France boosts security for Christmas, rights defenders cry foul

Lawyers and activists are concerned that the wider use of the drastic security measures put in place during the Paris Olympics could become the norm for other major public events.
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Saudi man kills at least two after ramming into crowd at German Christmas market

Police said the attacker was a 50-year-old male doctor from Saudi Arabia with permanent residency in Germany, where he had lived for almost two decades.
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At 10-year mark, US and allies weigh future of Islamic State mission

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who helped launch the US-led coalition against Islamic State a decade ago as a four-star general, cautioned allies at NATO headquarters in Brussels that Islamic State was still a threat.

Europeโ€™s naivety toward Iran is misplaced

To date, the EUโ€™s Iran policy has been ineffective and seriously flawed. And the bloc’s leaders need to wake up to the security threat Tehran poses.

‘Mutant jihadism’ spreading across borders and online: EU’s anti-terrorism coordinator

Five years after the fall of the so-called Islamic State caliphate in Iraq and Syria, the EU’s anti-terrorism coordinator sees a more diffuse threat, coming from many different directions and spreading online. This is what Bartjan Wegter calls “mutant…

Trump, escalating attacks at rally, says Biden is โ€˜surrounded by fascistsโ€™

Heโ€™s still under threat of jailtime if he violates a gag order.

Niger ends security and defence partnerships with the EU

Niger’s military leaders said Monday (4 December) that they were ending two European Union security and defence missions in the country, after earlier in the day agreeing to strengthen military cooperation with Russia.

Italyโ€™s Meloni gets tough on migrants

Italian PM announces plan to build new detention centers to hold migrants for up to 18 months.