JK Rowling gets death threat

Author JK Rowling recently received a public threat from an Iran-backing extremist, following her denunciation of the recent attack on fellow British author Salman Rushdie. According to Deadline, the ‘Harry Potter’ creator,

Rushdie attack is a wake-up call to sanction Iran: Rishi Sunak

The brutal attack on noted author Salman Rushdie should be a wake-up call for the West to impose tougher sanctions against Iran and proscribe the country’s elite military unit as a terrorist organisation, British prime ministerial hopeful Rishi Sunak said on Sunday.

US lawmakers arrive in Taiwan days after Pelosi’s visit

Five US lawmakers arrived in Taipei for a surprise visit on Sunday amid escalated tensions across the Taiwan Strait, following a trip earlier this month by Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives.According to the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), which acts as the de facto US embassy, the two-day visit is part of a larger trip to the Indo-Pacific region.