(Swiss Info) Swiss prosecutors have dropped a case against one of two men suspected of participating in the November 2020 terrorist attack in Vienna. The man, who was 24 years old at the time, visited the attacker in Vienna and stayed a […]
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(AFP) A German court on Thursday sentenced a former Syrian colonel to life in jail for crimes against humanity in a “historic” verdict hailed by victims as a victory for justice, as the first global trial over state-sponsored torture in Syria drew […]
(BBC) A man has gone on trial in London, accused of plotting to kill a Pakistani blogger living in the Netherlands. A court heard that 31-year-old Muhammad Gohir Khan was hired as a “hitman” by figures said to be based in Pakistan. […]
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(BBC) There remain “unacceptable delays” in getting specialist paramedics to treat casualties in some major incidents, the Manchester Arena inquiry has heard. The inquiry has heard only three medics went into the scene of the 2017 bombing amid concerns about further attacks. […]
(VRT) VRT News has learnt that last October Belgian asylum and migration secretary Sammy Mahdi (Flemish Christian democrat) withdrew the residence rights of Mohamed Toujgani, the head imam at the Al Khalil Mosque in the Brussels borough of Molenbeek. Al Khalil is Belgium’s […]
(Radio France) Wednesday’s testimony from Mohamed Abrini, who is charged with complicity in the Paris attacks, focused on the suspect’s 2015 journey from Belgium to the Islamic State heartland in Syria, and his return via London, Birmingham, Manchester and Paris. According to […]
(AP) Latvia, Lithuania and Poland continue to use questionable methods to keep out migrants trying to enter from Belarus and are denying access to aid groups trying to help people stuck in border areas, senior U.N. refugee agency and European Union officials […]
(AFP) A German court will hand down a landmark verdict Thursday on whether a former Syrian colonel is guilty of crimes against humanity as the first trial worldwide over state-sponsored torture in Syria comes to a close. Anwar Raslan, 58, faces life […]
(Jewish News) Board of Deputies senior vice-president Gary Mond has been asked to “step down from his duties” while an investigation into allegations of anti-Muslim sentiment takes place. Mond — the deputy for Israel charity JNF UK where he is a trustee […]
(BBC) Policy changes mean the delay in medics getting to the Manchester Arena attack casualties “would not happen now,” the inquiry into the bombing has been told. The Manchester Arena inquiry has heard help was held up after the 2017 bombing because […]
(Algemeiner) France’s interior minister on Wednesday announced the closure of a mosque in the southern city of Cannes, citing its promotion of antisemitic hate speech. In an interview with broadcaster CNews, Gérald Darmanin said that the mosque located in the iconic town […]
(BBC) A man who made “terrifying” threats of violence on a train carriage while carrying a knife has been jailed. Mohammed Khan caused “unacceptable panic” on the service, which he boarded in Manchester, during an outburst about 9/11 and the Taliban, police […]
(Radio France) On Tuesday, the Covid-disrupted Paris terror trial resumed with evidence from Mohamed Abrini, one of the accused, on his religious convictions and his decision to join the ranks of Islamic State in Syria. Mohamed Abrini is a contradictory individual. He […]
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(BBC) Almost 100 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Monday, the Home Office has confirmed. Some 96 people crossed in three boats, with the French authorities preventing one boat with 56 people on board from making the journey. The […]
(AFP) The main defendant in France’s marathon trial for the November 2015 Paris attacks was back in the dock Tuesday, as the questioning of suspects resumed following a weeks-long Covid delay. Salah Abdeslam is the only survivor among the 10 assailants who […]
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(BBC) The son of notorious hate cleric Abu Hamza has been jailed for his involvement in a money-laundering plot. Ti-to Ibn-Sheikh created false identities for HSBC bank account holders using information passed to him by an insider at the bank. Southwark Crown […]
(BBC) The inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack is looking into whether embedding doctors with armed police could speed up future response times. The inquiry has heard many casualties waited more than an hour for treatment after the 22 May 2017 […]
(NL Times) The new justice minister, Dilan Yeşilgöz, still has not received a response from PVV leader Geert Wilders, after she tried to call him about a tweet in which he critically mentioned her Turkish-Kurdish origin. “A VVD member of Turkish descent at […]
(BBC) The mother of a man killed in the Manchester Arena bombing has said government plans to compel venues to provide security are “a giant leap forward in the right direction.” The proposed Protect Duty will include a requirement for some public […]
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(Euronews) The number of migrants rescued off the coast of Calais and taken in by the French state tripled in 2021, the country’s Office for Immigration and Integration (OFII) said on Monday. “The number of people shipwrecked off the coast of Calais […]
(AFP) If he wasn’t making good money smuggling irregular migrants to the European Union by sea, Ibrahim himself might have joined the growing exodus from crisis-hit Lebanon. “If I didn’t work in this profession, I would have left, just like so many […]
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(Reuters) The main suspect in the November 2015 Islamist attack that killed 130 people in Paris has recovered from his COVID-19 infection, allowing the trial into the attacks to resume soon, French media reported on Monday. Salah Abdeslam “is in a position […]
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(BBC) Security improvements have been made at Manchester Arena since the terror attack nearly five years ago and are “continually reviewed,” a public inquiry has heard. Arena operators SMG and security firm Showsec were criticised in the first report published by the […]
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(Anadolu) A young Muslim student accused France’s foremost legal institution of Islamophobia after being threatened with expulsion from an oath ceremony for wearing a headscarf. Graduating lawyer Sara, who only revealed her first name, told Revolution Permanente, a far-left digital news site, […]
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(BBC) A woman who supported terrorism has been banned from teaching for life. Miriam Sebbagh, who worked at Hunwick Primary School in Crook, County Durham, was found to have given money to people she knew were involved in terrorism. A teacher misconduct […]
(Kathimerini) A growing number of residents on the eastern Aegean island of Chios are opposing the planned creation of a closed camp for migrants. Reactions culminated during Thursday’s public holiday, when several hundred residents gathered at the port to prevent machinery that […]
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(Jerusalem Post) A controversial Islamic organization has removed Iran’s Hamburg Center from its Shura executive board after German intelligence sources revealed that the Iranian entity in the city-state supports the late Qasem Soleimani, who was a designated terrorist according to US and […]
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(BBC) A convicted terror offender has been jailed for 16 months after threatening teenagers with a knife and telling them: “We cut people’s heads off.” Nathan Saunders, 28, shouted “Allahu akbar” and made Islamic State salutes at the youths on 15 September […]
(Reuters) Hungarian police fired shots at a truck carrying around 30 people presumed to be illegal migrants on Thursday after it drove through a checkpoint at the border with Austria without stopping, police said. The Gyor-Moson-Sopron county police said police patrols at […]
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(Radio France) A second attempt was made to re-open the Paris November 2015 terror trial on Thursday. The Tuesday session had to be abandoned because one of the accused, Salah Abdeslam, had tested positive for Covid. Two days later it took six […]
(Euronews) French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, and Ile-de-France Region President Valérie Pécresse attended a wreath-laying ceremony in Paris, to mark the anniversary of the terror attack against the offices of Charlie Hebdo. Seven years ago on Thursday, a […]
(Morocco World News) Tareq Oubrou, the rector of the grand mosque of Bordeaux, France, has criticized Congolese-French rapper Maitre Gims after he called on his Muslim fans to stop sending him new year and birthday wishes, considering the practice to be “un-Islamic.” […]
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