Government & Politics

‘Camps in NE Syria mean ticking bomb for Europe’: EU counter-terrorism chief Ilkka Salmi warns of radicalization of former members of Daesh/ISIS terror group, unknown future of evacuated Afghans

(Anadolu) Former members of the Daesh/ISIS terror group and their families in camps and prisons of northeastern Syria mean “a ticking bomb” for European security, the EU’s new counter-terrorism chief said on Tuesday. Speaking for the first time at the European Parliament’s […]

Children & Teens

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.

(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 […]

Employment

France accuses UK employers of ‘quasi-modern slavery’ amid Channel migrant crisis Cross-Channel migration is ‘first and foremost an English issue,’ said Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.

(Politico) French Europe Minister Clément Beaune on Monday accused the U.K. of “an economic model of, sometimes, quasi-modern slavery” amid the ongoing migrant crisis in the English Channel. Also on Monday morning, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin called on the U.K. to […]

Government & Politics

Top EU court returns Hamas to terror list after 3-year break The group with majority control of the Palestinian National Authority has been fighting the European Union over its designation as a terrorist group for over a decade.

(Courthouse News) A lower EU court was wrong to strike Hamas from the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations, the union’s highest court found on Tuesday. Founded in 1987, following the First Intifada, Hamas is the de facto governing authority of the […]