LILLE (FRANCE) – About 200 police raided the headquarters in northern France of a Shiite Islamic association and the homes of its leaders who are suspected of supporting “terrorist organisations”, security sources said.
Germany’s top-selling paper Bild wants a halt to all bi-lateral E.U. trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran because of its support for global terrorism and commitment to the destruction of the Jewish state of Israel.
BIRMINGHAM, England — I’m at Britain’s Conservative party conference, testing the water to see whether Brexit is ever going to happen or whether it’s all over and we might just as well kill ourselves now.
The UK public strongly backs increasing fishing quotas for British vessels operating in their own waters, polling has found.
The small Northern Ireland pro-unionist party that Theresa May relies on to sustain her minority government has made clear it would support Boris Johnson as the next Prime Minister, with the party leader praising the former foreign secretary for his “positive” views on Brexit.
A number of religious freedom advocates have stepped forward to criticize the Vatican’s new “provisional agreement” with China on the appointment of bishops, arguing that it betrays naïveté concerning “the evil of communism.”
A 21-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who stabbed three in Ravensburg town centre has been taken to a psychiatric facility, with officials saying he may not be found culpable for his actions due to mental illness.
Migrants from the European Union (EU) should be stripped of the right to take welfare cash from the UK taxpayer as soon as they arrive to help deter unskilled workers coming en mass, a major report has said.
Policies to discourage and drive down illegal immigration created by Austria’s conservative-populist coalition government are proving so successful the government is reportedly to close seven asylum centres across the country.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriot police say 34 Syrian migrants who arrived by boat in the east Mediterranean island nation are seeking asylum.
A prominent Catholic priest and theologian has published a sobering essay, insisting that if Pope Francis and the Church’s bishops are unwilling or unable to tackle the clerical sex abuse crisis, God will intervene in another way.
Leftist commentators and anti-Brexiteers are feigning outrage after Jacob Rees-Mogg referred to Gaddafi-era Libya as “the People’s Republic of Jam Jar” at the Tory conference in Birmingham.
The former head of the UK’s MI6 has said that there is “significant regret” within the foreign intelligence agency over helping Vladimir Putin come to power by orchestrating an introduction between him and then-Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The family of PC Keith Palmer, who was killed by a man pledging allegiance to Islamic State, say they have been let down by Scotland Yard and “come below” terrorist Khalid Masood.
Theresa May loyalists have attacked Boris Johnson during Tory Party conference after he criticised the Prime Minister’s soft Brexit plan as “deranged” and “preposterous”.
A video published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) showing 6-year-old school children being instructed to write gay love letters has been causing a stir on social media.
Civil servants have told ministers that attempts to respect the referendum result and reform the UK immigration system after Brexit could cause a “Windrush-style” crisis.
Jeremy Hunt, the British minister responsible for foreign affairs, has ruffled feathers by pointing out the punitive negotiations tactics increasingly employed by the European Union bear striking resemblances to another imperialistic power that at one time aspired to govern European nations, and punished harshly those who wished to leave.
Tory europhile Dominic Grieve has called for a “polite rebellion” if Theresa May presses on with Brexit, suggesting a national unity government should deliver a second EU referendum.
UK Conservative Dominic Raab called out the opposition Labour Party’s entrenched anti-Semitism on Monday by using the example of his own father’s escape from the Holocaust and the incipient anti-Jewish hatred generated by Nazism.
A German court says it has approved the extradition of an Iranian diplomat wanted in Belgium on suspicion he was part of a failed plot to bomb an Iranian opposition rally near Paris.
Britain’s chief Brexit minister is warning the European Union, and his divided party, that the country will leave the bloc without a deal rather than accept close adherence to its rules and obligations.
Tommy Robinson have vowed to sue Sky News after releasing footage which he claims proves that recent headlines about him not caring if he incites fear of Muslims are based on misquotes and deceptive editing.
Local politicians have expressed fury and vowed to offer all the support they can after the word ‘Bacon’ was spraypainted on a mosque in Newcastle, England.
LONDON (AP) – Britain’s defence secretary says the United Kingdom plans to boost its military presence in the Arctic next year amid concerns about increasing Russian aggression.
Boris Johnson has issued his strongest challenge to Theresa May to date, branding her Chequers plan “deranged” and “preposterous” before declaring: “Unlike the Prime Minister, I campaigned for Brexit… I believe in it”.
FRANKFURT AM MAIN (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday warned U.S. President Donald Trump against “destroying” the United Nations.
Real Madrid soccer club was criticised by Israeli officials on Saturday after Ahed Tamimi, a teenager who was jailed after she attacked an Israeli policeman, was pictured being presented with a club shirt.
Rome (AFP) – Italy’s powerful deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini said Saturday “I do not care” if the EU Commission rejects his budget plans.
A man travelling on a busy London Underground train was “stabbed in the face” in front of shocked passengers late on Saturday night.
British authorities were forced to destroy over 100,000 pounds of onions which were “contaminated” by illegal migrants discovered hiding in delivery lorries.
UNITED NATIONS — Declaring that victory over “terrorism” is almost at hand after more than seven years of civil war, Syria’s foreign minister took to the world stage Saturday and demanded that “occupation” forces from the U.S., France and Turkey leave the country immediately.
Hundreds of Swedish primary care doctors have warned the current government that the state of primary care in the country may in be in peril without serious reforms.
President Donald Trump on Saturday hit out at countries that rely on the U.S. “subsidizing” their military capabilities, pointing to Saudi Arabia, as well as Japan and South Korea as culprits. In doing so he linked them to NATO allies in Europe that rely on U.S. defense capabilities while neglecting their own.
Members of the far-left Autonomous University Collective (CUA) have sparked controversy after releasing posters of populist Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini calling for his assassination.
Britain’s new anti-extremism chief has expressed concern that Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamist group which seeks to establish a caliphate with Sharia law, could be “radicalising children” after an investigation found them using children to peddle extremist literature.
The state minister for integration has warned Germans against the “hatred and malice” of anyone who might draw political conclusions after an Afghan migrant stabbed three people in Ravensburg town centre.
David Davis’s successor as Brexit Secretary, Dominic Raab, claims some in the EU want Britain “penalised” — but warns the country will not “crawl” for a deal.
A French mainstream newspaper has attacked Patrick Jardin, father of 31-year-old Bataclan massacre victim Nathalie Jardin, for being too close to anti-Islamisation figures and groups deemed “far right”.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Catalan separatists clashed with police on Saturday in downtown Barcelona, with two arrests being made, as tensions increase before the anniversary of the Spanish region’s illegal referendum on secession that ended in violent raids by security forces.
