Trump ramps up criticism of judge after travel ban setback
US President Donald Trump has attacked the judge who blocked his travel ban, saying Americans should blame the courts "if something happens".
Mr Trump also said he had instructed border officials to check people entering America "very carefully".
The federal appeals court on Saturday rejected the Trump administration's request to reinstate the ban.
The ban, affecting people from seven mainly-Muslim countries, was blocked by Seattle's federal judge on Friday.
This means that Mr Trump's directive will remain suspended and visa holders from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen will be allowed to enter the US until the full case has been heard.
Sharp rise in children killed and maimed in Afghan war, UN report reveals
Civilian casualty toll in 2016 was highest in 15 years, with 923 children killed and 2,589 injured, mainly from ground engagements
The number of children killed and maimed in the Afghan war increased dramatically last year, according to the UN, which has documented the highest civilian casualty toll in the country since 2001.
In a report released on Monday, the UN documented 11,418 casualties, a 3% increase since 2015, including 3,498 deaths.
Child casualties rose 24% – to 923 killed and 2,589 wounded – mainly as a result of ground engagements closer to residential areas, and explosive remnants of war.
While the total number of killed marked a slight drop, the number of injured has grown 6% since 2016.
Spiegel editor defends Trump beheading cover
The editor-in-chief of the weekly Der Spiegel has defended his magazine's front cover illustration of US President Donald Trump beheading the Statue of Liberty. The image has had a mixed response in the German media.
"Der Spiegel does not want to provoke anybody," editor-in-chief Klaus Brinkbaeumer told Reuters TV, adding he was surprised by the impact of the illustration.
Published on Saturday, the magazine cover shows a cartoon figure of Trump with a bloodied knife in one hand and the statue's head in the other, with the caption "America First."
Trump has faced condemnation over his recent decision to issue an executive order banning the admittance of refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days.
Turkish police detain over 440 people in anti-IS operation
Turkey, which has been helping fight the Islamic State in Syria, is stepping up its domestic anti-terrorism efforts after a year marked by dozens of attacks linked to the terror group or Kurdish militants.
Turkey's anti-terrorism police have detained over 440 people for alleged links to the Islamic State group, the state-run news agency reported Sunday.
The Anadolu Agency said 60 suspects, the vast majority of them foreigners, were taken into custody early Sunday in the capital, Ankara.
It said a total of 445 people were detained in simultaneous pre-dawn police operations that spanned several cities, including Istanbul and Gaziantep, near the border with Syria.
Gaza's cancer patients: 'We are dying slowly'
The Gaza Strip does not have adequate resources for medical treatment, but Israel prevents patients from leaving.
Gaza City - "I'm like a bird in a cage," Hind Shaheen told Al Jazeera as she lay in bed at Gaza City's Al-Rantisi hospital, surrounded by family members. "Outside of my cage I can see water and food, but I can't reach it. This is my condition right now."
Shahin, who suffers from breast cancer, says that her condition has been deteriorating ever since she was denied exit from Gaza for treatment.
The Gaza Strip does not have adequate resources to provide her with appropriate treatment, yet she cannot leave, as Israeli authorities at the Erez border crossing, known as Beit Hanoon to Palestinians, rejected her permit three times in a row without explanation.
Offshore construction work begins for moving U.S. base in Okinawa
The Japanese government on Monday launched offshore construction work to build a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa amid strong local opposition.
The work began after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed last week to go ahead with the base relocation.
The work is part of the central government’s plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps’ Air Station Futenma from a densely populated area of Ginowan to the Henoko coastal area in Nago, both in the southern island prefecture.
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga returned on Sunday evening from a U.S. trip to relay local opposition to the relocation plan to the administration of President Donald Trump.
He is likely to seek to thwart the project by such steps as refusing to give permission for moving coral reefs in the land reclamation area.
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