(PennLive) A man accused of stabbing an Allenwood Federal Penitentiary corrections officer in the eye in 2020 will not be permitted to plead no contest to two of the charges against him. U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann Monday ruled justice […]
(BBC) A man has been charged after four people died in the Channel when a migrant boat got into trouble. Thirty-nine people were rescued when a dinghy ran into difficulties off the Kent coast on Wednesday, but four died. Ibrahima Bah, 19, […]
(NL Times) Cities in the Netherlands are again taking measures on Saturday to prevent unrest after Morocco’s World Cup match against Croatia. The two countries are playing for the third and fourth spots. At previous Morocco matches, riots broke out in several […]
(Breitbart) A report into the Easter riots earlier this year sparked by anti-Islam activists has determined that Swedish police lacked both the proper skills and the manpower to deal with the violence. An external investigation into the riots by adherents of the […]
(AP) Four Turkish nationals have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling migrants after a boat with nearly 100 people on board was found in trouble off an island near Athens, Greek authorities said Friday. The coast guard said that the four had […]
(KLAS) A woman accused of stabbing her online date in retaliation for a U.S. military drone strike that killed an Iranian leader told police she wanted to get revenge, she said in police body camera videos the 8 News Now Investigators obtained. […]
(NY Times) Four Iranians who plotted to kidnap a prominent Iranian American journalist in Brooklyn paid a private investigator to watch their target, using a woman in California as a go-between, the authorities said. That woman, Niloufar Bahadorifar, pleaded guilty in Manhattan […]
(BBC) Fewer than 100 people who crossed the English Channel in small boats have been arrested for arriving illegally in the UK under a new power to deter them. The figure represents 0.3% of those who have crossed since the law was […]
(BBC) Recent disorder in Leicester showed why “robust strategies that support integration” were needed, the city’s bishop has said in the House of Lords. Making his maiden speech on Friday during a debate on immigration, Bishop Martyn Snow said more support was […]
(BBC) Five men have been jailed for a “ruthless” people-smuggling operation involving nearly 2,000 people. In one case nine people, including five children, were found in a distressed state in a lay-by after being brought from Europe in the back of a […]
(Deutsche Welle) Following Morocco’s World Cup win over Belgium, some Morocco supporters turned violent on the streets of Belgian cities. In Brussels, a car was set ablaze and at least one person was injured. Parts of the capital were sealed off. Police […]
(Breitbart) An Algerian illegal migrant has been arrested in Vigneux-Sur-Seine after allegedly murdering a 65-year-old French man who let him live in his home. The 65-year-old was found dead early Tuesday morning in his home and is said to have been beaten to […]
(Euronews) French police say they have arrested six people on suspicion of smuggling Middle Eastern migrants across the English Channel. The criminal gang had allegedly organised the transportation of Afghan and Pakistani migrants to the United Kingdom. According to police sources, the […]
(Detroit Free Press) The suspect charged in an antisemitic attack in Bloomfield Township last week mooned a Wayne County judge Tuesday during a hearing in a separate case involving a charge of assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer two years ago. Hassan Yehia Chokr, 35, […]
(KERA) In May, a Houston man shot and killed his estranged wife, their 4-year-old daughter and his mother-in-law before killing himself. In July, a man drove 11 hours from Georgia to Chicago where he shot and killed his 29-year-old ex-wife and himself. […]
(BBC) An alleged firebomb attack at the office of an Iranian resistance group in north-west London is being investigated by police. The London Fire Brigade was called to the blaze in Cricklewood on Monday. The office is occupied by the People’s Mojahedin […]
(Euronews) Muslim leaders in Spain called for calm ahead of Tuesday’s crunch World Cup decider between Spain and Morocco amid fears of a repeat of crowd trouble in Belgium last week. Photographs and videos showed cars being smashed and upturned, and fires […]
(Detroit Free Press) A Dearborn man charged in an antisemitic attack at a historic synagogue in Bloomfield Township remained in custody Monday afternoon after a magistrate set a bond of $1 million at an arraignment where the suspect shouted derogatory and anti-Jewish […]
(Swiss Info) Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan will have to stand trial in the Swiss city of Geneva next year accused of rape and sexual coercion. Justice officials and lawyers of the parties confirmed that the 60-year-old will be tried following four years […]
(Detroit Free Press) A Dearborn man has been charged with two counts of ethnic intimidation in what officials said was an antisemitic attack at a historic synagogue and preschool for Jewish students in Bloomfield Township. Hassan Yehia Chokr, 35, was arrested by […]
(Breitbart) A Libyan refugee faces trial in Paris this week after allegedly raping a woman at knifepoint after she hosted him in her home for several weeks. The trial of Libyan refugee Samir L., said to be in his late thirties, began this […]
(AP) An Austrian court has convicted three Afghan men for the rape and death of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found dumped next to a tree in Vienna last year in a case that shocked the Alpine nation. The Austria Press […]
(Breitbart) “Hatred of the West” largely inspired rioting Moroccans who flipped cars and set fire to property in Brussels after a World Cup game last Sunday, an expert has claimed. Professor Ruud Koopmans, an expert in migration, integration and transnationalization at the […]
(AFP) Police used water cannon and teargas after coming under attack from football supporters who brought havoc to the centre of Brussels on Sunday following Morocco’s shock 2-0 World Cup win over Belgium in Qatar. Dozens of fans smashed shop windows, threw […]
(Breitbart) An Algerian migrant who arrived illegally by boat on the Spanish island of Mallorca was arrested just two days later for allegedly sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl. The alleged sex attack took place last Thursday in the city of Palma in […]
