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In a move said to represent the biggest transfer of national sovereignty since the creation of the single currency, the European Union is to propose a standing European border force able to take control of the bloc’s external frontiers even when a

Analysis of terrorism arrests in Britain carried out in the last two years shows the towns and cities that form the UK’s terror hotspots, and a sharp increase in the number of women detained for terrorist offences. Data from across Britain

An assessment of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq conducted by strategic security intelligence consultants highlights the increasing problem of jihadists leaving the European Union (EU) to fight in the Middle East. The work on foreign fighters, published in a report from the Soufan

Labour peer Lord Janner has been given a team of publicly funded lawyers following a judge’s ruling on Monday that he is unfit to stand trial on child sex abuse charges. Earlier this week 87-year-old Lord Janner was ruled too ill to face trial

The leader of Belgium’s biggest political party has called for the closure of the European Unions’s external borders and greater efforts to achieve controlled migration, warning that “unbridled immigration” does not work. Bart De Wever, the leader of the centre-right Flemish

A senior politician from Germany’s Left Party has warned against doing “dirty deals” with Turkey’s President Erdogan, labeling him a “Godfather of terrorism”. Interviewed in Der Spiegel, Sahra Wagenknecht accused Turkey’s President Erdogan (pictured) of tacitly supporting Islamic State terrorism and refusing to

Imams from the east London borough of Newham have claimed the government’s anti-radicalisation programmes are “divisive” and lead to a “breakdown in trust” with young Muslims. In a statement published by the activist group “Stand Up To Racism”, the religious leaders — supported by

A florist in Birmingham has been told by council killjoys that he faces a court appearance if he continues playing Christmas carols on his flower stall as the annual ‘War on Christmas’ resumes. City council scrooges have ordered 52-year-old Allan Poole to stop playing

Despite being the subject of a strict counter-terrorism order, a senior Islamic State fundraiser has been able to escape the UK to join with jihadists in Syria, further bringing into doubt the ability of UK authorities to control Britain’s borders. Syrian-born

The BBC has come under fire from Members of Parliament for refusing to describe Islamic State fighters as terrorists, instead encouraging its news reporters to use the less judgmental term ‘militants’. MPs from both the Labour and Conservative parties have

Marine Le Pen has compared Britain voting to leave the European Union (EU) to the fall of the Berlin Wall, predicting it would mean the beginning of the end for the bloc. As President of the Eurosceptic anti-mass migration National Front

Despite a government minister’s opposition, five gay migrants in Amsterdam have been moved to a new location after they were threatened, spat on and attacked by other residents housed in their refugee centre. The threats and attacks against gay migrants are so

A legal petition has been filed in a Pakistan court demanding the ‘return’ of the Koh-i-Noor (pictured above set in a crown worn by the Queen Mother), one of the world’s largest known diamonds and now one of the British Monarch’s

A senior Hungarian government official has said a Paris terror suspect — one of the “main organisers” of last month’s atrocities in which 130 were killed — “recruited a team” in Hungary among migrants passing through. Although not naming the

A Middle East expert has warned terrorists are planning a Paris-style attack on the United Kingdom as the next Islamic State target, to be carried out by British-born jihadis returning from Syria. A senior European counter terrorism official told CNN‘s Paul Cruickshank of

Anti-terror police today arrested four men from Luton, England, on suspicion of being involved in the “commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism.” The pre-planned arrests of the four men in their 30s, conducted in a joint operation by the Metropolitan

In a change of policy, the head of Germany’s Central Council of Muslims has called for a limit on the number of migrants the country takes in, saying capacity will soon be exhausted. Aiman ​​Mazyek — Chairman of Germany’s largest Muslim organisation, the

Amid wider concerns over freedom of expression and access to information in Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled the government violated fundamental freedoms when it blocked access to YouTube.  Turkey’s violation of the European Convention on Human

The BBC has become embroiled in a race row over plans to show Catherine Tate’s popular comedy character, Nan, accusing a Muslim of being a suicide bomber. In an upcoming Christmas special called ‘Nanger Management’, Catherine Tate’s Joannie Taylor, the foul-mouthed

A crackdown operation by the Turkish coast guard saw the arrests of around 1,300 migrants and three suspected people smugglers yesterday, just one day after Turkey reached a political deal with the European Union (EU)  to stem the flow of migrants.

A recent poll in Sweden has found the country increasingly expressing a fear of terror attacks on home soil. The Novus opinion poll for the public broadcaster SVT shows 46 per cent of Swedes have a fear of terror attacks taking

A French national known as an Islamic State recruiter and executioner, believed by some to be the real ringleader of the Paris terror attacks, will go on trial in Paris this week although he is thought to be in Syria.  Salim Benghalem,

The Belgian Prime Minister has slammed France for blaming Belgium in the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks, but his own Deputy Prime Minister has conceded they have a problem with radical Islam. Initially the Belgian Prime Minister, Charles Michel, voiced his discontentment with France

The Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal continues to develop as the National Crime Agency (NCA), the ‘British FBI’, prioritises an investigation into two ‘current or former’ Rotherham councillors.  Under the leadership of senior investigating officer Steve Baldwin, 60 or so officers

Climate change activists at the United Nations COP21 environmental summit have been condemned for wrecking the public memorial to the Paris attacks victims. Over 300 climate change activists, left-wing extremists and fellow travelers were arrested yesterday as violence broke out in the Place de

A senior German politician, who backs a national burqa ban, has said that the law should also cover tourists to the country from the Arab world. The Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Ilse Aigner, was speaking to German newspaper Die

The Huffington Post UK has published an article by Chris York which appears to want to make the complacent point that Islamic State is not an unusually deadly threat, but then concludes by contradicting the whole thrust of the article

A poll published on the eve of the United Nations COP21 environment summit suggests the British public is increasingly sceptical of the case for man-made climate change. The Sky Data survey shows almost one in five Britons believes natural processes as opposed to man-made

Reports by wedding registrars of sham marriages— a means by which otherwise illegal immigrants can legally live and work in the UK — are almost double the number they were just three years ago. Although increasing numbers of bogus ceremonies are raided, critics fear

The European Commission has asked for U.S. assistance in dealing with the migrant crisis, including increased cooperation with American military in the Mediterranean and diplomatic pressure on Gulf states. An internal document prepared by Commission staff and sent to Washington last month —

The European Union’s (EU) member states have voted to enter the essential business of candle regulation, just in time for the Christmas tradition of lighting Advent Candles. The new EU regulations dictate safety standards controlling the height, stability, and acceptable support structures for candles. 

Following the Paris terror attacks and the recent Belgian lockdown, the Chief Rabbi of Brussels (pictured above), has said his country’s 30-40,000 Jews are living in fear and that there is “no future” for them in Europe. Chief Rabbi Albert Guigui

It has been revealed that as many as 450 would-be British jihadis have returned to the U.K. and have not been detained when re-entering the country. Returning jihadis pose a “significant” risk to the safety of the U.K. according to the

Nearly 100 migrants attempted to storm the disputed border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Saturday, with two managing to breach the metres-high fence. Authorities have said that at the weekend a number of migrants attempted to cross

Following the recent Paris attacks the Chairman of the Austrian Freedom Party has called for European Islamic extremists to be put into a Guantanamo-style island prison. Heinz-Christian Strache (pictured above) leads the anti-mass migration Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ). He has called for a

Toys R Us, the international toy retailer, has capitulated to pressure from campaigners upset by gender-based marketing, and stopped dividing its products into boys or girls categories. The U.K. website for the company, Toys R Us, has been updated. Now online