(Breitbart) Swedish terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp has claimed that Islamic extremists continue to recruit and spread their ideology in Sweden despite the defeat of the Islamic State. Ranstorp says he blames inaction from the Swedish government, which allowed as many as 300 […]
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(Jerusalem Post) Austria banned Hezbollah in its entirety this week, going beyond the European Union policy of outlawing the Lebanese terrorist group’s so-called military arm. “This is a very clear signal,” said Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, after the Council of Ministers […]
(JTA) Some 2,500 protesters in Austria against Israel’s actions in Gaza chanted about a massacre of Jews during a rally Thursday, Der Standard reported. Meanwhile, in England, an antisemitic slogan about Palestine was painted on the door of a synagogue. Eight people […]
(Local) A 22-year-old man who is accused of stabbing seven people in the southern Swedish town of Vetlanda is set to face trial. The man was arrested shortly after the attacks, which took place on five different locations close to Vetlanda’s railway […]
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(BBC) Nine boats carrying almost 200 migrants crossed the English Channel in one day. The Home Office said a further 53 people were prevented on Thursday from making the journey by French authorities, who stopped three boats. More than 2,500 people in […]
(AFP) Italian far-right leader Matteo Salvini avoided trial on Friday on charges he illegally detained migrants at sea, ending one of his legal troubles even as another related case looms. Judge Nunzio Sarpietro in the Sicilian city of Catania threw out the […]
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(BBC) A police inspector has told an inquiry he thought the Manchester Arena bombing scene was safe to operate in as he “persistently called” for paramedics. Insp Mike Smith took on the role of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) bronze commander minutes after […]
(ANSA) Italian police on Thursday arrested a prison imam at Alessandria for allegedly hailing jihad and calling for the destruction of the Vatican. The man, a Moroccan detainee, allegedly praised terrorist attacks like those on the offices of Paris satirical weekly Charlie […]
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(JTA) Israeli flags were burned in front of two synagogues in Germany and the words “Free Palestine” were spray-painted on another one in Spain. The incidents this week are among the first manifestations of antisemitism in Europe connected to the escalation of […]
(AFP) Italy is pushing EU partners to revive migrant burden-sharing deals as it seeks to stave off a summertime surge in landings from North Africa, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Wednesday. Migration has returned to the top of the political agenda in […]
(AP) France’s long-standing debate over the Muslim headscarf has landed in a local political race, giving it a national message, with a decision by President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party to withdraw its backing for a candidate because she was pictured in a […]
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(Anadolu) The disease of Islamophobia is making Europe into an open-air prison for the millions of Muslims living there, warned Turkey’s president on Wednesday. “The virus of Islamophobia, which is as dangerous as the coronavirus, is spreading rapidly, especially in European countries,” […]
(BBC) Eight boats carrying 186 migrants crossed the English Channel on Tuesday. French authorities stopped a further 96 people from making the journey, the Home Office said. More than 2,400 people have reached the UK by boat in 2021 — an increase […]
(BBC) A firearms officer tasked with “eliminating” any further terrorist threat after the Manchester Arena blast said it was the “worst feeling” not being able to help casualties. PC Lee Moore and PC James Simkin were the first armed officers to arrive […]
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(AFP) The head of French President Emmanuel Macron’s political party has threatened to withdraw support for one of their own candidates in regional elections after she wore a headscarf for a campaign poster. The warning from Stanislas Guerini, who helped found Macron’s […]
(BBC) One of the first police officers to arrive at the scene of the Manchester Arena attack has told a public inquiry he was desperate to get emergency responders in to treat the injured. PC Edward Richardson said the incident should have […]
(Arab News) Some 70,000 migrants in Libya are waiting to take the precarious sea crossing to Europe, Italy’s intelligence service has claimed, prompting discussions of a naval blockade. The claim follows some 2,150 migrants reaching the small Italian island of Lampedusa on […]
(VOA) Nearly 200 jihadists imprisoned in France are due to be released over the next two years and French security officials are pressing French lawmakers to approve fresh antiterrorist measures to impose enhanced restrictions on those freed and to give police new […]
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(AFP) The government of French President Emmanuel Macron reacted with fury on Monday after a group of serving French soldiers published an open letter warning that “civil war” was brewing over his “concessions” to Islamism, weeks after a similar message from elements […]
(AP) Several hundred more migrants reached a tiny Italian island before dawn on Monday, swelling to past 2,100 the number of arrivals in around 24 hours and fueling calls from across the political spectrum for the Italian government to strengthen its migration […]
(Reuters) Europe could easily manage hundreds of migrants arriving on its shores if it had more predictable state-led systems to deal with such matters, the U.N.’s refugees chief said, pointing to the arrival of hundreds on Italy’s Lampedusa island at the weekend. […]
(BBC) A radio operator felt “overwhelmed” and “sick” when he was given a key control room role after the Manchester Arena bombing for which he had no experience or training, an inquiry heard. David Myerscough, a civilian staff member at Greater Manchester […]
(AFP) A group of serving French soldiers has published an open letter warning President Emmanuel Macron that the survival of France is at stake after his “concessions” to Islamism, weeks after a similar message from elements in the military rocked the political […]
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(AFP) Will Emmanuel Macron, the political wunderkind who steamrolled France’s establishment parties to win power as a centrist insurgent in 2017, survive a re-election battle overshadowed by Covid-19 next year? Or could the youngest French leader since Napoleon become just a one-term […]
(Reuters) Fifteen boats packed with hundreds of migrants landed on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday, and officials said they were expecting numbers to increase as the weather improved. More than 1,400 people got off the vessels at the Mediterranean […]
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(Reuters) Police officers from three other European Union nations will help their colleagues in Slovenia to monitor its border with Croatia, amid concerns about a possible increase in illegal migrants as weather conditions improve. More than a million migrants and asylum seekers, […]
(National-UAE) Muslims in Germany are alarmed over a new law that they say could lead to a ban on Islamic headscarves through the back door. The law, which comes as France debates a hijab ban for under-18s, would allow for German civil […]
(AFP) France’s interior minister said Friday that refugees and foreigners convicted of public order offences or flagged as extremists would have their residency permits withdrawn and face expulsion. “For the first time, we’ve asked OFPRA (France’s refugee agency) to withdraw asylum protection […]
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(AFP) An Italian court has approved the extradition to France of a man implicated in the deadly Bastille Day attack in Nice in 2016, the AGI news agency reported. Endri Elezi, a 28-year-old Albanian, was arrested on April 21 on a warrant […]
(BBC) A police chief who broke policy on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing “to save lives” said he would do it again if a similar attack happened. Ch Insp Dale Sexton declared Operation Plato, a pre-arranged terrorist plan, within minutes […]
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(Kathimerini) The two incidents of aggressive behavior by Turkish vessels against Frontex boats in the eastern Aegean on April 26 and 27 will be discussed at Friday’s extraordinary meeting of the European border agency’s board of directors. As Kathimerini revealed this week, […]
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