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(JNS) The executive director of the new lobby group Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) was a guest speaker at a recent conference in Jordan that also hosted members of Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine […]

Channel crossings: UK offer to patrol French beaches ‘still on table’

(BBC) An official appointed to prevent migrants crossing the English Channel says an offer to put UK officers on French beaches “remains on the table.” French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday it “cannot accept” the presence of UK police or […]

Alleged jihadist detained in seaside town of Cambrils Prisoner was frequently in contact with active terrorists and sought new followers

(Catalan News) Spanish police detained an alleged jihadist in the seaside town of Cambrils, in southern Catalonia, on Wednesday, as was announced this Friday. He had purportedly been trying to entice new followers using social media. According to authorities, he was in […]

Germany arrests suspected Libyan extremist

(AP) German authorities have arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of being part of a Libyan extremist group and extorting money through kidnappings, officials said Friday. Federal prosecutors said the man, a Libyan citizen identified only as Ahmed B. for privacy reasons, […]

Channel migrants: Pushing back boats will increase danger, MPs warn

December 1, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) UK plans to turn back people attempting to cross the Channel are dangerous and probably unlawful, MPs have warned. Home Secretary Priti Patel said last week the tactic would help deter smuggling gangs, following the deaths of 27 people in a […]

Burka-wearing raiders jailed for armed robbery at Dundee jewellers

November 30, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Three members of a gang who wore burkas as disguises during an armed robbery at a Dundee jeweller’s shop have been jailed. Dean King, Anthony Wheeldon and Connor Willis were among the gang who targeted Walker the Jeweller in 2019. A […]

German court finds former ‘IS’ member guilty of genocide A German court has found a former 'Islamic State' member guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity for the 2015 killing of a 5-year-old girl, sentencing him to life in prison.

November 30, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) Frankfurt’s Higher Regional Court on Tuesday found 29-year-old Taha A.-J. guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity resulting in death, sentencing him to life in prison. The Frankfurt case is the first in the world to decide whether a former member […]

France urges Britain to do more on Channel migrant trafficking

November 28, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AFP) France on Sunday urged Britain to help more with cracking down on people-smuggling gangs following a row between the two countries last week over an unprecedented boat accident in the Channel that cost 27 lives. “We have to work with our […]

Austria arrests 15 people suspected of smuggling migrants

November 27, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AP) Austrian authorities said Saturday they have arrested 15 people suspected of smuggling Syrian, Lebanese and Egyptian migrants into the country, and seized 14 vehicles that were used to transport them. Police in Lower Austria province said they opened an investigation last […]

German national gets 10-year sentence for murder committed in Syria German jihadi Nils D. has been found guilty of torturing a man to death while serving as guard at an 'Islamic State' prison.

November 27, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) A Düsseldorf court has sentenced a German national to 10 years behind bars for murder on Friday. The man, named as Nils D. under German privacy laws, tortured a man to death at a prison run by the so-called “Islamic […]

UK bans Hamas in its entirety as ‘terrorist group’

November 26, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Britain on Friday designated all of Hamas an “Islamist terrorist group,” warning that its members and those who support the group could face stiff jail terms. The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the group that rules the Gaza Strip, has […]

Belarus leader tells migrants they have ‘right’ to go to EU

November 26, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Belarus’s strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko told migrants on the border with Poland Friday that he would not try to stop them from reaching the European Union, urging Germany to take them in. In footage released by state media, Lukashenko was shown […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s brother will be arrested on return

November 26, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber will be arrested and brought to give evidence to the attack inquiry if he returns to the UK, a judge has said. Ismail Abedi had been ordered to attend the Manchester Arena inquiry in […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: Mosque failed to act on extremism, families say

November 24, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) The mosque which the Manchester Arena bomber attended failed to adequately “challenge extremist ideology” in the years before the attack, the families of his victims have said. A former Didsbury Mosque imam has told the Manchester Arena inquiry support for terror […]

