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Children & Teens

Norway says repatriating sisters and children from Syria

March 28, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Norway said Tuesday it was repatriating from Syria two sisters who went there as teenagers as well as their three children, citing abysmal conditions in the refugee camp where they were housed. “The living conditions in the camps are extremely bad […]

Demonstrations

Refugees protest tough Greek migration policy

March 18, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Hundreds of refugees protested against Greece’s tough migration policies in Athens on Saturday, accusing the conservative government of “murdering” asylum seekers through illegal pushbacks. “Stop pushbacks, down with the government of murderers,” read one of the banners at the rally in […]

Government & Politics

France, Britain working on new migration deal ahead of summit: French aide

March 8, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) France and Britain are working on a new deal to thwart migrants crossing the Channel, which could be agreed at a summit between leaders Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak later this week, a French official said Wednesday. Macron is set to […]

Legal

‘I didn’t think I’d survive’: First Brussels attack victim testifies

March 6, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A teenage girl who lost both her legs in a 2016 Brussels suicide bombing, and fought back to become a Paralympian, was the first victim to testify on Monday at the trial of those accused of plotting or aiding the attacks. […]

Government & Politics

Meloni denies govt responsibility on shipwreck

March 4, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Under-fire Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday rejected any responsibility of her government for a devastating shipwreck off Italy’s southern coast last weekend which left at least 69 people dead. “The situation is as simple as it is tragic: We […]

Legal

IS fighter accused of links to ‘Beatles’ cell appears in UK court

February 27, 2023 James Pheby  

(AFP) A convicted Islamic State member allegedly linked to the group’s notorious “Beatles” kidnap-and-murder cell appeared in a UK court ahead of the planned start Monday of his terror trial. Aine Davis sat in the dock at London’s Old Bailey criminal court, […]

Government & Politics

Italy impounds MSF charity rescue ship

February 24, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Italian authorities have detained a migrant rescue vessel run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for allegedly breaking new government rules on life-saving missions in the Mediterranean, the charity said Friday. The Geo Barents ship was impounded late Thursday for 20 days […]

Government & Politics

EU states call for stronger borders, migrant return deals

February 24, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Fifteen EU states on the migration front line on Friday called for stronger borders and agreements to be struck with third-party countries to accept migrants. “It is worthwhile exploring the possibility of, and where relevant legally enabling, safe third-country arrangements with […]

Crime

Spain police arrest father of 2 women killed in Pakistan

February 22, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Police on Wednesday arrested the father of two Pakistani sisters living in Spain who were lured back to their homeland last year and killed by family members in a suspected honour killing. The man, whose identity was not given, was arrested […]

Crime

Bulgaria charges six over migrants found dead in truck

February 18, 2023 Vessela Sergueva  

(AFP) Bulgarian prosecutors indicted six people on Saturday over the deaths of 18 Afghans who suffocated in a truck later left abandoned outside the capital Sofia. The discovery Friday was the deadliest incident linked to people smuggling in Bulgaria as the country […]

Crime

Bulgaria finds 18 dead migrants suffocated in truck

February 17, 2023 Nikolay Doychinov and Vessela Sergueva  

(AFP) Bulgarian authorities on Friday found the bodies of 18 people who suffocated in a truck smuggling them through the country. Bulgaria’s deadliest such incident comes as the Balkan nation struggles with an increase in illicit border crossings. The truck was transporting […]

Legal

New York truck attacker may face death penalty despite Biden pledge

February 11, 2023 Andréa Bambino  

(AFP) President Joe Biden promised to abolish capital punishment for federal crimes, but the US government is due to argue, beginning Monday, that an Uzbek man should get the death penalty for killing eight people in New York half a decade ago. […]

Immigration

Bulgaria accused of brutal border pushbacks

February 8, 2023 Vessela Sergueva and Rossen Bossev  

(AFP) Bulgaria faces mounting accusations that it is abusing people trying to cross its border with Turkey, with asylum seekers saying they have been pushed back, locked up, stripped and beaten. The EU member serves as a gateway into the bloc and […]

