London has rung in 2016 amidst increased security and a heavy, armed police presence in the Westminster area where hundreds of thousands of revellers traditionally gather for the iconic fireworks over the River Thames, Palace of Westminster, Elizabeth Tower (Big
Police in Munich, Germany are reportedly sweeping trains for explosives shortly after they announced on Twitter that they were aware of planned terror attacks. The police said to avoid crowds and train stations, then announced they were shutting down trains. Train stations were empty.
BERLIN (AP) — Police in Munich are asking people to stay away from the city’s main train station and a second train station in the city’s Pasing neighborhood because of “serious, imminent threat” of a terror attack. Munich police say
Police in Munich warned of a “serious, imminent threat” by Islamic State group suicide bombers wanting to commit an attack on New Year’s Eve and asked people to stay away from the city’s main train station and a second train station in the city’s Pasing neighborhood.
The celebrated historian and British parliamentarian Hilaire Belloc was convinced in his day that Europe and America had forgotten about Islam to their own peril, and were unaware that the Muslim religion could rise again and would pose perhaps the greatest threat of any enemy of the western world.
The Force Awakens — aka the new Star Wars movie — may be the worst thing ever to have happened in the history of cinema. (I say “may” rather than “is” because, of course, only a Sith deals in absolutes).
So this is the way 2015 ends for Europe, not with a bang, but with a whimper. With Brussels, Paris, London and Berlin all on high alert, having either cancelled or drastically altered their plans for traditional New Year’s celebrations
Simon Danczuk, the Labour MP for Rochdale who on Christmas Eve marched to celebrate Muhammad’s birthday, has been suspended from his party after it emerged he has been sending lurid text messages to a 17-year-old-girl. Mr. Danczuk, 49, allegedly sent the messages to
Germany’s growing concern over its own security in the wake of the ongoing migrant crisis has been revealed in a poll showing fully two thirds of the country anticipate an Islamic State attack in 2016. The data showing that most Germans expect
LONDON (AP) — BBC says its main news website and other sites were knocked offline due to an attack. Service was out for more than three hours Thursday. Users received an error message and the broadcaster said on Twitter the
While the Belgian capital’s annual New Year’s Eve fireworks have been cancelled because of the terror threat in Brussels, a small German town has taken the unusual step of banning bangers over fears it may trigger traumatised foreigners. Inhabitants of the
All 2,000 of London’s firearms officers will be on duty in the capital this evening, amid terrorism threats from Islamic State. Although firearms officers have had leave cancelled for special events before, such as the Olympics, this is the first
The wife of an Islamic State (IS) jihadist who helped massacre 90 people at the Bataclan concert hall during a string of terrorist attacks in Paris has boasted of her new life in Mosul via a series of email intercepts. She
A special migrant train running from Austria to Germany was intercepted by Federal Police in Munich earlier this week, after authorities were alerted to a passenger with a severe case of tuberculosis. The train carrying the passenger with tuberculosis was
A wordless hymn released to raise funds for the German anti-Islamisation group PEGIDA has knocked British pop sensation Adele off of the top of the Amazon singles chart. The instrumental tune, named “Gemeinsam sind wir stark!” Or “Together we’re strong” has
Media Matters for America – George Soros’s pet attack poodle site – has published a list of the 15 Most Ridiculous Things Conservative Media Said In 2015. I’m proud to say that I come in at number 6 (though obviously I would
France on Wednesday confirmed the death of French jihadist Charaffe el Mouadan, who had close links to at least one of the Paris attackers, as it emerged the gunmen coordinated the November 13 assault in real time. Defence Minister Jean-Yves
TEL AVIV – A BBC Radio phone-in show gave an anti-Semitic Londoner 13 minutes of airtime to air his views on the topic of Jewish world domination. You can hear the exchange below: The caller claimed that the world is “dominated
Migrant are being allowed to settle permanently in Britain on the basis of unverified claims of domestic abuse, an immigration watchdog has found. David Bolt, chief inspector of borders and immigration, warned the system where migrants from outside the European
Islamic State terrorists plan to take their struggle across the world in 2016 and push their fighters into a final showdown with liberal western democracies. To that end hundreds of sleeper cells in “dozens of countries” will mobilise in an unprecedented bid
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday said it would release nearly a million copies of a special issue to mark a year since jihadists killed a dozen people in its Paris offices. The 32-page double issue — featuring a
BERLIN – German society and the economy stand to benefit from the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, repeating her optimistic mantra “we can do this”. In her New Year address to the
Two men suspected of being Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) militants have been arrested in Turkey, allegedly for plotting a suicide bomb attack during New Year’s Eve celebrations in the capital of Ankara.