EU border agency: ‘Illegal border crossings’ on the rise

November 23, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AP) The number of people trying to enter Europe without authorization has risen significantly this year to surpass migrant border crossing figures from 2019, before restrictions imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic severely limited travel, the European Union’s border and coast guard […]

France holds 15 after breaking Channel people-smuggling network: police

November 23, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AFP) French police have detained 15 suspected members of an international migrant smuggling syndicate that helped people illegally cross the Channel to Britain. The announcement comes as tensions grow between London and Paris over the record numbers of migrants crossing the Channel, […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s brother had IS material

November 23, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber’s elder brother had a “significant” amount of extremist material when he was teaching at a mosque, an inquiry has heard. Ismail Abedi helped with Quran reading in Arabic in classes at Didsbury Mosque between February 2014 and […]

Migrant crossings: Number reaching UK this year three times 2020’s total

November 22, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) The number of migrants to have reached the UK by boat this year is now more than three times the 2020 total. The Home Office said 886 people arrived on Saturday, bringing the 2021 total to more than 25,700. The figure […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: No sign bomber was extremist, friend says

November 22, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) There was no indication the Manchester Arena bomber held extremist views and was planning a terrorist attack, his friend has told an inquiry. Alzoubare Mohammed said Salman Abedi “distanced himself” from friends and “would probably go to the mosque more often” […]

Bulgaria approves transfer of terrorism convict to Belgium

November 22, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A Bulgarian court on Monday authorised the transfer of a man convicted of terrorism to Belgium, where he was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison in 2015. Yassine Lachiri was arrested in Bulgaria on November 10 after entering the […]

Priti Patel failing over small boat Channel crossings, Labour says

November 21, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Priti Patel’s “incompetence” in dealing with small boats crossing the Channel is “dangerous,” Labour has said. More than 24,700 people have made the crossing from France to the UK by boat so far this year to seek asylum or to immigrate […]

US wins appeal over keeping man in cold Detroit border cell

November 20, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AP) An appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit against a U.S. border agent who was accused of wrongly detaining a young man for hours in a cold cell at a Detroit international bridge. In a 2-1 decision, the court said Friday that […]

Liverpool bomb: Police trace relative of Emad Al Swealmeen

November 18, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Counter-terrorism officers have traced a relative of the Liverpool bomber and are due to speak to them, a police chief has said. Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson said Iraq-born Emad Al Swealmeen had been officially named as the taxi passenger killed […]

Belarus says around 7,000 migrants now in the country

November 18, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Belarus on Thursday said there were around 7,000 migrants in the ex-Soviet country, with around 2,000 of them camped on the border with EU member Poland. Thousands of mainly Middle Eastern migrants are camped around the border in what the West […]

Hate speech trial for French far-right pundit Zemmour

November 17, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AFP) French far-right pundit Eric Zemmour, who is widely expected to run for the presidency next year, went on trial Wednesday charged with racist hate speech over a televised tirade against unaccompanied child migrants. He told the CNews channel in September last […]

Italy arrests ‘IS teen’ with links to Vienna attacker

November 17, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Police in Italy arrested a 19-year-old Italian-Kosovar woman on Wednesday accused of belonging to the Islamic State group, who was said to be “willing to become a martyr” and had ties to the Vienna attacker. The woman, identified only by the […]

Decathlon stops sale of canoes in northern France to curb migrant crossings

(AFP) Sports equipment retailer Decathlon said Tuesday it would no longer sell canoes in the north of France to prevent migrants from attempting to use them to cross to England. “The purchase of canoes will no longer be possible” in Decathlon stores […]

Germany: Islamic extremist motive possible in train attack

(AP) German prosecutors say they are no longer ruling out an Islamic extremist motive in a knife attack on a train earlier this month that left four people wounded. Prosecutors in Munich said Tuesday that Islamic State group propaganda videos had been […]

French police evacuate migrants from makeshift camp

(AP) French police on Tuesday have evacuated migrants from a makeshift camp near Dunkirk, in northern France, where at least 1,500 people gathered in hopes of making it across the English Channel to Britain. The prefecture of the region said more than […]