Demonstrations

Swedish police blocks Koran burning protest

February 8, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Swedish police on Wednesday denied permission for a protest involving the burning of a Koran, following a January demonstration that angered Turkey, putting Sweden’s pending NATO application on hold. Protests are rarely banned by Swedish police as they are considered as […]

Legal

Alleged IS ‘Beatle’ to go on trial in UK

February 6, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) An alleged member of the Islamic State (IS) group’s “Beatles” kidnap-and-murder cell will face trial in the UK this month on terrorism charges, a judge said on Monday. Aine Davis is accused of belonging to the notorious group of hostage-takers, who […]

Government & Politics

Spy or jihadist? Denmark probes jailed man’s case

February 3, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Danish lawmakers decided Friday to investigate the case of a man who says he spied for Denmark in Syria, but wound up jailed by Spain over alleged IS group ties. Ahmed Samsam, 34, a Danish national, claims he was working for […]

Arts & Entertainment

Microsoft says Iranians hacked France’s Charlie Hebdo

February 3, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) US computing giant Microsoft said Friday that it had identified Iranian state actors as those behind the recent cyberattack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Clint Watts, the general manager of Microsoft’s Digital Threat Analysis Center, said that the hackers, who […]

Government & Politics

Sweden moves to toughen anti-terror laws

February 2, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Sweden’s government on Thursday proposed new legislation to ban activities linked to extremist groups, in a move to toughen anti-terror laws, a key demand from Turkey to approve Stockholm’s NATO bid. The proposed legislation widens the scope of activities that can […]

Apostasy

Spain church attack suspect to undergo psychiatric testing

January 31, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The Moroccan suspect held in connection with a machete attack on two Spanish churches, killing a verger and badly injuring a priest, will undergo psychiatric testing, a court said Tuesday. The case is being handled by the Audiencia Nacional, Spain’s top […]

Apostasy

Spain court remands church attack suspect for ‘terrorism’

January 30, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Spanish court ordered Monday a Moroccan man accused of storming two churches with a machete to be remanded in custody without bail on murder and terrorism charges. Yassine Kanjaa, 25, is accused of killing a verger and seriously injuring a […]

Demonstrations

Turkey summons Danish envoy over Koran burnings

January 27, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Turkey summoned Denmark’s ambassador on Friday to condemn Copenhagen for allowing a far-right extremist to burn Korans over Ankara’s refusal to let Sweden and Finland join NATO. Anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan, a Danish-Swedish dual national, first burnt a copy of the […]

Christians

In Spain, jihadist attacks a dormant but real threat

January 26, 2023 Valentin Bontemps and Alfons Luna  

(AFP) The deadly church attack in Algeciras has rekindled Spanish concerns about the jihadist threat, which experts say is still present although the country has been relatively spared from attacks in recent years. On Wednesday evening, a machete-wielding attacker entered two churches […]

Legal

No sign of terror motive in knife attack on German train

January 26, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) German prosecutors said Thursday there was no indication of a terrorist motive in a knife attack on a train that killed two teenagers and wounded several other passengers. A 33-year-old suspect named only as Ibrahim A., a stateless man of Palestinian […]

Children & Teens

France repatriates more women, children from Syrian jihadist camp

January 24, 2023 Delphine Touitou  

(AFP) France has repatriated 15 women and 32 children held in a prison camp for suspected jihadists in Syria, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, in the third major return of French citizens from the country. Rights groups have been pressing for years […]

Demonstrations

Swedish prime minister condemns Koran burning

January 22, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Sweden’s prime minister has condemned as “deeply disrespectful” the weekend burning of a Koran in Stockholm, which has raised tensions with Turkey as the Nordic country courts Ankara over its NATO bid. Far-right politician Rasmus Paludan set fire to a copy […]

