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Bill Gates: German open door migrant policy heading for disaster

Published: July 6, 2017, 8:33 am

Bill Gates has warned that Europe's open-door immigration policy is heading for a disaster.

Poland hopes US military will stay and expand

Published: July 5, 2017, 9:13 pm

WarsawPolish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told Polish news agency PAP that Poland hopes that Trump will "address the issue of a lasting US army presence in Poland, as well as talks on the future of the American military base in Redzikowo [northern Poland], which should be operational next year."

French author argues ‘halal’ is a recent invention

Published: July 5, 2017, 11:31 am

ParisThe French anthropologist Florence Bergeaud-Blackler argues in her book, Le marché halal ou l'invention d'une tradition [The Halal Market or the Invention of a Tradition] that strict Islamic dietary laws were invented by multinational corporations.

North Korea provides some fireworks for US Independence Day

Published: July 5, 2017, 10:20 am

PyongyangOn US Independence Day the Democratic People's Republic of Korea launched some fireworks of its own, as DPRK State TV confirmed a successful missile launch.

Another refugee crisis in Europe brews as Austria mulls Italian border closing

Published: July 5, 2017, 9:30 am

ViennaThe Italian government has summoned Austria's ambassador after the government in Vienna announced it was ready to re-introduce border controls, suspend the EU's Schengen system and deploy troops at the border.

Unleashing American energy: Trump’s visit to Poland

Published: July 4, 2017, 11:46 am

US president Donald Trump hopes to challenge Russia's relationship with European natural gas clients, in order for the US to become the dominant supplier of LNG to the EU.

Pentagon memo: Foreign recruits pose security risk

Published: July 4, 2017, 10:52 am

WashingtonThe Pentagon wants to pull out of a deal it made with thousands of noncitizen recruits: Join the US military to gain the fast track in becoming an American citizen.

New Jersey lists Antifa as a domestic terrorist organisation

Published: July 4, 2017, 6:38 am

Trenton, NJThe Department of Homeland Security in the state of New Jersey has officially listed Antifa as a domestic terrorist group after a series of violent attacks on supporters of president Donald Trump.

Tunisian killed elderly Austrians ‘out of hate for Freedom Party’

Published: July 3, 2017, 1:22 pm

LinzAfter the brutal murder of an elderly couple early Friday morning in Linz, Austria the motive for the crime is now resolved: The suspect — a 54-year-old Muslim from Tunisia — committed the carnage out of hatred for the FPÖ [Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs] the Austrian Freedom Party, according to police.

Protesters plan to lock in Trump and Putin at G20

Published: July 3, 2017, 12:50 pm

HamburgThe coming G20 summit on July 7 and 8 in the German city of Hamburg will be the first time that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet, but German police say the tight venue is problematic.