When Nicolas Sarkozy went fishing for votes in the electoral waters of France’s far right for a second presidential term in 2012 it ended in [...]
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The world’s largest cemetery, in Iraq’s Shi’ite holy city of Najaf, is expanding at double its usual rate as the nation’s death rate increased with [...]
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Europeans in a number of countries are seeking to arm themselves with guns and self-defence devices in growing numbers following a series of attacks by [...]
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A New York City grand jury on Monday indicted a Brooklyn man who is accused of fatally shooting a Muslim cleric and his assistant this month after they left a mosque in Queens. Oscar Morel, 35, was charged with one count of first degree murder, two counts of second degree murder and two counts of
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Investigators found two handwritten manifestos espousing white supremacy in the car and jail cell of a white man accused of killing nine black parishioners at a Charleston, South Carolina, church last year, according to a court document filed on Monday. Investigators also found handwritten letters and a list of churches among the papers belonging to
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A former Islamist rebel admitted wrecking holy shrines during Mali’s 2012 conflict and apologised at the start of his trial at the International Criminal Court [...]
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A Hungarian member of the European Parliament has sparred with a human rights campaigner and caused an outcry on Twitter after writing that pigs’ heads along the border fence erected by Hungary to keep out migrants would make an effective deterrent. Under conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Hungary has taken one of the toughest stances
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Turkey’s government has sent German authorities requests for 40 searches and three extraditions linked to supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the U.S-based Muslim cleric it blames [...]
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Dozens of migrants bound for Italy are rescued off the Libyan coast by a Spanish volunteer rescue ship, including one boat that is in the [...]
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A video posted on social media shows the removal of the nude Donald Trump statue that was placed in Union Square, New York City, on [...]
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