A French jihadist sentenced to seven years in prison for traveling to Syria to wage jihad told the court he eventually returned to France because he could not quit smoking, a practice banned by many jihadist groups, including the Islamic
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in an interview published Sunday that he would be prepared to send troops to a future Palestinian state to help stabilise it. Sisi, who begins his first European trip on Monday since ousting his
In what seems now to be a hoax, topless Femen protesters in Paris enacted the kidnapping of a Roman Catholic priest, creating a video that is coursing around the world. The new kidnapping video was posted on Twitter Friday and
(Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested on Thursday he was considering pardoning journalists of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera television station jailed in his country for nearly a year on charges of aiding a “terrorist organisation”. Human rights groups
A propaganda film released by the Islamic State shows three jihadi fighters calling on Muslims in France to carry out terrorist attacks there or join the jihadist group’s efforts in Iraq and Syria. The seven-minute video was released by
Swiss-based petrochemical firm Ineos launched plans Thursday to become the biggest player in Britain’s fracking sector with a $1.0-billion investment in the nation’s shale gas industry. The company added that “substantial further investment would follow if the company moved into
This article originally appeared at The Local: The train, named “Yixinou”, left Yiwu, 300km south of Shanghai, and will cross Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France before arriving in Spain in December. The total distance covered by the new rail route is
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government said on Thursday it was assessing developer EDF’s progress in building the new Hinkley Point C nuclear plant and reviewing costs, but played down a report that this was prompted by concerns over potential
Labour have joined the fight back against UKIP as they try to claim they will be tough on EU immigration. In an article for the Mail Online, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Rachel Reeves claimed that Labour would ‘put fairness
PARIS (AP) — A young Frenchman is believed to be among the killers on an Islamic State propaganda video showing a beheaded American aid worker and the deaths of more than a dozen Syrian soldiers, France’s top security official said
The French government has announced that the number of French citizens leaving the nation to wage jihad in Syria and Iraq is up 82% in 2014, almost doubling since the beginning of the year. Officials are blaming the rise of
Some of us remember the awful case of the Birmingham Six. Half a dozen innocent civilians jailed for terrorist atrocities, the mass killing of civilians and soldiers by the IRA in two Midlands pubs, back in 1974. Detection is often
Dozens of armed police and soldiers are paroling eastern Paris, France tonight as they react to sightings of a rogue ‘tiger’ prowling the area, which is only five miles from the popular Euro-Disney theme park. Police were initially alerted after
Below is the full text of Sir John Major’s speech in Berlin yesterday: Twenty-five years ago this week, the Berlin Wall came down. German was reunited with German – and an arbitrary and brutal division of Europe was, at last,
The EU’s proposed transaction tax has once again reared its ugly head as Michel Sapin, the French finance minister, urged colleagues to strike a deal. Discussions at the European Finance Ministers’ meeting in Brussels resulted in Mr Sapin urging others
In all of the distracting, hysterical, evidence-free and unfair allegations of misogyny and bigotry hurled at supporters of GamerGate, the consumer revolt that continues to surface outrageous misconduct in the video games press, something is being forgotten. GamerGate is remarkable—and
A French Socialist Party proposal to recognize Palestine as a state will be voted on in the French National Assembly on November 28, reports AFP. Because France’s president holds the ultimate prerogative to recognize states, the vote would be nonbinding.
Liberia has announced a dramatic drop in new Ebola infections as Mali prepared to lift quarantine restrictions on dozens of people put at risk of exposure to the deadly virus. Liberian assistant health minister Tolbert Nyenswah said new cases had
In a decision branded “disappointing” by Royal British Legion supporters, the BBC has omitted the Legion’s poppy appeal song from its official radio playlists. Although the Corporation’s DJs will be able to play the song if they so choose, it
Gun control is a tool that individual tyrants and various colonial rulers the world over have used to place—and keep—entire populations in a defenseless and subjective posture. Three examples that clearly illustrate the truth of this are Cambodia, China, and
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia’s troubles rise as the ruble and oil prices fall Russia loses influence in East Ukraine as economy weakens France adopts new law to stop young people from going to Syria to be jihadists
Tensions between David Cameron and Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, continue as the battle of the budgets ploughs on. At a press conference in Brussels Mr Juncker said the Prime Minister had “problems with the other Prime
Did you know that it’s illegal to take photographs of the Eiffel tower at night? Thanks to an obscure European Union (EU) law, publishing images of many buildings including the European Parliament is forbidden, and may result in prosecution. This
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s ruling Socialist party wants parliament to recognize a Palestinian state, parliamentary sources said, following similar moves by Sweden and Britain that are meant to overcome an impasse in peacemaking but which have angered Israel. Palestinians seek
The leader of France’s Front National, Marine Le Pen, has continued the debate on EU immigration by taking to twitter to say that French people are “not free to decide our immigration policy – as the example of Mr Cameron
