(Iran International) The British government on Thursday said it was determined to frustrate what it called escalating Iranian threats to people on UK soil, citing cyberattacks and the use of criminal proxies to carry out attacks. “The Government has long recognised there […]
(Toronto Sun) Canada’s “open and accessible” financial sector is vulnerable to terror groups looking to finance their overseas operations, a new government report details. The report, entitled 2025 Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks in Canada, was quietly released by […]
(BBC) An imam has been charged after two children were allowed to marry each other in a mosque. Northamptonshire Police said Ashraf Osmani had been charged under forced marriage legislation after he allegedly conducted a nikah wedding ceremony involving two 16-year-olds at […]
(European Conservative) A 23-year-old Dutch woman was seriously assaulted in Ventimiglia, Italy, after being attacked and struck on the head, reportedly with a bottle. She was taken to Bordighera hospital for treatment and later released. The assault took place on Via Tenda, […]
(European Conservative) On August 11th, a young girl lost her life after falling onto the tracks and being hit by a train in Friedland, Lower Saxony. The police were called to the station shortly before the girl’s death because of a man […]
(AFP) Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin’s Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade. Many came […]
(AP) A second suspect was arrested Friday over a knife attack last weekend on a tram in the German city of Dresden in which an American man was wounded, authorities said. The suspect, a 20-year-old Syrian, turned himself in to police hours […]
(Canadian Press) A 17-year-old boy who allegedly intended to carry out an attack on behalf of the Islamic State is facing a new charge of assaulting a peace officer, a federal crown prosecutor said Friday. Prosecutor Marc Cigana told reporters at Montreal’s […]
(GB News) Two men who are reportedly Afghan asylum seekers have denied charges relating to the alleged abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl. Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, and Mohammad Kabir, also aged 23, were asked to enter their pleas to allegations about […]
(Jewish News) Middle East minister Hamish Falconer has insisted the UK government remains “clear-eyed” about the threat the Iranian regime poses to British Jews in this country, adding this is one reason why Tehran now faces the reimposition of sweeping new sanctions. Speaking […]
(European Conservative) A new annual report from Austria’s Documentation Centre for Political Islam (DPI) shows a sharp rise in Islamist activity, both online and in public spaces. According to the report, extremists are becoming increasingly visible in everyday Austrian life, often adopting […]
(AP) Switzerland’s highest court has upheld the conviction of noted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan for rape and sexual coercion handed down by a regional court last year. The federal court said Thursday it had rejected Ramadan’s appeal, which had alleged procedural flaws […]
(AFP) French authorities have arrested twin brothers over the cutting down of an olive tree planted in memory of Ilan Halimi, a young French Jewish man tortured to death in 2006, prosecutors said Wednesday. An olive tree, planted in 2011 in Halimi’s […]
(ITV) New measures will be introduced to tackle so-called “honour-based” abuse, the government has announced. Honour-based abuse (HBA) is motivated by the perception that a person has brought shame to themselves, their family or the community. Related crimes include female genital mutilation, […]
(Deutsche Welle) Dresden police and prosecutors said on Tuesday that they had arrested a 21-year-old Syrian in connection with a knife attack on a late-night tram in the city over the weekend. He was detained in the early hours of Tuesday, police […]
(GB News) Britain may face social upheaval and deepening perceptions of a “two-tier society” if Labour persists with plans to create a formal definition of Islamophobia, the head of an advocacy group has warned. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has formed a […]
(NY Post) An American has been stabbed after confronting a Syrian national in Germany after allegedly stepping in to help two female passengers being harassed on a tram, according to reports. The young man was attacked at around 12:25 a.m. on Sunday […]
(Free Beacon) In 1992, the Danish Parliament passed a special law granting asylum to 321 Palestinian refugees from Lebanon who were living in the country illegally. Twenty-five years later, a Danish minister, Martin Henriksen, asked a parliamentary committee to examine how they […]
(BBC) Two pro-Palestinian activists found guilty of harassing a UK government minister have appeared in court to appeal against their convictions. Ayeshah Behit, 31, and [Hiba] Ahmed, 26, were found guilty of the charge against Alex Davies-Jones, the Labour MP for Pontypridd, […]
(Free Beacon) The New York Times began a Wednesday report on President Donald Trump’s student visa crackdown aimed at criminals and terror sympathizers with a lament that fewer Iranian nationals will be attending U.S. colleges this year. “Many Iranians are not going […]
(Lexington Herald Leader) A former Lexington imam who previously pleaded guilty to a kidnapping scheme is now charged with sexually assaulting a tenant. Mahmoud Shaker Shalash, 76, is charged with third-degree sexual assault, a misdemeanor, after police say he groped a woman […]
(CTV) A Montreal teenager accused of planning a terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State is facing new charges after the RCMP allege he assaulted a police officer following his arrest. The 17-year-old boy was in court Thursday morning to face […]
(European Conservative) A pro-Palestinian demonstration near the German Chancellery on Monday night ended with 188 arrests after protesters chanted slogans glorifying Hamas leaders and rejecting the existence of Israel. According to Berlin police, around 150 demonstrators marched from a protest camp on […]
(Global News) A British Columbia MLA has taken the unusual step of launching a private legal action against a Vancouver woman who was investigated for hate speech. Police arrested Charlotte Kates and recommended she be charged with willful promotion of hatred and […]
(KOMO) Two Lacey parents learned their fate in Thurston County Superior Court Monday for the brutal assault of their daughter outside her school. Ihsan and Zahraa Ali had previously been accused of trying to kill their then 17-year-old daughter near a bus […]
