(AP) The German government on Wednesday banned a Muslim group over accusations of violating human rights and the country’s democratic values, and conducted raids against two other Muslim groups. The Interior Ministry said Muslim Interaktiv represented a threat to the country’s constitutional […]
(BBC) Two men have been charged with the terror offence of arranging to leave the UK to join the Islamic State (IS) group. Oliver William Rea, 24, from Arnold, Nottinghamshire, and Muhammad Bham, 19, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, were arrested on 29 […]
(AFP) Berlin is offering cash to Afghan refugees in Pakistan if they agree to give up their places on a programme for resettlement in Germany, activists said Tuesday. The Afghans were accepted under a refugee scheme set up by the previous German […]
(European Conservative) Several German towns have canceled their traditional Christmas markets this year, pointing to the mounting costs of new security requirements introduced after a series of terror attacks. Local organizers argue that they are unable to comply with the government’s anti-terror […]
(Anadolu) German police arrested a senior figure of the PKK terrorist organization in Hamburg, authorities announced Tuesday. The 54-year-old suspect was arrested on strong suspicion of membership and a leadership role in a foreign terrorist organization, according to a statement from Saxony’s […]
(ITV) A British man has been arrested and faces extradition to Germany, where he is accused of playing a key role in a Hamas-linked terror cell plotting attacks on Jewish targets. The 39-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested […]
(AFP) The Swedish Prosecution Authority said Tuesday it intended to charge an 18-year-old man for planning a terrorist act in Stockholm on behalf of the Islamic State group. According to prosecutors, the planning took place between August 2024 and February 2025. “We […]
(European Conservative) A civil rights association has filed a lawsuit against a Berlin high school for prohibiting prayer rooms, arguing that the policy discriminates against Muslim students. The Society for Civil Rights (GFF) filed the action on October 16th, citing state anti-discrimination […]
(Sky News) A gym instructor who called himself the “Anglo Jihadi” has been found guilty of planning a bomb and chemical attack on a major shopping centre. Jordan Richardson, 21, a Muslim convert from Howden, East Yorkshire, was convicted after he was […]
(BBC) An Afghan migrant has appeared in court accused of fatally stabbing a dog walker in Uxbridge, west London, and injuring two more people. Safi Dawood, 22, is charged with murdering Wayne Broadhurst, 49, the attempted murder of his landlord and a […]
(AFP) Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday Syrian refugees in Germany must go home now that their country’s war is over or face deportation. In his latest hardline comments on migration, Merz said there was “no longer any reason” for Syrians who fled […]
(Swiss Info) Two men from the Balkans will appear before the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona today, charged with supporting and participating in an extremist group that had planned to destabilise a region of Kosovo. The two accused are a 37-year-old […]
(AFP) German authorities said Sunday they had arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man in Berlin suspected of preparing a “jihadist” attack, without giving details of the alleged plot. The suspect, arrested on Saturday in the capital’s southern Neukoelln district, appeared before an investigating […]
(AFP) A 20-year-old man from Afghanistan suspected of having links to an offshoot of the Islamic State group has been arrested in France, anti-terrorism prosecutors said on Saturday. The man was charged with participating in a criminal terrorist organisation and financing a […]
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