Demonstrations

Anti-Turkey demo in Sweden deepens tensions over NATO bid

January 21, 2023 Fulya Ozerkan and Marc Preel  

(AFP) Turkey on Saturday cancelled a visit by the Swedish defence minister over a demonstration by an anti-Islamic extremist in Stockholm, sparking a fresh crisis as Sweden tries to convince Ankara not to block its bid to join the NATO military alliance. […]

Crime

Greece busts migrant trafficking network with 7 arrests

January 20, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Greek police said Friday that they had broken up a network trafficking illegal migrants on the Turkish border, making seven arrests. Police said the suspects were due to appear later Friday before the public prosecutor in the city of Thessaloniki, where […]

Government & Politics

Italy could accept more Tunisians if irregular migration cut: minister

January 18, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Italy is prepared to allow more Tunisians to reach its shores legally in exchange for greater efforts to cut irregular migration from its North African neighbour, Rome’s foreign minister said Wednesday. Rome wants to cooperate with Tunis to “reduce irregular immigration […]

Government & Politics

Swedish far-right leader calls Erdogan ‘Islamist dictator’

January 18, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats has attacked Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as an “Islamist dictator” as Ankara maintains its objections to approving Stockholm’s bid for NATO membership. Jimmie Akesson, whose party is currently propping up the Swedish government, […]

Government & Politics

Hanging of Erdogan effigy not a crime: Swedish prosecutors

January 16, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The hanging of an effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan showing him dangling by his legs from a rope in Stockholm does not warrant a criminal investigation, prosecutors said Monday. “A decision has been taken not to initiate a preliminary […]

News: Europe

French jihadist killed in Syria clashes, his group says

January 16, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A French jihadist has been killed fighting Syrian regime forces in northwestern Syria, his faction announced on Monday. The extremist used the pseudonym Abu Hamza, but his real name could not be verified. Firqatul Ghuraba, a group of foreign jihadists in […]

Health & Medicine

Paris station stabbing suspect charged

January 15, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A man has been charged with attempted murder in France after seven people were wounded with a metal hook at Paris’s Gare du Nord station last week, prosecutors said Sunday. Investigators still do not know the motivation for attack, prosecutor Laure […]

Books

French Muslim union sues nation’s biggest literary star Houellebecq

January 13, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The Union of Mosques in France is suing the controversial French novelist Michel Houellebecq for discrimination, hate speech and inciting violence in remarks to an interviewer, the organisation told AFP on Friday. Houellebecq, whose books sell in big numbers, penned the […]

Law Enforcement

Morocco, Spain arrest three jihadists in joint raids

January 11, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Moroccan and Spanish authorities have broken up a jihadist cell linked to the Islamic State group and arrested its three members in a joint operation, Morocco’s security services said Wednesday. One of the “extremist elements” was arrested by special forces from […]

Children & Teens

Two repatriated IS wives jailed on arrival back in Spain

January 11, 2023 Hazel Ward  

(AFP) A Madrid court ordered two Spanish women who married Islamic State (IS) fighters remanded in custody Wednesday on terror-related charges after they were flown back from Syrian detention camps with 13 children, legal documents showed. They arrived at Torrejon de Ardoz […]

Arts & Entertainment

Charlie Hebdo doubles down on Iran leader cartoons

January 10, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo doubled down on its ridicule of Iran’s religious rulers on Tuesday, with fresh cartoons of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei despite protests from Iran and its allies. “The mullahs aren’t happy. The caricatures of their supreme […]

Health & Medicine

Jihadist killer locked up for 20 years in Switzerland

January 10, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Turkish-Swiss dual national who stabbed a passer-by to death in a rare jihadist attack in Switzerland was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in a psychiatric institution. Named only as Omer A., the 29-year-old was found guilty of murder, attempted murder, […]

