(Euronews) The World Health Organization and several international NGOs have raised the alarm on the need to evacuate sick and injured children from Gaza. But some governments refuse to welcome patients from the Strip out of fear of repercussions to their security […]
(Euronews) So-called Islamic State group terrorist El Shafee Elsheikh, known as “Jihadi Ringo,” has applied to transfer from a US high-security prison to the UK despite having his British citizenship revoked, triggering outrage from his victims’ relatives. The 37-year-old member of the […]
(Euronews) The European Commission has countered criticism from far-right political groups for allocating EU research funds over the past years on projects focused on subject matters like Islam, the Qur’an, Sharia, and Islamophobia. The controversy began after Italian hard-right MEP Silvia Sardone […]
(Euronews) Since demonstrations in Berlin and Düsseldorf turned violent when supporters of Syria’s new government clashed with pro-Kurdish demonstrators, discussions surrounding radical Islamism in Germany have been on the rise. At the protests last weekend, people celebrated the wave of attacks on […]
(Euronews) German authorities filed criminal charges against dozens of participants following weekend protests in Berlin and Düsseldorf, where demonstrators celebrated violence against Syria’s Druze minority and clashed with Kurdish counter-protesters. Hundreds gathered Saturday outside Berlin’s city hall, waving Syrian flags and chanting […]
(Euronews) The Iranian hacker group Homeland Justice has resurfaced with new threats against Albania, spreading alarming content on social media. Taking advantage of the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, which escalated last Friday, the group issued a threatening message linked to […]
(Euronews) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called on Thursday for stricter measures limiting religious symbols and rituals in education, asking for a ban on full-coverage veils worn by some Muslim women to be extended to schools and universities. The country’s overall […]
(Euronews) Messaging app Telegram is being scrutinised by the Belgian telecoms regulator to check whether the platform complies with EU rules combating terrorist content online. The Belgian Institute of Post and Telecommunications (BIPT) said in its annual report published last week that […]
(Euronews) Following an attack with a sharp object on Sunday morning in front of a bar in Bielefeld that left several people injured, police in the German city continued their search for the perpetrator, who is presumably still armed and at large. […]
(Euronews) Iran has denied any involvement in an alleged terror plot against Israel’s embassy in London, following the arrest of five Iranian nationals on Saturday. Four of the men who were arrested in counter-terrorism raids across England over the weekend are still […]
(Euronews) In the heart of Germany’s capital, a heated political debate has reignited over the boundaries of religious freedom in the public sphere. The Bundestag’s Green Party group has submitted a motion to abolish Berlin’s Neutrality Act (“Neutralitätsgesetz”), a law that prohibits […]
(Euronews) The Greens party’s group in the Berlin House of Representatives has made a motion calling for the abolition of the so-called Neutrality Act, a law that prohibits civil servants from visibly wearing or displaying religious symbols while at work. The 2005 […]
(Euronews) Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a reality in Europe: 600,000 girls and women, mainly from Africa and Asia, have been … subjected to it. Worldwide, the figure is at 230 million. FGM refers to the partial or total removal of the […]
(Euronews) A car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg — which left six people dead shortly before Christmas — will not be investigated as a terrorist attack, the country’s Federal Prosecutor General Jens Rommel told regional channel […]
(Euronews) Far-right protesters have held a rally in Magdeburg, following Friday evening’s attack on a Christmas market which left five people dead and hundreds injured. Police estimate around 1,000 protesters gathered in the city’s central square, calling for stronger controls on migration […]
(Euronews) German far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) is calling for a major rally following the attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg which left several people dead and hundreds injured. At a memorial site for the victims, AfD co-leader Tino […]
(Euronews) A court in Rome has suspended the approval of detention orders for seven migrants who were relocated last week to a repatriation centre in Albania established by Italy. Monday’s ruling has blocked the Italian government’s efforts for the second time to […]
(Euronews) Ursula von der Leyen has offered her strongest endorsement yet to the controversial project of establishing so-called “return hubs” outside the European Union territory to transfer asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected. The idea was reflected in a letter the […]
(Euronews) In the years following the tragic killings of French teachers Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard, there has been a sharp increase in the number of educators requesting protection from the state. According to recent data from the French Ministry of Education, […]
(Euronews) The French government is pushing for a new immigration law by early 2025, according to spokesperson Maud Bregeon, who announced the plans on BFMTV. The move comes just a year after the last immigration bill, which faced sharp divisions in Parliament […]
(Euronews) An 18-year-old student was taken into police custody on Monday evening after allegedly assaulting her teacher at Lycée Sévigné in the northern French city of Tourcoing. The incident reportedly happened after the teacher asked the student to remove her headscarf, as […]
(Euronews) France’s interior minister announced Omar bin Laden had been deported from a Normandy village he was living in after he was accused of glorifying terrorism on social media. In a post shared on X early Tuesday morning, French Interior Minister Bruno […]
(Euronews) The Belgian government on Monday came forcefully against Hungary’s intended plan to bus migrants to Brussels in retaliation for the €200 million fine imposed in June by the European Court of Justice, which Budapest refuses to pay. No transfer has yet […]
(Euronews) The national police of Spain and France conducted a simulated terrorist attack exercise ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The surprise exercise, called Operation Optimus, aimed to enhance response capabilities. It was overseen in Spain by the General Information […]
