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Kurt Westergaard in 2015. Photo: Henning Bagger/BAG/Ritzau Scanpix Danish artist Kurt Westergaard, famed for drawing a caricature the Prophet Mohammed which sparked outrage around the Muslim world, has died at the age of 86, his family told Danish media on Sunday. Westergaard passed away in his sleep after a long period of ill health, his family told […]

American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2017. (AP File Photo)  NATO’s military mission in Afghanistan has ended after almost 20 years, according to diplomatic and military sources. Foreign troops still in the country – such as those from the United States and Turkey – after the departure of most NATO-country soldiers […]

UN Photo/Marco Dormino Security and humanitarian challenges plague Mali, considered the UN’s most dangerous peacekeeping mission. There is a “bloody surge” impacting humanitarian crises around the world, with civilians in conflict zones paying the highest price, the UN deputy chief told the Security Council on Friday. Briefing on behalf of the UN chief, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, painted a grim picture of civilian executions, arbitrary arrests, detentions, forced displacement and sexual […]

FACEBOOK slammed the White House on Friday for using it as a “scapegoat” after President Joe Biden said the platform was “killing people” with Covid misinformation. A Facebook spokesperson said the president is overlooking the number of people who use the site’s vaccine finder tool and is looking for an excuse as to why he missed his July 4 […]

    Cars were lifted from the road when the severe rainstorm and flash floods hit More than 130 people have been reported dead across western Germany, and 150 in total across Europe Over 600 people have been reported injured 850 Bundeswehr soldiers have been deployed to assist with disaster relief President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit […]

File photo of Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Egypt on July 14, 2021. © Mohamed Abd El Ghany, Reuters Lebanon faced yet more misery Friday after the failure of premier-designate Saad Hariri to form a government, and as France prepares to host an aid conference on the first anniversary of the […]

The Meuse River burst it’s banks, sending flood waters through Liege, Belgium   –   Copyright  Valentin Bianchi/Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Torrential rain and flooding has left more than 100 people dead and hundreds others missing in western Europe, with Germany bearing the brunt of the worst natural disaster in living memory. At least 50 people […]

A person is questioned and released as police and soldiers move through Alexandra in Johannesburg.Image: Alon Skuy At least 117 people have died in riots and looting in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, acting minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said on Thursday afternoon. These deaths were regrettable, she said at a briefing on government’s response to days […]

Icebreakers Arktika and Sibir being assembled at the Baltic Shipyard, St. Petersburg At St. Petersburg’s historic Baltic Shipyard, cranes hover over the shining Neva River as hundreds of workers build four nuclear-powered icebreakers.Fronted by a Russian flag and named after the country’s northern regions, the giant vessels are meant to ensure Moscow’s dominance over the […]

FILE – Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam is seen in photo posted March 7, 2020, on her Twitter. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia’s top leaders, all men, have struggled for years to tame the Horn of Africa nation’s insecurity and corruption. Lawmaker Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam says it’s time for a woman’s touch and on Tuesday announced […]