(CTV) A man arrested for allegedly threatening a Jewish man and several other people in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent borough last week has been released from custody with conditions. Montreal police were called to a residential street last Friday after getting 911 calls about […]
(Euro Weekly) A shocking act of arson has devastated the small parish church in El Pozuelo, a village within the municipality of Albuñol, Granada. On Sunday, August 17, a 21-year-old man of Moroccan origin was arrested after allegedly setting fire to the […]
(National Post) The 911 calls started pouring in to Montreal police around 4:40 p.m. Friday, as the Jewish shabbat neared: A man wearing a long white robe and a keffiyeh-style headscarf was threatening people on a residential street in the city’s Saint-Laurent […]
(LBC) A Labour minister has accused Reform MP Sarah Pochin of “singling out” Muslim migrants after she claimed those arriving on small boats held “medieval beliefs” and posed a threat to women’s safety in Britain. Baroness Jacqui Smith criticised the Runcorn and […]
(GB News) Sarah Pochin has declared that Britain “cannot go on like this” as she launched a scathing attack on Labour’s “betrayal” of women’s safety. Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK MP warned of the “invasion on British culture” amid the […]
(NL Times) Fourteen Islamic organizations in the Netherlands have filed a criminal complaint against far-right politician Geert Wilders, accusing him of inciting hatred, discrimination or violence, and of group insult and sedition over a social media post comparing images of women labeled […]
(Iran International) The Islamic Republic’s threats to critics in Canada could grow in 2025, with Iran using organized crime networks to intimidate and harm them, Canada’s intelligence agency warned on Saturday. “Iranian threat-related activities directed at Canada and its allies are likely […]
(Canadian Press) As Canada and other countries accuse Tehran of spreading intimidation and violence abroad, an online broadcaster says two of its journalists working in Canada are among dozens who have been targeted by regime officials in recent weeks. “It’s very, very […]
(European Conservative) The United Nations has taken the scandalous step of intervening in Austria’s deportation of a convicted terrorist while maintaining noticeable silence on the broader crisis of migrant-related crime affecting communities across the continent. The case involves a Syrian national who […]
(BBC) A private tutor who sexually assaulted five children has been jailed for 11 years. Umair Iqbal, 38, abused the students, aged between eight and 18, over a 10-year period while tutoring his victims in maths and to learn the Koran, Manchester […]
(European Conservative) A 40-year-old Tunisian man with a Swedish residence permit was shot and injured by police in the German city of Wuppertal on Wednesday afternoon after a knife attack on a passerby. The incident began around 3:30 p.m. when the man […]
(Breitbart) A 43-year-old asylum seeker from Pakistan appeared this week before a court in London on charges of allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl multiple times. Kamran Khan, 43, faces two counts of rape, two counts of forcing a child under the age […]
(Iran International) A US-based advocacy group on Thursday called on Washington and its European allies to confront Iran’s transnational repression by issuing a credible military threat, a week after they accused Tehran of plotting to kill individuals in Europe and the US. […]
(AFP) Five people have been arrested in Germany, the Netherlands and Bosnia in a coordinated operation against a gang accused of smuggling Syrian migrants into Europe, German authorities said on Thursday. The suspects are Syrian nationals aged between 26 and 37, police […]
(Swiss Info) An asylum seeker has been sentenced to six months in prison in Graubünden for an attack on a Jewish tourist in Davos in the summer of 2024. The man did not appear before the Prättigau/Davos regional court for his trial […]
(CBC) A new report from the Islamophobia Research Hub at York University calls on governments across Canada to increase oversight on how universities, schools, police forces and Parliament deal with the recent spike in instances of anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian racism. The report […]
(European Conservative) Germany is grappling with a surge in violent crime, particularly group rapes — and it’s not the Germans getting more prone to commit crimes. The rising share of foreign suspects — up from 34% in 2010 to 51% in 2024 […]
(Iran International) Iran International on Tuesday filed an urgent appeal with United Nations experts urging them to take action against Iran over serious risks to the lives and safety of their journalists worldwide and relatives inside Iran. Over the past six weeks, […]
(LBC) A police force at the centre of a controversy have denied accusations of a “cover up” following the alleged kidnap and rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. Two men, Ahmad Mulakhil and Mohammad Kabir, both aged 23, have been charged […]
(LBC) The home secretary has called for “greater transparency” from police forces when dealing with serious crimes committed by asylum seekers. It comes as unrest spreads across the country following a number of incidents where alleged asylum seekers were accused of serious, […]
(GB News) A Christian preacher has said he has experienced “two-tier policing and censorship” after being threatened with arrest while addressing the public. Pastor Dia Moodley is considering taking legal action against Avon and Somerset Police after he claims he was assaulted […]
(Jewish News) A Palestinian man who arrived in Britain illegally after crossing the Channel in a small boat — and who was filmed calling for the mass killing of Jews — has been sent back to prison after breaching his release conditions. […]
(Breitbart) Brexit leader Nigel Farage and the leader of Warwickshire Council took to the stage on Monday to decry police making a bid to apparently hush up an alleged sex crime by Afghan asylum seekers against a 12-year-old girl in the county […]
(GB News) A pair of Afghan “asylum seekers” have been charged with the rape and kidnap of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, allegedly raped the child in the evening of July 22 on the town’s Cheverel Street. He was […]
(KOMO) Two Lacey parents have been found not guilty of attempted murder in connection with an assault on their teenage daughter. Ihsan and Zahraa Ali were accused of trying to kill their teen daughter outside Timberline High School last fall. After three […]
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