Salman Rushdie has regained his voice and is able to breathe without help. The British-American writer is, thus, "on the road to recovery", as confirmed by his agent, Andrew Wylie, to the newspaper 'New York Times'.
American Hadi Matar, 24, the son of Lebanese immigrants, has been formally charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of writer Salman Rushdie. The United States authorities maintain a strict silence about Matar, although his "trace" on social networks shows him as a Muslim extremist and sympathizer of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the elite military force of that country, much more ideologized. and aligned with Islamic fundamentalism than the Iranian Armed Forces.
Hadi Matar pleaded "not guilty" to "attempted murder" in a New York state court.
The emir of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, died today at the age of 73, without the circumstances of his death being known at the moment, the state news agency reported today.
"The Ministry of Presidential Affairs conveys its condolences to the people of the United Arab Emirates and the Arab Muslim nations (...) for the leader of the nation His Highness Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, President of the State, who went to God on Friday, May 13," the department said in a statement released by WAM.
After a search of more than 60 hours by police, soldiers and members of the Shabak (internal secret service), Israel has arrested the two Palestinians who hacked to death three citizens in Elad, in the center of the country.
Yousef Asad Al Rafa (19) and Sabhi Abu Shakir (20) were located in a forest not far from the place where they committed the attack on Thursday night and did not resist against Israeli soldiers and agents. The traces of blood from one of them helped to follow their trail. After the arrest, one of them admitted in Arabic to an agent's camera that he was responsible for the attack in Elad. Nearby, his axes were found.
The Taliban government announcement this Saturday, of a decree to force them to dress modestly and regulate their clothing. The Taliban Supreme Leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has announced the rule, which makes it mandatory to cover one's face in public and provides 'warnings' and penalties for non-compliance.
The decree comes with the approval of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, a body reintroduced by the authorities of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after its return to power last summer, taking advantage of the disbandment of international troops.
According to these rules, women journalists and TV anchors are required to cover their heads before appearing on TV.
Media representatives in Afghanistan say some of the rules imposed by the Taliban are not entirely clear and need to be clarified.
When the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan in August this year, many feared that they would gradually impose tougher sanctions on the country, especially on women.
Addressing a seminar in Islamabad, Afghan Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Pakistan and the TTP and confirmed the facilitation of the talks.
Senior Taliban official Maulvi Hamdullah was reportedly killed in the attack. Hamdullah was the commander of the Kabul Army Corps.
If reports of his death prove true, the Taliban's revenge is certain and a new wave of violence could soon break out in the country.
This is the same hospital that was attacked in 2017 by the so-called Islamic State militant group.
Israeli planes and bombs fell silent and the Gaza Strip fell silent, but the 11 days of conflict left children in the enclave traumatized, once again exposed to destruction and fear of death.
"My dear mother, I am very scared. If we must all die, I want us to be buried in the same grave and I want it to be in your arms," wrote Zeina Dabus on a slip of paper that she left under her mother's pillow while the air force Israeli attacked his neighborhood in Gaza City.
Read more: a horrific bombardment
Zeina's testimony, interviewed by AFP the day before the ceasefire that ended on Friday the deadly confrontation between Israel and Hamas, in power in Gaza, shows on a child level a reality that is as terrifying as it is difficult to understand at this age.
"They bombarded all the time next to our house, all the streets," says Zeina. "He was afraid of dying," he says when he explains why he wrote the message for his mother.
Another building in Gaza was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday morning, AFP reported.
Despite international calls for an end to the bombing, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last night that Israel would "continue to attack terrorist hideouts."
It should be noted that Israel launched its air campaign on the Gaza Strip on May 10.
Earlier, Israel shelled Muslim worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site for Muslims, and tried to evict Muslims from occupied Jerusalem, in response to Islamist groups ruling Gaza. Hamas fired rockets at Israel.
According to officials on both sides, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed 215 Palestinians, including 61 children, while rockets fired by Hamas have killed 12 people in Israel, including a child.
The Israeli offensive in Gaza began on Monday after Hamas fired rockets into Israeli territory. So far, six Israeli civilians have been confirmed injured in the rocket attacks.
The operation by the militant group Hamas came after more than 700 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police in Jerusalem as of Monday.
