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Spanish security authorities Wednesday announced the arrest in the city of Manresa, Catalonia, of a Moroccan national suspected of promoting Islamist ideology on social media, reports say. The Spanish interior ministry did not disclose the identity of the arrestee but indicated that he was active on several social media platforms where he disseminates indoctrination messages […]
French interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve Thursday announced the arrest of three women allegedly connected to a car found with six gas canisters and suspected to plot a terror attack against a train station. “Those radicalized young women, aged 19, 23 and 39, were apparently preparing some new violent and more importantly eminent actions,” Cazeneuve said. […]
French President François Hollande will attend the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, COP22 in Marrakech on November 15. The news was announced by the French President himself who said he will attend the conference upon invitation from King Mohammed VI, the Elysée said in a statement. The Participation of the French President was discussed […]
For the second time in August, Muslims in the Occupied Moroccan city if Melilla took to the streets in protest against a Spanish authorities’ ban on Moroccan sheep ahead of the Eid Al Adha feast. Thousands staged a protest march along the streets of the occupied city where they raised slogans calling on authorities to […]
French security authorities announced Friday the deportation of two Moroccans who posed a threat to security and peace on French territory. The two Moroccan nationals, whose identities have not been revealed, have been radicalized, the French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement. Bernard Cazeneuve announced few days ago the deportation of Mohsen M’Hadi, […]
Spain is preparing a drone patrol program featuring sophisticated cameras in an attempt to boost its border security and counter illegal immigration and trafficking as well as terrorist threats emanating from insecurity in some north African states. The program, worth €1.455 billion, was announced in a report published on the website of the Spanish defense […]
Tendency to see incumbent president Francois Hollande and his 2012 rival Nicolas Sarkozy contesting the seat of president of the French republic next year seems to creep around French politics as staunch supporters of the two rivals push for the bout. Nicolas Sarkozy this week announced his intention to vie for presidency next year. The […]
Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President has announced his candidacy for the 2017 presidential election in a book to be published on Wednesday, reports say. Four years after quitting the country’s top position, Sarkozy now leader of the opposition party “Les Républicains” says “France demands that we give her everything.” The French political figure chose the […]
A Tunisian national judged a threat to France’s security was deported Thursday, the Interior Minister revealed on Friday. Mohsen M’Hadi, from Tunisia has been flagged a serious threat to public order in France. “Given the serious threat to public order that man represents, the ministry of interior has decided to deport him after receiving a […]
Tripoli-based Libyan authorities have warned their Italian counterparts against planned terror attacks by an Islamic State group’s local cell in Milan. The cell is reportedly sponsored by a veteran jihadist formerly deported by Rome. Forces aligned with the Tripoli-based Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) made, over the weekend, further advances into the city of […]