The German government appears to be in full damage-control mode post-Cologne sex attacks, with the official journal of the state propaganda bureau publishing an editorial claiming Mohammed was a feminist, and that as of yet there has been no evidence
(Reuters) – Police raided homes of suspected Islamist militants across France overnight following Friday’s Paris attacks, and a source close to the investigation said a Belgian national in Syria was the possible mastermind. Prosecutors said one of the killers had
Britain has foiled seven terror attacks in the past year, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, Mr Cameron said that seven attacks had been “stopped” by British security services and that
Campaigners are attempting to take down an Italian newspaper after it published a front page reacting to the Paris attacks of Friday night, calling out “Islamic Bastards” for the killing. Right-wing national daily Libero led on Saturday morning with the headline
A series of raids by heavily armed police and a “siege” are ongoing in the district of Molenbeek in Brussels, Belgium. Two explosions have been heard and bomb squads are on the ground. “A large number of police launched a raid on
The deputy chairman of the Conservative Party has admitted having an affair, after it was claimed a Tory aide tried to blackmail him over it in order to win a seat. Rob Halfon, who is a member of the cabinet,
Despite the 129 dead and the hundreds more wounded, The Ecologist has cut through all the emotive nonsense about the Paris massacres and identified the real victim of this grisly affair: why, the forthcoming UN climate change conference, of course!
French authorities have confirmed that the “mastermind” behind Friday night’s deadly attacks in Paris was also behind the thwarted train attack in August, where off duty U.S. marines apprehended a jihadist gunman. Jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud has previously been described as “one
The hashtag #PrayforSyria is trending across Europe and into the Middle East as liberals bemoan France’s retaliatory strikes on Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria. Many of the tweets feature images of children apparently killed by the military strikes, but sources
In an unusually blunt statement, the President of Italy’s Conference of Catholic Bishops (CEI) has called on Muslims to completely disassociate themselves from the Islamic State by categorically condemning it. In an interview Sunday, the Archbishop of Genoa, Cardinal Angelo
Bloomberg reports on Belgium, one of the main hotbeds of Islamist radicalism: The deadly violence in Paris on Friday is the latest in a series of attacks with strong links to Belgium, adding to mounting evidence the country has become
Britain will boost its intelligence agency staff by 15 per cent and more than double spending on aviation security to counter the increasing threat from Islamist militants, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. The government said it had decided
Immediately following Friday’s horrendous jihadist attacks, the Italian government decreed a level-two terrorist alert for the whole country, considerably increasing security measures around the Vatican City State, considered a prime target of ISIS terrorists. The level-two alert comprises the deployment
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
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday he wanted Britain to carry out air strikes against Islamic State militants (ISIL) in Syria but still needed to convince more MPs to back such action. “I have always said I think that
It was the second major jihad attack on France inside of a year. This one was far bloodier than the last, but it was otherwise near-identical. The slaughter of cartoonists in January was an attack on the democratic notion of free speech.
Politico.eu reports on the run-down Brussels neighbourhood where jihadis regularly recruit: “We don’t have a grip on the situation in Molenbeek.” A confession — a mea culpa almost — summed up the Belgian government’s reaction to the links discovered between the
French police raided homes of suspected Islamist militants across the country overnight in the aftermath of the Paris shootings, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Monday as he warned of potential further attacks. Valls said that since this summer,
Saleh Abdeslam is now the focus of an international manhunt but was questioned and released hours after the Paris attacks..
Senior Iraqi intelligence officials warned members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group of imminent assaults by the militant organization just one day before last week’s deadly attacks in Paris killed 129 people.
A dramatic video has emerged of a pregnant woman clinging on for life to a window ledge above the Bataclan theatre in the middle of the massacre in Paris. The video shows the woman holding on for life as people
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, has rejected calls to rethink the European Union’s open doors policy on migration. Dismissing suggestions that open borders led to the attacks, Mr Juncker said he believed “exactly the opposite” – that the
British comedian Jason Manford was temporarily suspended from Facebook after writing an expletive-laden outburst against the terrorists who killed 129 people in Paris on Friday. Mr Manford, who regularly appears on British TV, wrote on his Facebook page: “F*cking cowards.
Britain may be forced to take in hundreds of migrants currently encamped at Calais, thanks to a little-known amendment to European Union (EU) law. Changes to the Dublin Regulation, which determines the legality of asylum claims, mean that migrants can
PARIS (AP) — A Belgian official says seven people have been detained in Belgium linked to the Paris attacks. The official, who spoke to The Associated Press in Brussels by phone, also said two of the seven attackers who died
In the wake of the Islamist terror attacks in Paris, one group of Frenchmen took to the streets demanding the expulsion of Islamists from the country. As demonstrators gathered in the city of Lille to show their solidarity with the
