Images on social media show a police cordon on a pavement and a number of police officers stood nearby. Gunshots were reportedly heard in the Belgian capital with unconfirmed reports claiming the man tried to attack two soldiers who were on patrol. Emergency services are believed to have tried to […]
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Security has been stepped up at religious sites throughout Italy, including at the Vatican, since last year, when a truck driven by a suspected Islamist militant killed 86 people in the French city of Nice. Barriers and police and army vehicles have been placed around St. Peter’s Basilica to make […]
President Donald Trump faces a test in the form of Hurricane Harvey as his administration sought to assure residents of Texas and Louisiana Friday that the federal government is prepared for what new FEMA Director Brock Long called a “very dangerous situation.” Long, who was confirmed as FEMA director two […]
The rogue state is not backing down quietly from the threats it made to build a missile capable of destruction. Instead, Kim Jong Un’s regime is continuing to operate the main existing reactor that provides fuel for its atom bombs while hunting for new parts, the UN nuclear watchdog said […]
Let our news meet your inbox. SIGN UP NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft could end up bearing a message for intelligent aliens, just as the agency’s venerable Voyager probes are doing. Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 famously carry copies of the “Golden Record,” which are loaded with photos, music, sounds […]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coastal Texas counties have ordered thousands of residents to leave, oil workers are fleeing the Gulf of Mexico, and at least one college campus has closed as Hurricane Harvey looms. Forecasters and officials warned the storm, predicted to be the fiercest to hit the United States […]
Hours after speaking to French President Emmanuel Macron about the numbers of migrants travelling from Libya to Italy, Mr Gentiloni spoke to EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker. According to government sources the pair also discussed proposals to reform the bloc’s labour rules, which have sparked tensions between European leaders. Under current […]
Expert David Gourion condemned the notion put forward by French interior minister Gérard Collomb last week. Mr Collomb – one of Emmanuel Macron’s most important ministers – said almost to one-third of radicalised Muslims on the government’s terrorism watch list – some 17,000 – suffered from a mental disorder, adding […]