A convicted paedophile and former competitive ice skater who used the sport to groom young girls has agreed to return to Britain after he was arrested in Hong Kong on an extradition request. Joseph Tsang, a fugitive from British police
A “military strength” laser caused significant damage to the eye of a British Airways co-pilot when it was shone into his cockpit as the plane was landing, a trade union said Monday. The unnamed victim was taken to hospital in
A bomb exploded early Tuesday outside the offices of Greece’s industry association in Athens, causing damage but no injuries, a police source said. Calls to two Greek newspapers at 0050 GMT — 40 minutes before the explosion — had forewarned
Australian officials Monday said they were aware of 12 people within the community who they believe could commit an act of terror, as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull convened a meeting to discuss national security. Canberra has become increasingly concerned about
Argentina, in a stinging repudiation of outgoing leftist President Cristina Kirchner, elected a pro-market government president to take the helm of Latin America’s third-biggest economy. Conservative president-elect Mauricio Macri, fresh from Sunday’s run-off election win, promised a “marvelous” new era
Brussels (AFP) – Brussels will remain at the highest possible alert level on Monday with schools and metros closed over a “serious and imminent” security threat in the wake of the Paris attacks, the Belgian prime minister said. Armed police
Warsaw (AFP) – Poland’s new conservative government has lost no time in seeking to take control of the EU country’s top court and secret services, sparking claims of a “coup” by the vanquished liberal opposition. The highly contested moves by
A Turkish Airlines plane en route from New York to Istanbul was diverted to Canada Sunday because of a bomb threat, police said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said the plane, with 256 passengers and crew, landed safely at
Belgian security officials meet Sunday to decide whether to extend a lockdown in Brussels over fears jihadists are plotting a Paris-style attack, as police stepped up their hunt for key suspects behind the carnage in the French capital. The Belgian
A vast and historically valuable trove of Holocaust-era documents, long thought destroyed during World War II, has been found hidden in a wall cavity by a couple renovating their Budapest apartment. The haul of 6,300 documents are from a 1944
As the hunt for jihadists widens after last week’s Paris attacks, authorities in Greece warn it was virtually impossible to pick out dangerous extremists among arriving migrants, without prior intelligence. “If they are not already registered in the database, it’s
At least 36 people were killed Friday in air strikes by Russian and Syrian jets on Islamic State-controlled Deir Ezzor province, a monitor said, describing them as the heaviest in the region since the start of the war. Russia pounded
EU ministers hold emergency talks Friday on tightening border checks after the killing of the ringleader of the Paris attacks in an apartment in the French capital raised troubling questions about the bloc’s security. Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian of Moroccan
Paris attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud was implicated in four thwarted French terror plots this year, a minister said Thursday, deploring the fact that no-one had flagged his presence in Europe. “Six attacks have been avoided or foiled by the French
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Commission called Friday for the establishment of an EU-wide intelligence agency in the wake of the Paris attacks, as interior ministers held emergency talks on boosting security. The proposal comes amid concerns about how the
Rotterdam police have arrested three men after finding a suspicious car with a Belgian licence plate, but ruled out a link to the hunt for a fugitive in the Paris attacks, Dutch media said Friday. The men were held after
Swedish police on Thursday arrested a man suspected of plotting a “terrorist attack” after a two-day manhunt, as the country steps up security after last week’s carnage in Paris. Iraqi Mutar Muthanna Majid was apprehended during an afternoon raid on
More armed police are to be deployed in London after the Paris attacks, but the move is unlikely to herald a shift toward providing weapons to most officers in the largely unarmed British force, experts said. Britain is proud of
Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement Thursday aimed at providing the occupied territories with 3G mobile access, so far out of reach to Palestinian mobile firms, Israeli officials said. Details of the agreement involving the long-awaited service were
Australian police are being trained to shoot armed extremists on sight it was revealed Tuesday, in a change of tactics from “contain and negotiate” amid fears of further terrorist attacks. Canberra has become increasingly concerned about the prospect of lone-wolf
French police launched dozens of fresh raids across the country Tuesday as warplanes strafed the Syrian stronghold of Islamic State jihadists which France has vowed to destroy after their attack on Paris. Authorities in France and Belgium stepped up the
The first of 12,000 refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria to be resettled by Australia will arrive within 24 hours, the government said Monday, as concerns about security checks mounted after bloody attacks in Paris. Australia, which has joined US-led
Multiple attacks which claimed at least 120 lives in Paris are the latest in a string of incidents in France this year with suspected links to radical Islam. January 7-9: Two men armed with Kalashnikov rifles storm the Paris offices
More than 800,000 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe this year, the UN said Friday, warning the Greek island of Lesbos especially was overstretched, with thousands, including young children, forced to sleep outside. Since January, 806,000 people
(AFP) – A British nurse who suffered a relapse after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone has been released from isolation after being treated for meningitis caused by the virus, her hospital said. Pauline Cafferkey, 39, had been kept in isolation
