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Crime
Inmate who tried to kill prison staff sentenced
(BBC) An “extremely dangerous” inmate who carried out a string of attacks on prison officers with self-made plastic weapons has been sentenced. Aklakar Rahman, 38, repeatedly attacked staff at HMS Swaleside in Kent and high-security Belmarsh jail, south-east London, in September and […]
News: Europe
Heathrow Airport: Muslim minicab drivers forced to pray in bus stop
(BBC) Muslim minicab drivers working at Heathrow Airport have described feeling “humiliated” after being forced to pray in a bus stop car park. Drivers said they have prayed on the kerb of the road due to a lack of facilities for more […]
Government & Politics
Trump fumes as allies reject ISIS captives: ‘They didn’t come from the United States’
(Washington Times) The Trump administration’s push for allies to take custody of foreign-born Islamic State fighters held in makeshift prisons in Syria is yielding only limited results, fueling mounting anger in Washington in the effort to secure long-term defeat of the terror […]