(BBC) An inmate has been convicted of carrying out a string of attacks with homemade plastic weapons on prison officers. Aklakar Rahman, 38, repeatedly attacked staff at HMS Swaleside in Kent and high-security Belmarsh jail, south London, in September and October 2022, […]
(AFP) A Paris court on Thursday sentenced a Pakistani man to 30 years in jail for attempting to murder two people outside the former offices of Charlie Hebdo in 2020 with a meat cleaver. When he carried out the attack, 29-year-old Zaheer […]
(AFP) A deadly knife attack on a play school group in Germany, where an Afghan man was arrested at the scene, reignited a bitter immigration debate on Thursday, a month before elections. Germany was stunned by the latest in a series of […]
(DPA) The southern German city of Aschaffenburg on Thursday mourned the victims of a deadly knife attack on a group of children, as investigators searched for a motive and lawmakers questioned why the Afghan suspect was not deported earlier. Mayor Jürgen Herzing […]
(Portugal Resident) Lisbon City Council has ordered the closure of “an illegal mosque” in Rua Maria Andrade, in Arroios, due to the “serious danger” it poses to people’s safety. According to Observador online, the mosque, which operates on a ground floor and […]
(AP) More than 550 migrants have arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands in boats over the past two days, Spain’s maritime rescue service said Thursday. At least one body was found in one of the boats. The Spanish archipelago off northwest Africa is […]
(Canadian Press) The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to hear a challenge of Quebec’s secularism law sets up a final legal battle between the provincial government and minority and civil rights groups — and possibly a showdown between Quebec and Ottawa. The […]
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