Four assault rifles used in the deadly Paris attacks were allegedly purchased from a trafficker in Germany, newspaper Bild reported Friday. Quoting documents from the Stuttgart prosecutor’s office, the newspaper said two AK47s and two Zastava M70s were sold on
Following the terror attacks on Paris, French politicians from “anti-racism” groups, socialist and even hard left parties are rushing to agree with Marie Le Pen of the Front National, who called for Islamic sermons in mosques to be given in
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy rallied conservatives in eastern France on Wednesday, hoping to fend off a strong challenge by the far-right National Front (FN) in looming regional elections. The FN, boosted by voter concerns about
French President Francois Hollande on Thursday will hold talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as part of his diplomatic marathon to forge a broader coalition against Islamic State jihadists in the wake of the Paris attacks. The French president will
The town of Ticino in Switzerland approved a referendum to ban burqas, after the Swiss parliament decided a ban would not “violate the country’s federal law.” Women could receive a fine up to £6,500 ($9,828.84) if caught wearing a burqa, which covers their entire body from head to foot.
The controversial French comedian behind the anti-Semitic ‘Quenelle‘ gesture has been handed a two month prison sentence for a comedy routine he performed three years ago. The show, which was presented in the city of Liege has been judged to have contained
As the UN on Monday marked the annual Palestinian Solidarity day by passing a series of 20 anti-Israel resolutions, Israel’s envoy to the global body sought to highlight the country’s struggles with Islamic terrorism on one of the worst days of violence in the course of the recent upsurge in terror.
In a novel move, a major French Muslim body has suggested issuing preaching permits to imams, effectively vetting who can and cannot preach.
The worldwide number of annual terrorist deaths has more than quadrupled since President Barack Obama was inaugurated in January 2009. Deaths from terrorism increased 80 percent last year to an all-time-record of 32,658 people killed, compared to 18,111 in 2013.
France’s leading Muslim body called Tuesday for imams to require a permit to preach in a bid to root out extremists, and for a new religious body to fight back against jihadist propaganda. Anouar Kbibech (pictured above), president of the
Comedian Roseanne Barr told off an Israeli writer on Twitter on Sunday in response to his tweet dissuading Jews from France to immigrate to Israel following the ISIS attacks on Paris that killed 130 people.
Brussels continues to be on lockdown into the early hours of Tuesday morning as authorities continue their manhunt for jihadi terrorists, leading Belgium’s Prime Minister to leave the country at its highest alert level until at least next week.
Canadian journalist Ezra Levant visited Muslim neighborhoods in Paris to get a sense of public opinion there, finding that many blame Jews for the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist attacks on November 13, which left 130 people dead.
PARIS (Reuters) – There were multiple chances to stop the men who attacked Paris. In January, Turkish authorities detained one of the suicide bombers at Turkey’s border and deported him to Belgium. Brahim Abdeslam, Turkish authorities told Belgian police at
Paris is on alert amid fears Islamist terrorists could be plotting to poison the city’s water supply. The French Army is guarding water facilities around the French capital while scientists carry out tests following the theft of equipment used to
France calls itself “the homeland of human rights” but has focussed in the past week on limiting them as the government pushed through sweeping curbs on basic freedoms in the wake of the Paris massacre. In the edgy days since
Heavy bombing by French and Russian warplanes has prompted dozens of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) leaders to flee Raqqa, Syria, the jihadist group’s de facto capital, according to a monitor group.
Last Friday’s terror attack in Paris which killed 129 and injured hundreds more may have cost less than $10,000 to plan and execute. The budget-terror claim was made by an unnamed counter terror expert speaking to NBC News, who said the total cost
Paris attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud was implicated in four thwarted French terror plots this year, a minister said Thursday, deploring the fact that no-one had flagged his presence in Europe. “Six attacks have been avoided or foiled by the French
China gave Russia’s defense industry a huge boost on November 19 by ordering 24 Su-35s, at a cost of $83 million each, to face-off against Lockheed’s $400 million F-35.
Donald Trump’s populist pitch just got an indirect shout-out from a very famous French intellectual and author, Michel Houellebecq
French police have stormed and dismantled a migrant camp near the French city of Calais over fears it was being used to recruit extremists. Around 200 officers descended on the camp at Téteghem, clearing out all the residents before local
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PARIS, Nov 19 – Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind of the attacks that killed 129 in Paris was among those killed in a police raid in a suburb of the French capital on Wednesday, the Paris prosecutor said in a
US intelligence warned in May that the Islamic State had developed the capability to carry out the kind of attack claimed by the extremist group in Paris and explicitly picked out the alleged mastermind. An assessment published by the Office
