The retired president of a German state court has accused chancellor Merkel of acting unconstitutionally, and of moving to build her own personal power at the expense of German democracy. Judge Michael Bertrams, former president of the constitutional court of North
Two men have been arrested in counter-terrorism raids in Sydney. Police thwarted what they say were plots to attack locations including the Royal Australian Navy base at Woolloomooloo Bay (pictured) and state police headquarters in the west of the city. Both
A suspected French extremist carrying cans of chemical mace was caught trying to enter Australia two days after the Paris terror attacks, officials revealed on Wednesday, with security screening of travellers from Europe tightened up. Attorney-General George Brandis said the
LONDON – The United Kingdom could disintegrate if Britons vote to leave the European Union as it would give succour to the cause of Scottish nationalists, former Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday. Hague, a former leader of Prime
An anti-marijuana campaign in Australia featuring a human-sized lumbering stoned sloth acting foolishly has backfired and become the brunt of jokes on social media. Launched this week using the slogan “You’re worse on weed”, it attempts to warn teenagers of
A barge carrying 25-30 migrants capsized off the coast of Greece early Wednesday morning, resulting in the death of at least eleven of the passengers, including four children and one newborn infant. Fifteen of the passengers were saved by rescuers
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece late on Tuesday enacted a human-rights’ bill which allows civil partnership agreements between same-sex couples despite protests and opposition from political parties and the powerful Orthodox Church. A growing number of European countries have established legislation
TOULOUSE, France – Police have prevented two men from carrying out an attack on police and army personnel in the central French city of Orleans, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Tuesday. Two Frenchmen, aged 20 and 24, were being
A Frenchman who killed his boss and pinned his severed head to a fence at an industrial gas factory has committed suicide in his jail cell, prison authorities said Wednesday. Yassin Salhi, 35, hanged himself from the bars of his
Refugees will be at the heart of the next Berlin film festival, with hundreds of free tickets for asylum seekers and new movies spotlighting Europe’s historic influx, its director said. Dieter Kosslick told AFP ahead of the 66th edition in
One year has passed since Germany introduced a national minimum wage, with no evidence so far of the catastrophic economic consequences predicted by its opponents. Nevertheless, a huge influx of refugees, most of whom will initially depend on menial and
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will meet the Socialist leader Wednesday to begin negotiations on forming a new government following the inconclusive weekend election. “Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sanchez will meet at 12 pm (1100 GMT)… for the first time
(AP) — Attacks by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria and neighboring countries have forced more than 1 million children out of school, heightening the risk they will be abused, abducted or recruited by armed groups, the United
Thousands celebrated the end of a year’s campaigning against mass migration on Monday night at the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) rally on the banks of the river Elbe in Dresden, Germany. Relocated from their usual spot
A new poll has shown a young Eurosceptic party surging to become Italy’s second most popular, such that under the country’s electoral system they could win the next election in 2017 or 18. Italy’s “Five Star” anti-establishment “movement” is
As Europe’s migrant crisis deepens, Norway is considering passing a new law to stop its citizens fighting for Islamic State. Anders Anundsen, Norwegian Minister of Justice, said current laws were too lenient and that more must be done to punish
Further allegations as to what happened to teenage girls at the hands of grooming gangs have come to light in the Rotherham abuse trial currently being heard at Sheffield Crown Court, including accusations of torture. Giving video evidence to the Rotherham abuse
Dutch member of parliament and anti radical-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders has reacted angrily to calls for him to distance himself from anti-migrant action, telling his critics to ‘drop dead’. The Party for Freedom leader has come under steady fire from
Two pig heads have been dumped outside an Islamic school in Blackburn, just one week after ‘No Mosque’ was painted on the wall. The school plans to convert a building into a mosque, complete with a dome and minarets. The
London talk radio station LBC has branded a caller “ridiculous” for expressing concern about mass migration in a round-up of their “funniest moments of the year”. Caller Keith phoned the show back in June to join in a discussion about
Communities across Denmark have complained they do not have enough resources to cope with the huge influx of migrants into their country. According to survey by television station TV2, many local town halls say they cannot handle the costs associated
A 27-year-old woman has been sentenced to 18 months in prison following an incident in a police station after her arrest for refusing to take off her niqab. Stephanie Djato was arrested on 31 May 2012 at a bus stop in the Brussels borough of Jette. She had
A dozen illegal immigrants have been arrested after bundling out of a van in the West Country, and calling into a local pub to ask for directions to Brighton. The men were initially mistaken for hunt saboteurs by locals who
The Christian Institute and the National Secular Society have become unlikely bedfellows in their fight against the government’s proposed Extremism Disruption Orders (EDOs). The “writing could be on the wall” for freedom of speech in the UK if EDOs are
France is facing new trouble after a separatist government took power on the island of Corsica, including many members who want full independence. While the world’s media focused on the Front National’s performance in last week’s regional elections, Corsican nationalists
Not content with merely educating people as to the health risks associated with tobacco, anti-smoking campaigners and politicians in Australia are considering a ban on under-25s being able to smoke, and even a rolling blanket ban. The latest front in the
