A trained surgeon who beheaded his friend in a betting shop has been cleared of murder on the grounds of insanity. Paranoid schizophrenic Hassan Mustafa, 35, used a knife to decapitate Khalid Yousef at a Paddy Power in Handsworth, Birmingham. Mustafa then mutilated his 28-year-old former housemate’s face and one of his hands, Birmingham Crown court was told. Mustafa, who sought political asylum... 

Haaretz reported that Turkey has dispatched troops to Idlib, Syria to reinforce its presence in the province. The reinforcements come despite the Turkish defense minister’s recent warnings against a military solution. Radio Sputnik discussed the possibility that Turkey could help reach a ceasefire in Idlib with Ferrada de Noli, founder and chairman of Swedish Doctors for Human Rights. Sputnik: What... 

Nearly 3,000 migrants who have failed the asylum process are completely unaccounted for in Denmark. The staggering figure is “very worrying,” according to a local judge who understands that any of the migrants could be a threat to national security. “They could easily be working illegally in Denmark and undermining the Danish labor market, or in the worst case be potential terrorists,” said... 

Muslim migrants armed with knives and metal bars attacked a nightclub in Frankfurt while screaming “Allahu Akbar” and “we are Arabs, we’ll kill you all!” during chaotic scenes in Frankfurt last week but unfortunately we just found out about it now so we report it now rather than never. The incident began when two Syrian refugees started an argument in the Frog club, which was hosting a 90’s... 

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), a hefty 51 percent of French schoolchildren have at least once fallen victim to bullying in recent months and one in five faced physical abuse. Sputnik France discussed the situation with representatives of local federations of schoolchildren’s parents. On September 6, 2018, UNICEF released a report titled “The Daily Lesson:... 

Since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has turned into a transit point, through which 650,000 refugees have already reached Italy from Africa. Sputnik political observer Sergei Gashkov takes a look at the situation in the conflict-ridden North African nation and its impact on Europe. In Rome, the responsibility for the influx of migrants is laid on France, which persuaded NATO countries... 

There were 55 murders, 109 rapes, 137 sexual offences, 878 assaults, 44 carjackings, and 819 burglaries every day in South Africa in the 2017 to 2018 year—and at least 5 farm murders every month, according to official figures released by the South African Police Services (SAPS). The SAPS “Crime Statistics 2017/2018” were released on September 11, 2018, in a special briefing given to the South... 

The 32-year-old suspect mowed down two suspects who have been rushed to hospital following the shock incident at 1am in Nimes, southern France, where bystanders had gathered in preparation for the region’s annual grape harvesting festival. The man was reported to have sped the car towards a crowd of 50 people outside the L’Instant T bar. Witnesses said the man had tried to flee the scene but had... 

A fake Syrian refugee who arrived in Canada 18 months ago after being granted “asylum” has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 13-year-old Chinese girl in the city of Burnaby, east of Vancouver, police have announced. According to the Integrated Homicide Investigative Team in Burnaby, the Syrian invader, Ibrahim Ali, 28, arrived in Canada as a refugee from Syria “months before teen’s... 

The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet said Wednesday that, while Europe can help refugees, “Europe belongs to the Europeans” and migrants should rebuild their homelands. The Dalai Lama made the comments at a conference in Malmo, Sweden, which has struggled with an increase in rape and violent crimes correlating to an increase in refugees from Syria and other predominantly Muslim countries. The... 

The Russian security service, the FSB, says it has arrested an Islamic State operative who was planning to murder one of the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) on behalf of the Ukrainian authorities. The suspected terrorist was identified as Mejid Magomedov, who was born in 1988 in Russia’s southern Dagestan republic. He was arrested on Sunday in Russia’s Smolensk... 

Swedish politicians campaigning outside polling stations have faced death threats and attacks from members of the public since voting began in the country’s election, local media has reported. In a general election which could see far-right anti-immigration party Sweden Democrats take on a key role in shaping the next government, polling station have been flooded with voters since early this morning. This... 

After the first time a Swedish election has been monitored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), observers have expressed “shock” at the nation’s “undemocratic” system. Danish delegate Michael Aastrup Jensen, who has previously monitored elections in Russia and Eastern Europe, told Berlinske: “In all the many election observations I’ve been on, I have not... 

Hundreds have taken to the streets of the eastern German city of Kothen, after a 22-year-old man died following a brawl with two Afghan nationals, who were then arrested. Medics say the man suffered a heart failure. The victim apparently intervened in a dispute over a German woman, which, according to witness reports, involved the two suspects and a third Afghan man. The German tabloid Bild reported... 

At least seven people have been injured in Paris after a man attacked people with a knife and an iron bar, local media reports. Initially, the attacker armed with a knife and an iron bar wounded three people ( two men and a woman), in front of a cinema in the 19th arrondissement. A group of men playing the petanque tried to stop him by throwing a heavy iron ball used in the popular French game, according...