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EU looks to mothball Libya border mission

Monday, 19 January 2015, 18:02 Last update: about 13 years ago

The EU is looking to mothball its Libya border-control mission despite concerns about foreign fighters and irregular migrants website EUObserver reported. Launched in May 2013, but parked in...

Jewish centre bombing: Argentine prosecutor Nisman found dead

Monday, 19 January 2015, 17:56 Last update: about 13 years ago

An Argentine federal prosecutor who accused President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner last week of a cover-up has been found shot dead at his home in the capital, Buenos Aires. Alberto Nisman was...

To counter terror, Europe's police reconsider their weapons

Monday, 19 January 2015, 17:08 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

One was a young policewoman, unarmed on the outskirts of Paris and felled by an assault rifle. Her partner, also without weapons, could do nothing to stop the gunman. Another was a first responder...

Tens of thousands protest Charlie Hebdo in Russia's Caucasus

Monday, 19 January 2015, 14:22 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

Tens of thousands marched through the Chechen capital on Monday to protest the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which again put a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on its...

German anti-Islam group vows that it won't be silenced

Monday, 19 January 2015, 14:20 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

A German group protesting what it calls "the Islamization of the West" vowed Monday that it won't be silenced after its weekly rally was canceled following an alleged terrorist threat against one of...

Kosher market attack deepens fears among European Jews

Monday, 19 January 2015, 10:48 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

The killing of four French Jews in last week's hostage standoff at a Paris kosher market has deepened the fears among European Jewish communities shaken by rising anti-Semitism and feeling vulnerable...

Europe's Muslims feel heat of backlash after Paris terror

Monday, 19 January 2015, 10:41 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

Firebombs and pig heads thrown into mosques. Veiled women subjected to crude insults in the street. The Internet awash with threats against Muslims. Europe's Muslims are feeling the heat of a fierce...

EU calls for anti-terror alliance with Arab countries

Monday, 19 January 2015, 10:34 Last update: about 13 years ago

The European Union is calling for an anti-terror alliance with Arab countries to boost cooperation and information-sharing in the wake of deadly attacks and arrests across Europe. EU foreign...

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