Germany charges Syrian man in alleged extremist attack plan

(AP) A Syrian man who allegedly supported the Islamic State group’s ideology has been charged with making preparations for an attack in Germany, prosecutors said Tuesday. The suspect, who was identified only as Abdullah H. in keeping with German privacy rules, was […]

Kurds, others converge in French camp, seeking to reach UK

November 15, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AP) At least 1,500 migrants are living in tents on a muddy lot in northern France as growing numbers of people fleeing Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries seek to traverse the English Channel and reach the U.K., according to aid workers. In […]

France’s far-right Zemmour under fire over Bataclan tirade

November 14, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AFP) French far-right presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour came under fire on Sunday for delivering a blistering attack on ex-president Francois Hollande’s migration policy during commemorations marking the November 2015 Paris attacks. Zemmour, an ultra-nationalist TV pundit who has made no secret of […]

Escape attempt with bedsheets thwarted at Paris prison

November 14, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AP) French prison guards thwarted an escape attempt from the Paris region’s second-largest jail on Sunday, with French media identifying the would-be escapee as a suspected Islamic State sympathizer who dug a hole in the wall of her cell and rappelled out […]

Mother of Canadian girl freed from ISIS detention camp in Syria heading to Canada soon Woman may return to Canada as early as next week, lawyer says

November 12, 2021 Unlisted Author

(CBC) The Canadian government has issued an emergency passport to the mother of a young girl who was freed from an ISIS detention camp in northeastern Syria earlier this year so she can return home to Canada and reunite with her daughter. “It’s […]

Paris Muslim leaders mark 6 years since Bataclan attacks

November 12, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AP) The Paris Mosque is marking the sixth anniversary Friday of the attack at the Bataclan concert hall in the French capital that killed 90 people. Muslim leaders laid a wreath at the venue in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, one day before a […]

Spain seeks to curb migrant arrivals to Canary Islands

November 11, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AP) More than 400 migrants arrived by sea in Spain’s Canary Islands over a 24-hour period, emergency services said on Thursday, as the Spanish government discussed with Algerian officials ways of fighting illegal migration from North Africa to Europe. Most of the […]

Migrant crossings: Almost 700 cross the English Channel

November 11, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Almost 700 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Wednesday, the Home Office has confirmed. The French authorities stopped 255 people in seven boats with UK authorities intercepting or rescuing 695 people in 22 small boats. Children were among […]

Belgium terrorism convict arrested in Bulgaria

November 11, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A man convicted of terrorism in Belgium has been detained as he entered Bulgaria through its southeastern border with Turkey, prosecutors announced Thursday. Border police and state security agents intercepted the man on Wednesday in a special operation, the prosecution said […]

Migrant crossings: More than 500 people cross the Channel

November 10, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) More than 500 people crossed from France to the UK in 16 small boats on Tuesday, the Home Office has confirmed. French authorities also prevented 307 people in eight boats from making the crossing. So far this year 21,649 migrants have […]

The Netherlands to try to repatriate five terrorist suspects from Syria

November 10, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) The government plans to try to bring five Dutch terrorist suspects back from Syria to ensure they don’t escape trial, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told MPs. The decision follows Rotterdam court rulings, which said the cases could be suspended […]

Man with knife threatens passers-by in Norway, is shot dead

(AP) A man reportedly armed with a knife threatened passers-by on the streets of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on Tuesday, before being shot dead by police, officials said. Norwegian media published footage of the alleged attacker, naked from the waist up and […]

Greece claims Turkish coast guard pushes migrants its way

(AP) Greece accused Turkey on Tuesday of acting like a “pirate” in waters between the two regional rivals, claiming that its coast guard escorted and tried to push into Greek waters a boat of migrants who were trying to illegally reach Greece. […]

Ex-president Hollande to testify in Paris attacks trial

(AFP) Former French leader Francois Hollande will testify Wednesday in the trial over the November 2015 Paris terror attacks, facing questions over how a jihadist commando was able to evade detection while preparing the atrocities that would shake France to its core. […]

Three arrested after two police officers stabbed in Cannes