Sam Mansour, also known as ‘The Bookseller from Brønshøj’ and ‘al-Qaeda’s PR man in Denmark’, made history this week when he became the first ever Dane to have his citizenship revoked for criminality. The Eastern High Court sentenced him to
Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, earlier told Bloomberg TV “I prefer to cut my arm off” than sign up to a proposal that didn’t include restructuring his country’s debt. As luck would have it the International Monetary Fund (IMF) looks like it sympathises
A new poll commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) shows anti-Semitism in France is in dramatic decline, also dropping in Germany and Belgium, but the news is not universally good. The same poll showed that more than half of all Muslims in Western Europe
As Norway’s exposure to home-grown jihadis grows, a 24-year-old Norwegian faces up to nine years in prison for “support for a terrorist organisation” having been accused of pledging allegiance to one or both of Islamic State (IS) and an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria. Some
Greece has failed to make the payment to the International Monetary Fund which was due at midnight Brussels time (11pm London, 6pm E.S.T.). If the IMF declares the non-payment a default then Greece becomes the first developed European country in 71
LONDON, United Kingdom, 7.30pm – The stakes are high as at time of writing a last minute deal between Athens and its creditors still appears impossible to reach. In the absence of a deal before midnight Washington time, the country will default on the €1.6
A report published by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on the first anniversary of the founding of Islamic State’s (IS) ‘caliphate’ highlights the execution of 3,027 people, 74 children among them. The radical Sunni Islamist group did not discriminate, putting to death civilians, rebels,
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has announced the deportation of 40 foreign imams since 2012 for “preaching hatred”, a quarter since the terror attacks in Paris in January this year. Reinforcing the government’s commitment to clamping down on mosques and preachers inciting hatred,
The Israeli Counter-Terrorism Bureau (CTB), a wing of the Prime Minister’s National Security Council, was advising Israelis not to travel to Tunisia for months ahead of last week’s beach massacre. Questions are now being asked why the British Foreign Office did not issue
French media is reporting that Yassin Salhi, the driver who decapitated his boss before before ramming a truck into the American-owned Air Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier near Lyon, has confessed to the murder. French authorities are still calling it a terrorist attack, however
Liberal party leader, Lars Lokke Rasmussen was appointed Danish prime minister earlier today. Following the refusal of the Danish People’s Party and others to join his government, he only enjoys minority support in parliament and will have to rely on ‘vote by vote’ negotiations to pass laws.
According to official statistics last year the number of abortions carried out in Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, was the lowest since the procedure was legalised there 18 years ago. 163 abortions were carried out on the Island which is nearly half
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has warned that France faces more terror attacks after Friday’s killing in which a suspected Islamist pinned the severed head of his 54-year-old boss on a gas factory’s gates. The latest killing came nearly six months after Islamist
UPDATE: European Central Bank confirms it will maintain emergency liquidity assistance to Greek banks. – The most dramatic day yet in Greece’s months long economic crisis saw a run on banks and the confirmation of next Sunday’s referendum on a bailout deal.
LONDON, United Kingdom – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was in London yesterday evening to give the keynote address at the Conference On Inclusive Capitalism. The most interesting thing about his 40 minute speech – “What it’s All About – Actions for
After allegations of sabotage preventing its broadcast, Geert Wilders three minute film featuring a virtual museum of cartoons of Muhammad finally aired on Dutch television on Wednesday night. Now cartoons taken from the ‘Draw Muhammad’ competition recently hosted by Pamela Geller in Garland, Texas are being
Speaking to reporters outside yesterday’s European Council summit of EU leaders in Brussels, UKIP leader Nigel Farage set out a positive case for the Out side of the promised In/Out referendum. The comments, recorded by EurActiv.com, signal the rejection of a “two fingers
West Midlands Police withheld a report warning that more than 100 predominantly white children – some only 13 years old – were at serious risk of child exploitation for fear it could inflame racial tension ahead of a General Election. It was finally revealed today,
Courtney Love, the 50-year-old rock singer and widow of Kurt Cobain, was today held hostage with her driver during a taxi drivers’ demonstration in Paris. Claiming to be “safer in Baghdad” Love witnessed angry protestors she likened to a “French Taliban” disrupting
The Islamic Society in Denmark (ISD) has announced the proposed construction of a new mosque in Copenhagen’s Nordvest district, drawing opposition from the Danish People’s Party. The Islamist group is aiming to fund construction with private “no strings attached” donations of £7.5 million (80
