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“Many in the West today are still making excuses for the crimes of communism; even the European Union itself is reluctant to unequivocally condemn them,” says Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Senior politicians and commentators have conceded that Marine Le Pen may win the French presidential elections in May.

Veteran police detective Peter Springare has welcomed U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s intervention in the Swedish crime debate, saying he hopes it opens the eyes of politicians who have reacted “like teenagers”.

As debate rages at the national level over a proposed anti-Islamophobia motion, the Ontario legislature has passed its own motion condemning “all forms of Islamophobia” and rebuking “the notable growing tide of anti-Muslim rhetoric and sentiments” in the Canadian province.

The head of EU border agency Frontex on Monday criticised charities that rescue migrants off Libya, arguing that they encourage the traffickers who profit from the dangerous Mediterranean crossings. Such rescue operations “should be reevaluated”, Fabrice Leggeri told Germany’s Die

Greek authorities say an overnight arson attack against the French Institute and French archaeological school in Athens caused minor damage but no injuries.

KOBYLIN-BORZYMY, Poland (AP) – Life has always been hard for Witold Pogorzelski, a farmer in eastern Poland. Fuel shortages in the communist era prevented him from transporting his produce. In the capitalist era, the nearby sugar factory that provided an

Abu Sayyaf extremists in the Philippines have released a video of the beheading of a German hostage.

LONDON (AP) – The London Stock Exchange’s merger with Deutsche Boerse has been thrown into doubt after the LSE decided it couldn’t comply with last-minute conditions imposed by European regulators. The deal, announced almost a year ago, would have created

The two main left-leaning candidates in France’s presidential election won’t join forces after all.

A small group of Mexican women and their supporters have built a “wall of hope” outside the U.S. embassy in London in protest at President Donald J. Trump’s plans to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.

BERLIN (AP) – Berlin police made almost 100 arrests on Saturday when Hertha Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt supporters clashed violently before their Bundesliga game. Police say masked fans fought with batons, bottles, beer crates, chairs and flares on a busy

ROME (AP) – Pope Francis has become the first pontiff to visit an Anglican church in Rome. Francis and an Anglican bishop prayed side-by-side Sunday afternoon at All Saints Church in central Rome. Bishop Robert Innes welcomed Francis by praising

Abuja (AFP) – Two German archaeologists who were kidnapped while working at a dig site in northern Nigeria last week have been released and are doing well, the German foreign ministry said Sunday. “The two archaeologists from the Goethe University

ROME (AP) – Pope Francis says he’s studying the possibility of going to South Sudan, the East African nation suffering famine and civil war. Francis said while visiting an Anglican church in Rome on Sunday that Anglican, Presbyterian and Catholic

A man has been arrested after ploughing his car into a crowd of pedestrians in south-east London, injuring five.  At least one person was trapped under the vehicle when it careered off the road at around 8.20am on Sunday morning. The

PARIS (AP) – Demonstrators in western France have tried to block buses carrying supporters of presidential candidate Marine Le Pen to a campaign rally. The incident Sunday in the city of Nantes came after 11 police officers were injured Saturday

Britain’s new terrorism watchdog Max Hill has expressed “enormous concern” about returning jihadis, warning that Islamic terrorists have UK cities in their sights for future attacks. Mr Hill, who was unveiled last week as the new independent reviewer of terrorism

HELSINKI (AP) – Swedish police say at least 15 people have been injured when a fire broke out overnight at one of the country’s largest migrant centres outside of Vanersborg in southwestern Sweden. Police spokesman Tommy Nyman says two people

London (AFP) – Thousands of film buffs were expected to gather in London’s Trafalgar Square Sunday for a screening of “The Salesman” by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who is boycotting the Oscars over US President Donald Trump’s policies. Just hours

Conservative MPs have called for Lord Heseltine to be sacked from his role as a government advisor after he vowed to lead a rebellion on Brexit. The former Deputy Prime Minister has said he is not seeking “confrontation” with the

The European Parliament has introduced new rules which could see populist speeches wiped from the system without citizens ever knowing that they had taken place. The unprecedented move, which gives the president the power to pull the plug on speakers deemed

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is stressing the need to work for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after US President Donald Trump signaled that he could accept a different outcome.

The Canadian Parliament is debating a motion urging the government to “condemn Islamophobia” and “quell the increasing public climate of hate and fear.”

Cairo (AFP) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday finalised a $150 million loan guarantee agreement tied to crucial IMF financing for Egypt. In Johnson’s first visit as foreign secretary to Egypt, he

The Lords have been told that there is no need to guarantee employers permanent access to a large pool of low-skilled foreign labour after Brexit, as investment and higher wages can make the country “self-sufficient” in workers. “We have 1.5 million

Turkey’s government has reportedly called on imams, teachers and parents to act as their eyes and ears in German schools and report any criticism of its president, Recep Tayyip Ergodan. The Turkish consulate in North Rhine-Westphalia staged a number of “information

Millionaire financier Gina Miller, who took the British government to court to put the decision on whether or not the UK actually leaves the European Union (EU) back in the hands of politicians, is back in the headlines. The 51-year-old’s

The European Union (EU) wants the UK to keep its borders open to free movement and uncontrolled mass migration from the bloc for another two years.

VATICAN CITY (AP) – God’s love may be free, but the Vatican says it has a copyright on the pope. Unnerved by the proliferation of papal-themed T-shirts, snow globes and tea towels around the world, the Vatican has warned it

BERLIN (AP) — German police say a man apparently drove a vehicle into people in a central square in the city of Heidelberg, injuring three people, then fled and was shot after being tracked down by officers.

Opponents of French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen have launched an “Obama17” campaign to draft the former U.S. President to run against her.

PARIS (AP) — A contractor for France’s National Front party who’s close to presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been handed preliminary charges in an investigation into the financing of political campaigns in 2014 and 2015.

Former UKIP leader ‘Mr. Brexit’ Nigel Farage has said he can never “forgive” the mainstream media for “demonising” him and his party, making it dangerous for him to even leave his house.

“We have entered a world of great migrations and we will have more and more of it [migration]”, former investment banker Emmanuel Macron declared during a debate on climate change.

An overwhelming number of Dutch voters say immigration is one of their top concerns ahead of March’s parliamentary election.