Cardiff man jailed in Spain for terror offences
A web designer from Cardiff has been jailed for seven years in Spain for financing and supporting terrorism.
Author: M Barbu
Germany Takes Back its Sovereignty from the European Union
The seemingly obscure ruling… has called into question the legitimacy of the EU’s supranational legal and political order…. The German court’s ruling marks a new phase in the debate over the balance between national and supranational sovereignty.
Radical Russian Imperial Movement Expanding Global Outreach
The Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), a white supremacist group based in St. Petersburg, is increasingly expanding its outreach beyond Russia through the establishment of transnational networks with like-minded neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups, experts on the group warn.
Turkey: Erdogan’s “Leftovers of the Sword”
“Leftover of the sword” (kılıç artığı in Turkish) is a commonly used insult in Turkey that often refers to the survivors of the Christian massacres that mainly targeted Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians in the Ottoman Empire and its successor, Turkey.
International Kangaroo Court to Investigate Israel for War Crimes
According to the ICC’s charter, the Court cannot investigate the conduct of non-signatory states of the 1998 Rome Statute that established the Court. Israel, like the U.S., is not a signatory of the statute.
Italy: China’s Trojan Horse into Europe
Chinese leaders “believe they have a narrow window of strategic opportunity to strengthen their rule and revise the international order in their favor”. — Former U.S. National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World.
Analysis: Islamic State claims Al Qaeda started a war in West Africa
The Islamic State claims in the latest edition of its weekly Al-Naba newsletter that Al Qaeda started a “war” against the so-called caliphate’s men in West Africa. Independent reporting confirms that the two sides have clashed in recent weeks.
The fundamental connection between education and Boko Haram in Nigeria
On April 2, as Nigeria’s megacity Lagos and its capital Abuja locked down to control the spread of the coronavirus, the country’s military announced a massive operation — joining forces with neighboring Chad and Niger — against the terrorist group Boko Haram and its offshoot, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province. This spring offensive was in response to a seven-hour attack by Boko Haram fighters that killed 98 Chadian soldiers in late March. Since then, the joint Nigeria-Chad-Niger military offensive has killed hundreds of Boko Haram militants.
Terrorists in Sinai increase attacks during Ramadan
The Egyptian army and security forces have been under attack this Ramadan, as in previous years.
Spanish police arrest man in Barcelona over ISIS terror plot
Spanish police have arrested a man in Barcelona over a suspected ISIS terror plot.