to make some adjustments.

The blood type of a human kidney has been changed for the first time, helping to drastically reduce the amount of time many people wait for a transplant.

Water vapor transportation and potential precipitation accumulation at selected time slices during the 30-day scenario.

France has told residents to avoid non-essential water usage like car-washing and watering gardens during the European drought.

Police say a man turned a gun on himself after crashing his car near the US Capitol building in Washington.

Trump calls for seized documents to be returned to his Florida home.

Officials in Norway euthanised the walrus after concluding it posed a risk to humans.

In a battle between a tattooed progressive and a TV doctor backed by Trump, Pennsylvania is shaping up to be the marquee race of the midterm elections.

A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke.

A man drove his car into a barricade near the US Capitol in Washington DC early Sunday and then began firing gunshots in the air before fatally shooting himself, police said.