The Mayor of Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of cancelling the Belgian capital’s annual New Year’s fireworks display due to the terrorist threat that still hangs over the city, the Associated Press reports. BREAKING: Brussels mayor: New Year’s Eve fireworks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s usual New Year speech will be available with Arabic subtitles this year, in the surest sign yet that Germany is bending to the hordes of migrants that have settled there, rather than requiring them to learn the
Michael Bisping vows to give Anderson Silva “zero respect once that cage door shuts.” Two months before that door shuts the mouthy Mancunian gave Silva very little respect on the conference call promoting their February 27 London bout.
STOCKHOLM — Thirty-five asylum-seekers have asked to be relocated from a refugee housing facility in southern Sweden because they believe it’s haunted by ghosts, officials said Wednesday. The asylum-seekers were spooked by flickering lights and noise in the plumbing system
Border checks on train passengers aimed at curbing the number of asylum seekers entering Sweden from Denmark will cost Denmark’s rail operator nearly 1 million Danish crowns (99,370 pounds) a day, the state-owned company said on Tuesday. Travellers have been
The development of so-called “problem neighbourhoods” or “lawless neighbourhoods” in Germany over the course of 2015 has made law enforcement impossible in some areas, according to police reports. The latest admission of the developing problem of no-go zones in Europe comes
The husband and wife jihadi couple who plotted a major terror attack in London on the anniversary of the 7/7 bombings of 2005 have been given life sentences. Would-be suicide bomber Mohammed Rehman and his wife Sana Ahmed Khan were found
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has asked people to pray for victims of recent storms, flooding and other bad weather in the United States, Britain and South America. During his public audience Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square, Francis told
The growth in wages for UK workers is set to stall at just two per cent next year thanks to the large number of migrant workers waiting to fill vacancies, the Guardian has admitted. Referring to data from the Chartered
Hundreds of foreign drivers breaking the speed limit in Kent have not been fined, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed. Charlie Elphicke, Member of Parliament for Dover has slammed the failure to collect the fines as
GENEVA (AFP) – Over one million migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, nearly half of them Syrians, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said Wednesday. The milestone marks an almost five-fold increase over 2014 figures, when UNHCR recorded
BERLIN (AFP) – The copyright of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” expires Friday, with plans by several publishers for annotated reprints sparking fierce debate over how one of the world’s most controversial books should be treated seven decades after the defeat of the Nazis.
An Islamic State terror attack in Europe is being planned by a dying woman intent on disguising herself as a Syrian refugee, security sources have revealed. Anti-terror police are desperately searching for the 21-year-old, identified only as Oygul M, after
A group of Belgian soldiers and policewomen reportedly held an orgy at a police station while their colleagues hunted terrorists during the recent Brussels lockdown. In recent weeks rumours have been rife among the Brussels police force of a group sex
A husband and wife jihadi couple has been found guilty of plotting a major terror attack in London on the anniversary of the 7/7 bombings of 2005. Twice the amount of explosives used in the 7/7 attacks was found in their home after
VIENNA – Austria has sent hundreds of migrants back to neighbouring Slovenia in the past three days for lying about their nationality in an apparent attempt to improve their chances of being granted asylum, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
BERLIN – Germany should limit the social benefits foreigners from within the European Union are entitled to receive, German Labour Minister Andrea Nahles told a newspaper on Tuesday. “There is clearly a need for legislative action. We need to spare
