Prophet Muhammad cartoonist dies in car crash

A Swedish cartoonist who sketched the Prophet Muhammad’s head on a dog’s body has died in a traffic accident, according to local media.Lars Vilks was reportedly travelling in a civilian police vehicle which collided with a truck…

Algeria bans French military planes as tension grows

Algeria has refused permission for France to fly military planes in its airspace and announced the recall of its ambassador from Paris in the wake of what it said were “inadmissible” comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron.…

Newcastle’s Saudi takeover will go ahead

Saudi Arabia's controversial bid to take over Newcastle United Football Club could be sanctioned on the condition that the government in Riyadh is not involved as a director in any way. A final decision is not expected until early next…

Merkel assures Al-Menfi of continued cooperation in Libya

Speaking at a joint news conference with visiting chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, Mohamed al-Menfi, Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Libya will continue to be among Berlin’s main foreign policy priorities, after the…

Libya, Turkey to cooperate against money laundering

Libya will cooperate with Turkey to fight against financing of the terrorism and money laundering, according to sources.An agreement between MASAK and the Central Bank of Libya and Libyan Financial Information Unit, on cooperation in…

U.S.’s daily COVID-19 deaths exceeds 700,000

The number of people who have been killed from the coronavirus in the US has surpassed 700,000, according to Johns Hopkins University on Saturday.The death toll rose to 700,327 with 2,457 more casualties in the past 24 hours.Since…

UAE offer ‘FC Barcelona’ €1.5bn to clear debt

Barcelona has received a lucrative offer of €1.5 billion from a company based in Dubai to help the club write off its huge debt The Spanish giants are currently struggling financially with debts of more than €1.35 billion. The club was…