Friday, 03 July 2015 17:35
Kosovo: Iranians and IS
Last Wednesday, as reported by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), a foreign-funded news agency, the government of Kosovo sent police to raid the offices of five Iranian-controlled non-governmental organisations in the Balkan country. Kosovo authorities…
Friday, 03 July 2015 17:33
Italy: Ticino threatens to close Italy border to refugees
The head of the cantonal government of Ticino is warning that the border with Italy will have to be closed to refugees to stem the tide of asylum seekers entering Switzerland. ‘If the influx of refugees…
Friday, 03 July 2015 17:31
Ireland: Concerns about ‘lone wolf’ terrorist attacks
A Draft White Paper on defence policy outlines main security threats over the next 10 years. Authorities in Ireland are concerned about the threat of ‘lone wolf’ terrorists. This is repeated further down the article.The document…
Friday, 03 July 2015 17:30
Iceland: YWAM working in the most peaceful country in the world
IceNews this week reported that Iceland has been named the world’s most peaceful country according to the Institute for Economics and Peace. The non-profit group, which released its latest Global Peace Index for 2015 earlier in…
Friday, 03 July 2015 17:27
Hungary: Police use tear gas in overcrowded migrant camp
Police in the Hungarian town of Debrecen have used tear gas against unruly migrants in a local camp. The riot broke out as Hungary is overwhelmed by an influx of migrants that it says it cannot…
Friday, 03 July 2015 17:13
Holy See (Vatican City State): On planet in distress
Pope Francis has written the first papal encyclical focused solely on the environment, attempting to reframe care of the earth as a moral and spiritual concern and not just a matter of politics, science and economics.…