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The Danish cartoonist behind a controversial 2006 drawing of the Prophet Mohammed has died. Kurt Westergaard passed away at the age of 86 after a long illness, Danish daily Berlingske reports. Westergaard’s 2006 satirical cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed published in the Jyllands-Posten newspaper where he had worked since the …

The Biden administration on Monday transferred a detainee out of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility for the first time, sending a Moroccan man back home years after he was recommended for discharge. The Moroccan prisoner, Abdullatif Nasser, who’s in his mid-50s, was cleared for repatriation by a review board in …

A man in China has died after contracting a rare infectious disease from primates, known as the Monkey B virus, Chinese health officials revealed in a report Saturday. The victim, a 53-year-old veterinarian based in Beijing, was the first documented human case of the virus in China. According to the …

Britain will threaten this week to deviate from the Brexit deal unless the European Union shows more flexibility over Northern Ireland, one UK, and three EU sources told Reuters. David Frost, the British minister who leads Brexit negotiations, is preparing to announce a significant potential change on the protocol that …

Japan will soon remove senior diplomat Hirohisa Soma from its embassy to South Korea after he was reported to have made an inappropriate comment on President Moon Jae-in, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday, citing a government source.

Ethiopia has attained its second-year target for filling a mega-dam on the Blue Nile River that has stoked tensions with downstream countries Egypt and Sudan, an official told AFP on Monday. “The first filling already was done last year. The second one is already done today. So today or tomorrow, …

Fifteen diplomatic missions call for ‘urgent end’ to offensives, hours after the Doha meeting failed to agree on a ceasefire. Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Kabul have joined hands to urge the Taliban to halt military offensives across Afghanistan, just hours after a peace meeting in Doha …

An Israeli company’s spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of more than 50,000 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials, and human rights activists around 50 countries, according to an investigation by 17 media organizations published on Sunday. One of the organizations, The Washington Post, said the Pegasus spyware …

Russia said on Monday it had successfully tested a Tsirkon(Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin has touted as part of a new generation of missile systems without equal in the world. The defence ministry said in a statement that the missile had been fired from the Admiral …

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ‘freedom day’ ending over a year of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England was marred on Monday by surging infections, warnings of supermarket shortages, and his own forced self-isolation. Summary England lifts most COVID restrictions Johnson was forced to isolate after trying to skip it PM …

Saudi officials have replaced the Kiswa (the cloth cover) of the Kaaba to commemorate the Day of Arafat and the start of Eid al-Adha, on Monday. The process of changing the Kiswa occurs annually on the second day of Hajj under the supervision of the President of the Holy Mosque. …

The Algerian foreign ministry recalled its ambassador to Morocco on Sunday and hinted at possible further measures in the latest flare-up of tension between the North African neighbors over the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The move was linked to comments from the Moroccan envoy to the United Nations on …

The Mackinac Bridge in Michigan was closed because of an “active bomb threat”, local media reported, citing Michigan State Police. Local authorities announced on Sunday that the Mackinac Bridge, connecting the cities of St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, had been closed due to an “emergency situation”, and urged the public …

Despite being in maskless contact with two Texas House Democrats who tested positive for Covid-19, US Vice President Kamala Harris does not plan to self-isolate, her aide told the media. Harris’ spokesperson Symone Sanders confirmed in a statement over the weekend that Harris met with members of the Texas state …

The envoy and other senior diplomats would be back to Kabul until all the security threats are removed, Afghanistan said, a day after the daughter of the Afghan ambassador was briefly kidnapped and tortured in Islamabad. Afghanistan has decided to recall its ambassador to Islamabad and all senior diplomats over …

Several prominent Egyptian activists and journalists were released from custody on Sunday following months of detention on charges including joining or aiding a terrorist group and spreading false news, lawyers representing them said. Egyptian authorities have in recent months released detainees ahead of major Muslim holidays. Sunday’s releases come two …

This comes amid a recent surge in violence in Afghanistan following the start of the withdrawal of international troops from the country in line with an agreement reached between the Taliban* and the US in Doha last year. The delegations of the Afghan government and the Taliban issued a joint …

The Iraqi Ministry of Transport announced that its seismic observatories recorded, at exactly 05:34:19 pm this afternoon, local time, a 5.6-magnitude magnitude earthquake in the Bu Shahr region in Iran, which is 250 km away from the Iraqi-Iranian borders. Alghadeer Satellite Channel correspondent in Basra reported that the residents of …

A chemical leak at a Houston-area water park left dozens suffering from minor skin irritation and respiratory issues Saturday, authorities said. According to Press TV, twenty-nine people were taken to local hospitals following the incident at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown in Spring, the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office tweeted. …

Nine Palestinian inmates have gone on hunger strike in Zionist regime prisons to protest against the Tel Aviv regime’s so-called policy of administrative detention. The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said in a statement on Sunday that the nine prisoners have been on hunger strike for the fifth …