The series of attacks by the two sides did not stop on Monday night and the sounds of Israeli airstrikes and rockets fired by Hamas continued to be heard in the area on Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday, Israeli warplanes hit a house in the Ramallah area of Gaza, killing two people. According to Maan News Agency, the dead included two commanders of the militant organization Islamic Jihad, while six others, including another commander, were injured in the attack.
French President Emmanuel Macquarie has said he understands the feelings of Muslims, but that
hardline Islam is a threat to all
President McKeown made the remarks in an interview with Qatar's Al Jazeera news channel. In the conversation, they discussed the controversial sketches of the Prophet of Islam, the deaths caused by the knife attack in Nice, and the strong reaction from Muslim countries to his statements. A teacher has been assassinated in France this month for showing controversial sketches of the Prophet of Islam. This was followed by large-scale demonstrations in France. The sketches were published in the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo. President McKeown has defended the controversial propaganda of the Prophet of Islam on the basis of freedom of expression. He said he would take strong action against Muslim extremist organizations. President McKeown said:
More than 100 aftershocks have hit the Turkish coastal city of Izmir since a devastating earthquake, with more than 20 buildings collapsing, leaving 27 dead and more than 800 injured. According to the World News Agency, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook the Turkish coastal city of Izmir and the Greek island of Samos yesterday.
The institution of the Khilafah was the name of a great hope among the Muslims that whatever it is, the Muslims are being the collective spokesman through the Caliph. As soon as the caliph declared jihad, armies from all directions began to gather. Look at Muhammad ibn Qasim. When he left Damascus, he was commanding a small army, but by the time he reached Sindh, he was the commander of a very large army.
As indicated by Bahraini state media, in line with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain has permitted all trips to and from the UAE to go through its airspace, including Israel.
It ought to be noticed that relations between the UAE and Israel have as of late been built up and the principal trip of the Israeli aircraft had as of late came to Abu Dhabi by means of Saudi airspace.
Israel's state-run aircraft LL has declared the takeoff of its first freight trip to Dubai.
The declaration came only days after the aircraft's business flight showed up in the United Arab Emirates, as per an AFP report.
The aircraft said in an explanation that the primary freight flight would withdraw from Tel Aviv air terminal on September 16, in accordance with a consent to standardize relations among Israel and the UAE.
Notwithstanding, rather than flying straightforwardly from Israel to the UAE like a traveler flight, the load flight will go to Dubai by means of Belgium. Nonetheless, the carrier didn't give further subtleties regarding why this is being finished.
The flight departure from Israel to the UAE has landed, denoting a significant advance in normalizing relations after the declaration of a harmony bargain.
The El Al aircraft made the three-hour trip, conveying an assignment of Israeli and US authorities.
The flight was permitted to cross Saudi Arabian airspace, typically obstructed to Israeli air traffic.
The UAE has become just the third Arab nation in the Middle East to perceive Israel since its establishing in 1948.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has repealed a legal clause calling for a boycott of Israel following a "peace deal" with Israel.
AFP news agency quoted the state news agency WEM as saying that UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan had called for the repeal of Federal Law No. 15 of 1972 on "boycotting Israel and imposing sanctions." Issued a federal decree.
It should be noted that the UAE will be the first Gulf state to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel and the only third Arab country.
At the point when the UAE reported its acknowledgment of Israel a two week ago, there was a blended response in the Muslim world. Some considered it a double-crossing of the Palestinians, while others considered it a notable understanding, and educated circles saw the "standardization" of relations between the two states as "formalization."
Israel and the UAE's formal discretionary relations understanding is certifiably not a basic issue. Actually, the understanding has started another war in the district, just as fears of a military overthrow by Arab supremacists in a few Muslim states.
Israel's relations and mystery union with the Arab world are a relic of times gone by, however now these relations are being formalized and reported, and obviously there are numerous variables included.
According to Emirati state media, the head of the Israeli secret agency Mossad, UC Cohen, has visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for security talks.
Foreign news agency AFP quoted the UAE's official news agency, WEM, as saying that UC Cohen had met with Sheikh Tahanoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser in Abu Dhabi. Discussed cooperation in the fields and regional development.
It should be noted that this is the first high-level visit of an Israeli official to Abu Dhabi since the 'peace agreement' between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
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