Firemen were attacked by rioters when they tried to put out the flames The Interior Ministry says police detained nearly 400 people in France overnight — many of them linked to car-burnings that often accompany New Year’s revelry. The ministry says 398 people were taken into police custody — nearly twice the figure of a year ago — but the final count on the number of torched... 

Europe’s anti-immigrant party leaders hailed a decision by Swiss voters to ban building minarets and called for similar referendums to be held in other countries. Europe’s anti-immigrant party leaders hailed a decision by Swiss voters to ban Muslims from building minarets last Monday and called for similar referendums to be held in other countries. Immediately after the 29 November Swiss... 

A shocking case from Kenya managed to make the world speechless. Gangs of black Kenyans specifically attack their fellow country men who suffer from a congenital disorder that makes them look white, mutilate them and sell their organs. The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa’s albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to... 

On Facebook, the group ‘Let’s invade Zingonia and kill them all’ has gathered 700 members. Volunteer teacher Miriam talks about how spiralling anti-immigrant rhetoric is making life difficult for Italy’s new arrivals. ‘What’s Zingonia?’ Miriam Franchina lives five kilometres from Italy’s most notorious ghetto, and it’s not a question she’s asked too often. ‘It’s a place forgotten... 

A new virus is difficult to detect by tests because it is not closely related to the other three HIV variants. French researchers have identified a new human immunodeficiency virus, the first derived from gorillas, a report said Monday. The three previous HIV variants came from chimpanzees. The new findings indicate that gorillas, in addition to chimpanzees, are likely sources of HIV, the researchers... 

Somali Mustaf Jama was jailed for life today for his part in a robbery during which police officer Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead. A gangster who fled to his native Somalia after taking part in a robbery in which police officer Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead was jailed for life today. Mustaf Jama, 29, was told he would serve at least 35 years for the murder of the mother-of-three. Jama was part... 

Somali hijackers said on Saturday they had released the German ship Victoria and its crew which they had been holding for three months after being paid a ransom of $1.8 million. “We have released the ship and its crew overnight after receiving a ransom. It is free now and gone,” Mohamed Abdi, a pirate in the Somalian coastal town Eyl told news agency AFP by telephone. A spokesman for the... 

French youths burned 317 cars and wounded 13 police officers overnight during the now traditional bout of street violence on the eve of the Bastille Day national holiday, police said Tuesday. As French troops and their guests of honour from the Indian army made last minute preparations for the14 July parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris, the suburbs of major cities were contemplating another clean-up... 

Africans are learning the hard way that in China the consequences for drug smuggling are more grave than a stained criminal record or a long sentence behind bars. Drug smugglers face a life penalty, but not in prison. Despite increasing diplomatic relations on the continent, when it comes to sentencing African nationals for drug offenses, China is showing no mercy. Those convicted are being sentenced... 

A 22-year-old was assaulted at 06.00 at Skydebanevej in Aalborg Vestby. He was knifed and kicked in the head and body, police officer Poul Badsberg from Northern Jutland says to ekstrabladet.dk The 22-year-old says that he was attacked by four men while he walked his dog. “After spending a few hours in front of his computer after a good night out, he decides to walk his dog. While he’s out, four... 

President Obama announced today that the United States will provide $73 million in aid to Zimbabwe, saying the economically-wracked nation has made progress since Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai entered a power-sharing arrangement with longtime President Robert Mugabe four months ago. “We’ve seen progress from the prime minister,” Obama said, after meeting with Tsvangirai in... 

Four Sudanese nationals seriously injured two senior off-duty police officers at a Brisbane football club after having first threatened to rape their wives and children, a jury has been told. UPDATE! The four Sudanese accused of assaulting two cops were found NOT GUILTY. A Brisbane District Court jury was told the four also allegedly assaulted the manager of the Southern Districts Rugby Union Club... 

An immigrant is helped by an Italian soldier as he arrives in the Sicilian harbour of Porto Empedocle Italy does not want to become a “multi-ethnic” country and will continue its newly adopted policy of sending boatloads of immigrants and asylum seekers back to North Africa, the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, said. Previous Left-wing governments had “opened the doors to clandestine... 

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Graphic footage of a youth’s brutal bashing at a train station shows three attackers taking turns to kick him in the head. Detectives investigating the vicious assault say they are appalled by the level of violence, which left the 23-year-old man from Sunshine in Melbourne’s west with serious head injuries. The man was beaten even after he handed over the backpack that appeared to be...