(Breitbart) Threats of attacks on Swedish social services staff have circulated on Arabic-speaking social media as some Muslims allege Swedish authorities have kidnapped Muslim children from their parents. A social media campaign against Swedish social services spread on social media platforms like […]
(AP) One man was shot and wounded and a number of others were detained following reports of a clash between migrants in a northern Serbian town on the border with Hungary, police said on Friday. Police said they found a 20-year-old man […]
(BBC) Terrorist offenders will face longer sentences if they commit crime while in prison, Dominic Raab has said. Currently, prisoners will usually get a maximum sentence of 42 days for offences carried out behind bars. But the justice secretary says crimes committed […]
(AP) Italian police arrested 12 people Thursday and have issued warrants for another six over their alleged roles in a high-speed migrant-smuggling ring that operated between Tunisia and Sicily. The suspects are alleged to have demanded payment of 3,000-5,000 euros ($3,100-$5,200) in […]
(Breitbart) A Syrian man faces trial in Vienna after allegedly nearly stabbing a fellow Syrian man to death because the latter was applying himself to learning German on a course they attended. The two Syrians, both with refugee status, attended a German […]
(AP) The family of a 12-year-old French girl who was brutally killed and had her body found in a plastic box led a silent march Wednesday in her honor through their Paris neighborhood. The parents of the girl, identified publicly only as […]
(AP) Suspected people smugglers fired shots at Hungarian police from a van carrying migrants on Monday during and after a car chase that ended without injuries in the country’s capital. Two men were taken into custody in Budapest by Hungary’s counterterrorism agents […]
(BBC) A man has been found guilty of carrying out antisemitic attacks on three Jewish people. Abdullah Qureshi, 30, from Dewsbury, travelled to north London and attacked three people over two hours in Stamford Hill on 18 August. His targets included a […]
(Breitbart) A court in Finland began hearing a case of alleged illegal halal slaughter of up to 2,500 sheep this week, with prosecutors claiming the animals were slaughtered without being stunned beforehand in accordance with the law. The animal welfare trial began […]
(Arab News) The UK’s governing Conservative Party has been accused of ignoring rising Islamophobia in Britain and within its ranks as new figures show a surge in anti-Muslim hate crimes nationwide, the Independent reported on Monday. Government figures show that hate crimes […]
(AP) The son of an Afghan refugee suspected in the shooting deaths of four Muslim men in New Mexico has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a charge that he provided a false address when buying two guns […]
(Jewish News) An Ofcom investigation into the BBC’s reporting of the Oxford Street Chanukah bus attack on a group of Jewish students has uncovered “significant editorial failings” following the broadcast. The BBC’s reports of the November 2021 incident claimed that an audio […]
(BBC) The firebombing of an immigration processing centre was motivated by extreme right-wing terrorist ideology, police have said. Andrew Leak, 66, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, threw up to three incendiary devices at the site in Dover, Kent, last Sunday. He is believed […]
(AFP) Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama lambasted the British government on Wednesday for allegedly “discriminating” against Albanians, after a top UK official singled out the nationality for their role in illicit migration to the country. Small-boat crossings of the Channel from mainland […]
(BBC) A hate crime expert set to lead a review into the cause of recent violent disorder in East Leicester has stepped down. Dr Chris Allen said he felt he would not be able to carry out the review in a way […]
(NL Times) In the years before his assassination in The Hague in November 2017, the Iranian-Dutch political activist Ahmad Mola Nissi made at least seven reports to the police regarding risks to his safety. Little to nothing was done with these reports, […]
(AFP) British and Belgian law enforcement officers on Monday said they had arrested three people suspected of being part of an Albanian people-smuggling ring. The Belgian Federal Police detained two men aged 34 and 44 from Basingstoke in southern England at the […]
(Reuters) A man threw petrol bombs attached to fireworks at a centre for processing migrants in the southern English port of Dover on Sunday and then killed himself, a Reuters photographer said. The attacker, a white man in a checked shirt, drove up […]
(BBC) A review of recent unrest in Leicester is set to be boycotted by one part of the city’s religious community. Large-scale disorder broke out in September following tensions involving mainly young men from Muslim and Hindu communities. On Wednesday, the review […]
(Kathimerini) Police say they have unraveled a migrant trafficking [ring] that operated from within the prisons of Hania on the island of Crete and Korydallos in Attica. The network, one of the largest trafficking circuits in the country, transferred migrants from the […]
(BBC) Two members of the Rochdale grooming gang have lost an appeal against deportation after a seven-year legal battle. Adil Khan, 51, and Qari Abdul Rauf, 52, were told they would be sent back to Pakistan after release from jail for the […]
(BBC) A review into the recent unrest in part of Leicester has been announced by the city council. It comes after large-scale disorder broke out on 17 September following tensions involving mainly young men from Muslim and Hindu communities. City mayor Sir […]
(Euronews) A man has been jailed in France for posting online hate speech messages targeting victims of the 2016 Nice terror attack. The 21-year-old was found to have “praised” the attack on Instagram, posting that “80 fascists had disappeared.” Several videos and […]
(Algemeiner) A prominent French imam has vowed to continue combating antisemitism and advancing interfaith dialogue with the Jewish community following an attempted attack on his mosque by a knife-wielding assailant. “I’ve been living under police protection for years, I’m getting used to […]
(Breitbart) A Swedish court has found an Afghan migrant guilty of raping a woman and pushing her down a mine shaft, sentencing the 41-year-old to “life” for rape and attempted murder. Afghan migrant Taher Amini was sentenced to “life” — actually likely to […]
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