Bill set to pass in parliament outlawing face coverings in government buildings and health and education settings. Only a few hundred Muslim women in the Netherlands wear full-face coverings [Toussaint Kluiters/Reuters] Dutch politicians on Wednesday debated a limited ban on face-covering headwear worn by some Muslim women that would outlaw veils in places such as schools, hospitals and on public… Read more »
Prime Minister says Afghan refugees who clashed with police will be moved to a closed camp and then expelled. Some 13,000 refugees, mostly from Afghanistan, are currently trapped in Bulgaria [EPA] Bulgaria will move 1,000 refugees who recently protested against restrictions on their movement to a former army barracks before expelling them, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has said. More than 400… Read more »
A group of lawyers in Germany is planning to launch a case against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for alleged war crimes committed by his forces and foreign allies in the Syrian province of Aleppo. The lawyers on Monday presented a criminal complaint against Assad, which they are submitting to German federal prosecutors. German law allows international prosecutions on the principle… Read more »
PARIS — François Fillon won conservative party Les Républicains’ presidential primary election on Sunday, shaking up France’s political landscape less than six months before the 2017 general election, in which he now becomes the instant favorite. Fillon, a 62-year-old who first won a seat in parliament in 1981 and was prime minister under former President Nicolas Sarkozy from 2007 to 2012, won 66.5 percent… Read more »
The recent election held in the United State has caused me a large amount of pause. This election resulted in Donald J Trump becoming the president-elect of our country as he gained the 270 electoral college votes needed to be elected. The result of this election is an interesting one, as Mr. Trump did not win the popular vote of… Read more »
Refugees coming in to Europe from areas in the Middle East is no new issue. Since there has been conflict in the region, people have been fleeing to escape it. In recent years, with what has been going on Syria, people have been attempting to enter Europe in droves. Countries such as Turkey, which are entry points into the European… Read more »
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s praise of the now Unites States President-Elect Donald Trump was once something that was mocked by many Trump rivals. After all, with a leader as volatile as Putin praising Trump, it may have not been the most popular endorsement. However, now that Donald Trump will take office in 2017, this endorsement looks like it could lead… Read more »
The US president, Barack Obama, has signalled he will use a critical two-day visit to Athens this week to step up calls for the country to be given “meaningful debt relief”. Weighing in on the potentially explosive issue of how best to revive the European Union’s most financially strained member state, the outgoing president said debt forgiveness would play a… Read more »
The just-activated Paris Agreement, inked in the French capital last December, is the first treaty binding all countries, rich and poor, to halt global warming, caused mainly by the burning of coal, oil and gas. “It is now the roadmap in the fight against climate change,” said Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Peru’s former environment minister and head of climate and energy for… Read more »
A refugee and migrant shelter with beds for 400 single men opened Thursday in northern Paris, part of an ongoing drive to take asylum-seekers off French streets after the demolition of the Calais “Jungle”.