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The Australian government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.

Nigel Farage unveiled the initial members of his Shadow Cabinet on Tuesday in a bid to demonstrate that his Reform UK party is ready to govern Britain from day one.

British taxpayers were dealt another huge blow after U.K. High Court judges ruled hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation is due to illegal migrants who had their mobile phones seized as they stepped ashore after human traffickers delivered them across the English Channel.

Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler rejoined her team at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games on Monday after she successfully appealed a suspension for alleged doping violation after she tested positive for the banned substance Letrozole.

British comic legend John Cleese has asked whether he will be branded a terrorist for simply questioning the role of Islam and mass migration on the future of the country of his birth.

Sec. of State Marco Rubio said President Trump is “deeply committed” to the success of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

An Australian social media influencer says he was refused entry to the U.S. and immediately sent back home after he said he planned to squat in pop star Billie Eilish’s L.A. home after her anti-ICE rant at this year’s Grammy Awards.

Austrian public prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges Monday against a 21-year-old defendant who they say planned to carry out an attack on one of superstar singer Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna in August 2024.

A leftist parliamentary assistant has been barred from the French National Assembly after being accused of taking part in the mob killing of a conservative university student in Lyon.

Two Irish dancing organizations are being called to change their policies allowing transgender-identifying athletes to compete in the girls’ category after a biological boy has won several competitions. In a letter to the Irish Dance Teachers’ Association of North America

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un participated in an inauguration ceremony for a neighborhood built for families of soldiers killed fighting Ukraine.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that Canadian tourists and businesspeople will be allowed to travel to China without visas, for stays of up to 30 days, beginning this Tuesday and lasting through the end of 2026.

ATHENS, Greece — Israeli producer Dana Eden, best known for co-creating the Emmy-winning espionage thriller “Tehran,” has died suddenly in Greece, Israeli public broadcaster KAN said Monday.

A man accused of killing 15 people in a mass shooting at a Jewish festival on Sydney’s Bondi Beach appeared in court Monday for the first time since his release from the hospital.

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has ordered an investigation into an anti-Breitbart censorship group over accusations that it sought to smear journalists with false ties to Russia.

Spain has registered a staggering 365-percent surge in mental health-related sick leave filings among the nation’s youth over the past seven years, the Spanish newspaper ABC reported on Monday.

Italy’s “Love Arch,” a famous rock formation in the seaside village of Torre Sant’Andrea, collapsed overnight on Valentine’s Day after an extended period of heavy rain.

Over two-thirds of the Spanish public are opposed to the mass amnesty of illegal migrants planned by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

International tennis player Destanee Aiava announced Sunday she is quitting the sport, labeling it “racist, misogynistic, homophobic and hostile to anyone who doesn’t fit the mould,” in a statement posted on social media.

The Bank of England has told its staff that “trans equality” is central to the mission of the central bank and thus guidance will permit “genderfluid” people to contravene traditional dress codes.

A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia’s Black Sea ports, officials said Sunday, ahead of fresh talks aimed at ending the nearly 4-year-old war.

The field of mainline British politics has become more crowded, as populist-nationalist independent MP Rupert Lowe announced the formation of his new party, Restore Britain, in an apparent challenge to Nigel Farage’s similarly named Reform UK.

A 23-year-old conservative French student died on Saturday following an alleged attack by the radical Antifa leftists in Lyon earlier this week.

About 200,000 people joined a demonstration against the Iranian government in Munich on Saturday, police said, as world leaders gathered nearby for a security conference.

Michelle Yeoh and Neil Patrick Harris avoided making political statements at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival on Friday, despite pressure from left-wing journalists.

Veteran anti-grooming gang activist Tommy Robinson said that he has had to flee Britain with his family following a threat from Islamic State terrorists.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a lethal toxin derived from the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday.

Drone strikes killed one person in Ukraine and another in Russia, officials said Saturday, ahead of fresh talks next week aimed at ending the war.

The “delusion” of globalism and the decision to allow mass migration into the West threatens the future of Europe and its peoples, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told attendees at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday.

Civil war is inevitable because “we don’t really live in a democracy”, and nothing changes on border control despite elections, Kemp said.

Rosie O’Donnell, the U.S. comedienne who fled America over her hatred for President Donald Trump, says she does not regret quitting the U.S. and moving to Ireland.

Norwegian police said they had searched properties belonging to former prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland.

Britain’s High Court has ruled against the government’s declaration of a left-wing direct action group as a terrorist organisation.

Zelensky insisted “no one is clinging to power” and he is ready to hold elections, but no vote without a ceasefire and guarantees.

The right-wing coalition government in Sweden has announced plans to significantly increase the threshold to obtain citizenship in the country, including a prohibition on migrants who fail to learn the native language.

The Foreign Ministers of Germany, Austria, and Italy on Thursday joined their French counterpart in condemning U.N. “Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories” Francesca Albanese after she accused Israel of being a “common enemy” of humanity.