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The socialist government Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez suffered a major blow this week as his Catalan separatists amnesty bill was shot down.

BANGKOK — Members of a rock band that has been critical of Moscow’s war in Ukraine remained locked up Tuesday in a Thai immigration jail, fearful that they could be deported to Russia as a reported plan to let them fly to safety in Israel was apparently suspended.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s shooting at a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul, marking the first ISIS attack in Turkey since 2017.

The European Union plans to launch a naval mission in the Red Sea within three weeks to help defend cargo ships against attacks.

Three years after sparking Muslim protests after showing his class a caricature of Muhammad, a religious studies teacher is still in hiding.

Supercarrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower will need to return to U.S. and the UK is ready to replace her with a British carrier, minister says.

A left wing local council is slapping massive parking charges on electric vehicles (EVs) in the name of protecting the environment.

Canada is expected to lead the world in assisted suicide deaths under its medical assistance in dying (MAID) program as soon as 2025, the Toronto Star reported. 

Canada has indefinitely delayed its plan to expand Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) to patients with only mental illness.

HSBC, Europe´s biggest bank, has been fined 57.4 million pounds ($72.8 million) for failing to adequately protect customer deposits.

Nearly half of the German public are living in fear of a potential attack from Russia, a survey published this week found.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says Apple’s recently proposed changes to its App Store policies represent a “new low” for the tech giant. The Spotify boss, a constant critic of Apple’s stranglehold on the marketplace for apps and the “tax” it places on in-app purchases, calls Apple’s proposed changes “extortion, plain and simple.”

Europe’s economy failed to expand at the end of 2023 amid higher energy prices, costlier credit and a downturn in former powerhouse Germany.

Ukraine’s ambassador to Beijing told the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday that Kyiv is “committed to the one-China principle,” which denies the existence of the state of Taiwan and falsely asserts the sovereign nation is a province of communist China.

French President Emmanuel Macron travelled to Sweden on Tuesday for a two-day state visit while farmer protests continue at home.

The moment when the UK formally recognises a Palestinian state at the end of Israel’s war with Hamas might be drawing nearer, the Foreign Secretary David Cameron suggested Monday. The diplomatic move would come despite the fact doing so would reward Hamas for the terror attack of October 7.

The use of weapons better known to medieval England in London continues, with a man carrying a crossbow shot dead by police on Tuesday.

The UK population will soar by 10 percent come 2036 to nearly 74 million, official projections revealed on Tuesday, with higher levels of net migration driving the numbers skyward.

A Christian gospel singer was told by a police officer that she was forbidden from singing “church songs” on the streets of Britain.

Top NATO general warns lessons of Ukraine show Europe its interior cities cannot expect to be left untouched if Russia and Alliance fight. 

The EU has reportedly drawn up a scheme to “sabotage” Hungary’s economy over opposition to a further 50 billion euros in funding to Ukraine.

The $113 billion sent to Ukraine so far for its war against Russia is apparently not actually going to Ukraine, but is really “benefiting American interests,” a spokesperson for Ukraine told Breitbart News.

Thousands of farmers took to their tractors in a coordinated attempt to block off entrances to Paris in protest against green regulations.

Catherine, the Princess of Wales returned home on Monday 13 days after being admitted to a hospital in London for abdominal surgery.

The Czech Republic´s government signed an agreement with the United States on Monday to acquire 24 U.S. F-35 fighter jets.

The King has spent a third night recovering at a private hospital after a procedure on his prostate, triggering “some unease”, it is claimed.

Police detained an Italian man found with a knife in his bag hours before Pope Francis made his weekly appearance.

A Labour Party MP has been suspended after she said the “genocide” in Gaza should be honoured during Holocaust Memorial Day.

EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen drew condemnation after posting a video which wrongly suggested the Auschwitz death camp was Polish.

Calls for revolution are in the air of France once again as farmers have vowed to continue their tractor protests against the green agenda.

Two teenage boys were killed after suffering stab wounds in Britsol, England after being descended upon by a group of attackers.

Ukrainian defence ministry officials are accused of conspiring with an arms firm to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy weapons.

Two masked assailants attacked a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during Sunday services, killing one person, Turkish officials said.

Two climate activists threw soup at the face of Leonardo da Vinci’s famed Mona Lisa painting in Paris on Sunday morning.

Keep sending money. That was the urgent call Saturday from U.N. Secretary Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as he implored the world not to stop funding the embattled National Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) — the special refugee agency for Palestinians — after staff members were shown to have been part of the Hamas terror attack against Israel on October 7, 2023.

The United States is reportedly planning on stationing nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom amid escalating tensions with Russia.