Children & Teens

Spain repatriates 2 women, 13 children from Syria camps

January 10, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Madrid has repatriated two Spanish women who were married to Islamic State group fighters, flying them home from jihadist camps in Syria with 13 children, the government said on Tuesday. They arrived at Torrejon de Ardoz military airport near Madrid late […]

Arts & Entertainment

Charlie Hebdo attack victims honoured as Iran rages over new cartoons

January 7, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French politicians paid tribute Saturday to Charlie Hebdo staff and other victims of the January 2015 Islamist attacks, days after the satirical weekly’s latest edition sparked outrage in Iran. French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted the names of all 17 victims of […]

Government & Politics

Italy’s migrant rules ‘contradict’ international law, say charities

January 5, 2023 Ella Ide  

(AFP) Twenty charities on Thursday slammed new rules on rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean introduced by Italy’s right-wing government, saying they go against international law and will result in more deaths. Under the new decree, which came into effect this week, charity […]

Arts & Entertainment

Charlie Hebdo: France’s satirical magazine in new controversy

January 5, 2023 Adam Plowright  

(AFP) French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is making headlines again by stirring outrage in Iran, demonstrating that it has lost none of its appetite for provocation or its ability to stir up diplomatic problems abroad. The irreverent and militantly atheist publication operates […]

Arts & Entertainment

Iran warns France over ‘insulting’ Khamenei cartoons

January 4, 2023 Stuart Williams  

(AFP) Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran deemed to be insulting. The weekly had published dozens of cartoons ridiculing the highest religious and political figure in […]

Government & Politics

Illegal migration to Spain drops in 2022

January 3, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The number of migrants arriving illegally in Spain dropped by more than a quarter in 2022 over the previous year, mainly due to a fall in sea crossings, the interior ministry said Tuesday. A total of 31,219 people entered Spain without […]

Legal

Two 2016 Nice terror attack accomplices appeal conviction

December 26, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Two men who received the longest prison terms for allegedly aiding in the 2016 terror attack in the French resort city of Nice have appealed their conviction, prosecutors told AFP on Monday. Their appeal came weeks after French judges ordered prison […]

Government & Politics

Cross-Channel migrants in UK decry Rwanda deportation plan

December 23, 2022 Caroline Taix  

(AFP) If the UK government has its way, the tens of thousands of migrants arriving on England’s southeastern shores each year, after crossing the Channel in small boats, will face swift deportation to Rwanda. Although the controversial plan is on hold amid […]

Legal

Denmark jails IS sympathiser for 16 years

December 20, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Danish court on Tuesday sentenced an Islamic State (IS) sympathiser to 16 years in prison for plotting a bomb attack in the Scandinavian country. It is the longest sentence imposed to date for crimes of terrorism in Denmark, life in […]

Government & Politics

Cyprus transfers dozens of asylum seekers to Germany

December 19, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Cyprus on Monday transferred 48 asylum seekers to Germany under a voluntary pilot scheme that will eventually see 500 relocated to help cope with a surge in migrants, authorities said. The Cypriot interior ministry said the 48 applicants for international protection […]

Legal

Life sentence upheld for Paris train attacker

December 8, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Moroccan man sentenced to life in prison for an attempted terror attack on a Paris-bound train in 2015 that was foiled by passengers had his appeal rejected Thursday by a French court. Their heroics were later immortalised in the Clint […]

Legal

Defendant slams security at Brussels attacks trial

December 5, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A defendant on trial over the 2016 bombings in Brussels on Monday charged in court that the suspects were being “humiliated” by draconian security measures and threatened to remain silent unless conditions improved. Ten men are on trial accused of directing […]

Immigration

On UK’s south coast, even winter fails to stem migrant arrivals

December 1, 2022 Caroline Taix  

(AFP) From the white cliffs above Dover, on England’s south coast, it’s possible to watch as migrants who have attempted to cross from northern France in small boats are brought ashore. On Monday, 426 were intercepted, according to government figures. On Tuesday, […]

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