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of London’s Carlton Club. At 8:39 p.m. on Monday 25 June 1990, a large bomb left inside the doorway of the “oldest, most elite, and most important of all Conservative clubs” by the Provisional Irish
A pregnant Glaswegian charity worker was sacked by the fundraising company where she worked after her manager told her to have an abortion and she refused. An employment tribunal has now awarded £12,000 to 22-year-old Teri Cumlin having found her
Hungary’s threat that it would unilaterally suspend European Union asylum rules, made only yesterday, has been reversed reports euronews. It had objected to the ‘Dublin Regulation‘ which states that a country must take back asylum seekers who first set foot in that
An “EU a la carte” is not on offer for Britain warns Emmanuel Macron, French Minister of the Economy, Industry and the Digital Sector, because for David Cameron to pick the aspects of EU membership he likes and reject the rest would
A graphic released by the Institute for Government shows 14 departments have decreased in staff size since the spending review of 2010, only three have increased. The three that were so central to David Cameron’s worldview that they merited protection, and indeed
In a crackdown against “religious extremism” civil servants, students and teachers in China’s Xinjiang region, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority, have again been banned by the Chinese government from fasting during Ramadan. Muslims are generally required to fast from dawn
A Muslim community leader has spoken of his shock and sadness at hearing the revelation that a teenager from northern Scotland was found to have been in the process of indoctrination by Islamist extremists. It is understood that the Inverness teenager’s own family contacted
A school fair has been cancelled on the French island of Corsica after parents reportedly threatened teachers who planned to have their pupils sing John Lennon‘s ‘Imagine’ in Arabic. Lennon’s anthem to peace, contains some of the most famous lyrics of all time: “Imagine there’s
New research shows that women who have had an abortion are more likely to have a premature birth in future. The chance of giving birth at under 37 weeks increases by 30 per cent for those who have had a
A three-year-old girl has been made a ward of court after South Yorkshire Police identified the child as a potential victim of female genital mutilation (FGM). A High Court judge banned her family from applying for a UK passport or taking
Advice to angry people: be very careful using messaging services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). If you are caught texting swear words you risk being saddled with extortionate fines. The Express reports that new legislation – applicable both to Emirati citizens and the many British holidaymakers, bankers,
Three sisters from Bradford and their nine children aged from three to 15 are today reported missing amid suspicion that they are attempting to reach either Islamic State (IS) or other extremist forces in Syria. Having last been heard of on 9
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday released a short ‘South Park’ style video that mocks the way foreign journalists covered last summer’s conflict in the Gaza Strip. The 50 second clip (see below) shows a series of everyday scenes in Gaza being reported incorrectly
In a development that has angered survivors, the overarching inquiry into historic child abuse in Britain is looking to hire 20 more barristers (trial lawyers) to assist Justice Lowell Goddard. Warning that it will turn proceedings into a “lawyer-fest”, potential witnesses
More than a quarter of British lawyers currently take recreational drugs and nearly 60 per cent said they had done so at some stage in their lives, according to a recent survey of the legal profession and law students. Responding to
LONDON, United Kingdom – Socialist firebrand George Galloway tonight launched his campaign to become Mayor of London in what can be accurately described as a surprisingly low key event. His speech, though scattered with left-wing populism, was almost understated as he attempted to
France’s Foreign Minister has pleaded with French citizens to stop being rude to visitors in a bid to boost the country’s tourism industry. According to the Independent, Laurent Fabius has told his countrymen to stop living up to their international reputation for
A 17-year-old from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, is thought to have become Britain’s youngest suicide bomber after leaving home to join Islamic State in March. Talha Asmal, who is believed to have reached Iraq via a holiday flight to Turkey on 31 March, blew himself up
Prominent British Muslim activist Asghar Bukhari came under fire yesterday for accusing “Zionist” spies of a psychological conspiracy against Muslims – including breaking into his house and stealing one of his shoes. Having been accused of sabotaging Iran’s nuclear programme, and conducting a campaign
The immigration crisis affecting Italy reached boiling-point yesterday. A build-up of asylum-seekers at major train stations in both Rome and Milan led to clashes with police and calls from angry politicians demanding EU assistance. AFP reports that over the course of the week
