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Legal
Six years after bombings, Belgium readies for biggest trial
(AFP) Belgium’s worst peacetime massacre left 32 dead and hundreds marked for life. Now, six and a half years later, Brussels will host its biggest ever criminal trial. Jury selection begins on Wednesday ahead of hearings into the charges against the nine […]
Demographics
UK: Growing Muslim population hailed as ‘strategic national asset’ New census data suggests Christians now a minority in England and Wales while number of those with 'no religion' increases
(Middle East Eye) The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has said that the growth of the UK’s Muslim population is a “strategic national asset” for the country but raised concerns about the levels of poverty the community continues to live in. Results […]
News: Europe
British hostage-keeper Alexanda Kotey reveals to ITV News his role in so-called Islamic State
(ITV) A London-born “hostage-keeper” has for the first time admitted the role he played in the so-called Islamic State. Alexanda Kotey, who has been detained by Kurdish forces for the past 16 months, has now given a public confession about his part […]