(AP) Security is high in Barcelona following a U.S. warning of the risk of a terror attack during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
The security alert, posted online and sent to U.S. citizens in Spain’s second-largest city, recommends exercising “heightened caution” around buses and public transport in the Las Ramblas area. Barcelona’s downtown boulevard, beloved by tourists and residents, was targeted last year during an attack claimed by Islamic State militants that killed 14 people.
(AP) Turkish officials on Sunday shot back at Greek allegations that Turkey forced 92 naked migrants into Greece, calling it “fake news” and accusing Greece of the mistreatment. Greek migration minister Notis Mitarachi was “sharing false information” after the official tweeted a […]
(AFP) Police briefly detained and questioned the top representative of Spain’s Muslim community as part of an investigation into the funding of jihadist organisations, police and government sources said Wednesday. Mohammed Ayman Adlbi, who heads the Islamic Commission of Spain, was arrested […]
(AP) The European Union has threatened to reconsider helping Bosnia to provide for thousands of migrants stuck in its territory over the Balkan country’s failure to take responsibility of the already established EU-funded reception centers. The warning has been delivered … in […]
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