(Euronews) A 27-year-old Moroccan man was arrested and taken into police custody following a knife attack that injured four people in the Lyon metro on Sunday afternoon. “An individual armed with a knife injured four people in the Lyon metro between the […]
(Euronews) After years spent in the shadows, the Islamic State (IS) terror group is back in the spotlight. European countries heightened security over the Christmas period, amid fears of terror attacks and violence linked to Israel’s war in Gaza. Last week, IS claimed responsibility […]
(Euronews) The European Union is facing a “huge risk” of terrorist attacks over the Christmas period, the bloc’s home affairs chief warned on Tuesday. “With the war between Israel and Hamas and the polarisation it causes in our society, with the upcoming […]
(Euronews) Just a week ago, Abdesalem Lassoued plunged the city of Brussels into chaos. Not even his wife or his closest friends knew that the Tunisian, who was in Belgium illegally, was about to commit an act of terrorism. After he shot […]
(Euronews) A 44-year-old Tunisian man suspected of complicity with the perpetrator of the attack in Brussels on 16 October was charged with “murder in a terrorist context” and imprisoned on Thursday, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office announced. The man arrested on Wednesday […]
(Euronews) Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni came to power in October last year promising a firmer grasp on immigration. But her efforts have not slowed the arrivals. More than 100,000 migrants have landed on Italian shores so far this year, according to […]
(Euronews) A group of Muslim women wearing modest [beachwear] were harassed by a group of women in northern Italy claiming that they can’t go in the water with their clothing. A group of Muslim women were about to enter the water at […]
(Euronews) Two men set fire to a copy of the Quran on Monday in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, in a rally similar to previous events that provoked a diplomatic crisis between Sweden and the Muslim world. Smiling wryly, Salwan […]
(Euronews) Josep Borrell, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, has spoken up against “any form of incitement to religious hatred and intolerance.” In a short statement released on Wednesday morning, Borrell expressed his unambiguous condemnation of the recent incidents in Sweden and Denmark […]
(Euronews) French police say they have arrested six people on suspicion of smuggling Middle Eastern migrants across the English Channel. The criminal gang had allegedly organised the transportation of Afghan and Pakistani migrants to the United Kingdom. According to police sources, the […]
(Euronews) Muslim leaders in Spain called for calm ahead of Tuesday’s crunch World Cup decider between Spain and Morocco amid fears of a repeat of crowd trouble in Belgium last week. Photographs and videos showed cars being smashed and upturned, and fires […]
(Euronews) A man has been jailed in France for posting online hate speech messages targeting victims of the 2016 Nice terror attack. The 21-year-old was found to have “praised” the attack on Instagram, posting that “80 fascists had disappeared.” Several videos and […]
(Euronews) The food crisis and rising energy prices could lead to instability in some countries and prompt new waves of migration to the European Union, the Commission has warned. Ylva Johansson, EU commissioner for home affairs, told reporters following an informal meeting […]
(Euronews) Authorities in six European countries have conducted a joint operation to remove extremist content and propaganda on SoundCloud. The European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol said on Friday that hundreds of illegal files had been removed from the German music streaming platform. The […]
(Euronews) Twitter says it suspended Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders “in error” after reports that he had violated the platform’s rules on hate speech. The social network admitted it had “temporarily restricted” Wilders’ access to his account on Monday. The move came […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(Euronews) Migration once again became a key issue for Europe this past year as tensions flared up at the EU’s border with Belarus. Hundreds of migrants gathered at the bloc’s border as the EU accused Belarus of waging a hybrid war and […]
(Euronews) A mosque in northern France has been ordered shut for six months for “inciting violence.” The prefecture of the Oise département said the large mosque in Beauvais was closed for “inciting hatred,” “violence” and “apology of jihad.” France’s interior minister Gérald […]
(Euronews) Denmark says it will take measures to protect teachers’ freedom of expression and prevent the risks of “self-censorship.” The Danish government has stated that teachers should be able to speak about certain subjects, including cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the Holocaust, […]
(Euronews) An unprecedented trial is due to end on Tuesday in Frankfurt, Germany. Taha Al-J. is the first alleged jihadist prosecuted for genocide against the Yazidis. The Kurdish-speaking minority was persecuted and enslaved by members of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group […]
(Euronews) Three people have been arrested after a group of police officers were attacked in the southern French city of Cannes. The three who were arrested were close to the suspected assailant, police sources told AFP, including someone who worked for the […]
(Euronews) The mother of one of the 2015 Bataclan concert hall attackers is facing trial in Paris, accused of “financing terrorism.” Fatima Hajji, 53, is charged with sending €13,000 to her son and his partner while they were in Iraq and Syria, […]
(Euronews) The Council of Europe has withdrawn images from a social media campaign promoting diversity among women and their freedom to wear the hijab. Posters featuring young women wearing Islamic headscarves were removed from Twitter just days after the project’s launch. The […]
(Euronews) French politicians hit back at the UK and at their own government on Monday as a surge in the number of migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small boats heightened tensions between the two countries. Politicians from the region […]
(Euronews) Several female activists have been fined in France for wearing “burkinis” in a Grenoble swimming pool. Five women entered the city pool to bathe on Wednesday, causing the pool to be evacuated at the request of officials, French police said. Grenoble […]
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