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A man dressed in traditional Islamic clothing and carrying a knife and a copy of the Qu’ran was arrested in a French church this week after witnesses called police over a man acting, in their opinions, suspiciously. The incident took

Two Jewish shopkeepers have been “viciously” assaulted outside a London bakery by a lone attacker on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day.

The European Union’s Internal Market Commissioner has said that the bloc wishes to have more control over space.

While Boris has been accused of making ‘red meat’ giveaways, he clearly is not wounded badly enough to consider scrapping a looming tax rise.

So-called ‘Plan B’ restrictions have ended in England, with widespread mask mandates being officially scrapped in the country from today.

Prince Andrew’s lawyers on Wednesday demanded a trial by jury in the U.S. District Courts as he prepares to answer sexual assault allegations brought by Virginia Giuffre.

Pope Francis called for prayers for peace in Ukraine Wednesday, urging the faithful to beg God to intervene so that “dialogue may prevail.”

Irish fishermen look set to take on the Russian Navy, with a fishing organisation in the country planning a peaceful protest of military drills off the island’s coast.

Keir Starmer has been compared to communist dictators Vladimir Lenin and Fidel Castro by his Attorney General.

A Nicolas de Largilliere painting that was stolen from a Jewish collector by the Nazis during World War II is scheduled to go to auction after it was recovered by his heirs.

Austria will end strict lockdowns for the unvaccinated but will keep health passport restrictions and is proceeding with mandatory vax plans.

The gap between European nations in relation to COVID policy is continuing to widen, as more nations loosen rules while others consider mandatory vaccination.

The Disney character Minnie Mouse will be shedding her iconic polka dot dress for a pantsuit in honor of Women’s History Month at Disneyland Paris.

Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov said on Tuesday that even though China is not directly involved in negotiations with the U.S. and NATO over the fate of Ukraine, “our Chinese friends are paying close attention to the talks.”

Many Ukrainians appear more concerned about the potential economic fallout of panic over a Russian invasion – including a decline in the value of the national currency and potentially soaring natural gas prices – than any military activity on its own, locals told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on Tuesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly asked President Joe Biden to impose sanctions on Russia before an invasion begins, and has been denied every time.

An activist in Germany has reportedly used AirTags, a mass-market GPS tracking device developed by Apple, to identify a secret arm of German intelligence.

Poland is building a €350 million border fence to help stem the tide of illegal migrants attempting to cross into the EU nation via Belarus.

An ex-servicewoman of the Irish Defence Forces has pleaded not guilty to membership of the Islamic State during a court hearing on Tuesday.

Police in Ontario confirmed they are investigating the conduct of a female officer who publicly expressed support for a trucker convoy.

PRAGUE (AP) – The number of Czech citizens dying of COVID-19 has been steadily declining despite a recent record surge in coronavirus infections caused by the highly transmittable omicron variant. The figures released by the Health Ministry on Wednesday show

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that children in Scottish schools will be required to still wear facial coverings in class.

Europe’s ‘heavy dependence’ on Russian gas for energy has left nations on the continent scrambling for alternatives over supply fears.

The Interior Minister revealed France deported 1,100 dangerous migrants in the last six months, including criminals and Islamic extremists. 

Pope Francis urged the world Wednesday not to forget the atrocities of the Holocaust but to make future generations aware of this “black page of history.”

Russia warned Wednesday “retaliatory measures” are ready if the U.S. and its NATO allies reject its security demands for the Ukraine border and continue their “aggressive” policies, entirely ignoring U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and her threats of direct action just 24 hours earlier.

Rumours claim the much-anticipated inquiry into lockdown-breaking parties at at the heart of government was set to the published imminently.

Nine million unboosted French people are set to lose access to their vaccine passes on February 15, according to one government minister.

After weeks of death threats, a member of populist Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) was shot by unknown assailants in a suburb of the city of Lyon. National Rally member Enzo Dubois, a supporter of French presidential candidate Marine Le

Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has claimed that elites in Germany have been bought off by Russia to “betray” Ukraine.

A 20-year-old student has been spared prison by the British courts after raping a 12-year-old girl he met on Tinder multiple times.

Christian Democrat former government minister Päivi Räsänen is being tried over a tweet that included a Bible verse.

67% of votes were blank in the electoral college, but among those who did get votes was a former Prime Minister who has been dead 22 years.

Three members of President Joe Biden’s team of negotiators on a return to the Iran nuclear deal have left the talks in Vienna, with two of them leaving because they reportedly disagreed with the weak stance that the administration was taking.

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Tuesday that her government is considering tougher economic sanctions against Russians involved in escalating tensions with Ukraine.

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov told reporters on Tuesday that Kyiv considers – and intelligence reports from the West agree – that “internal destabilization” caused by panic over a potential further Russian invasion is “the number one issue,” not any potential invasion on its own.

The head of the National Security Council of Ukraine dismissed any further Russian invasion of the country as “impossible” on Tuesday, directly contradicting panicked demands by the administration of President Joe Biden for Americans to flee the country.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended the use of Twitter hashtags in the ongoing Ukraine crisis, despite the fact that similar tactics failed to prevent or reverse the Russian invasion of Crimea in Ukraine when Psaki last tried it in 2014.

Norway said it would press the Taliban with “tangible demands” during talks on Tuesday, the last day of the Islamists’ visit to Europe.

Over 1,000 illegals have landed in Britain this year, more than five times as many that made the journey during January of last year.