Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is planning terrorist attacks on resorts in southern Europe, including in France, Italy and Spain, a report says, adding that suicide bombers are expected to be disguised as beach vendors. German Federal Intelligence Service was informed by the Italian intelligence about a threat in European resorts by ISIS, Das Bild newspaper said. The information about the... 

In addition to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, France’s upstart “far right” political leader Marine Le Pen has fallen victim to the selective revelations of the Panama Papers. British businessman Arron Banks, slotted to replace Nigel Farage as the leader of the UK Independence Party, has also taken heat. On Monday, Le Pen cited the papers selectively “leaked” by a Soros, Rockefeller and Rothschild... 

Right-wing protest group Casuals United Belgium is set to stage a controversial march through the Brussels district of Molenbeek, the area known as the jihadist capital of Europe. A post on the group’s Facebook page calls on as many people as possible to attend a rally in Molenbeek which will begin at 3pm on Saturday. “This is the opportunity to express our displeasure in the den of the lion,”... 

FEMEN activists were acquitted of sexual exhibitionism charges in Lille Wednesday for their topless protest during the trial of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn last year. The three activists, who wrote “pimps, clients, guilty” and “your turn to be f**ked” on their bare chests, shouted at Strauss-Kahn’s car before being arrested by police in February 2015. “A political demonstration... 

A fugitive suspected to have played a key role in the November 13 Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, has been arrested by authorities in Brussels, Theo Francken, Belgium’s Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, confirmed on Twitter. Reporters and witnesses at the scene say they have heard two powerful explosions, and more gunfire, as the police operation continues. Local media report that... 

Around 150 migrants, some armed with iron bars, have attempted to block or climb lorries traveling towards the Eurotunnel, as clashes with police continued into the night in chaotic scenes surrounding the Calais refugee ‘Jungle’ camp in France. Police were called to the area after refugees, enraged by an earlier eviction, attacked trucks with stones, debris, and iron bars. Officers used flash... 

For the first time, the Islamic State (IS, former ISIS, ISIL) has targeted France’s right-wing National Front (FN) party and its supporters in a statement on the pages of its French-language propaganda magazine. In the latest issue of Dar al Islam, the jihadists published a photo of an FN rally with the caption “prime targets.” “The question is no longer whether France will be hit again by... 

General Christian Piquemal, a respected former French Legion commander, is among the dozens arrested during Europe-wide protests against the ongoing migrant influx. The arrest at the PEGIDA rally in Calais on Saturday was one of 20, and came as clashes erupted between the ‘anti-Islamization’ group and the police in the French port city. The troubles kicked off after the authorities canceled the... 

A shocking video shows migrants attacking residents in Calais, France on their own private property as left-wingers encourage the violence. The footage, shot this past weekend, shows a horde of migrants aggressively marching towards a residential street as two men stand outside the gate of their home. Some journalists and pro-migrant protesters attempt to stop the assault, but it soon escalates as... 

A Muslim terrorist man carrying two handguns and a Koran in his bag has been arrested at the entrance to a hotel in the Disneyland amusement park in Paris, according to French police. The man was carrying two low-caliber handguns, a box of ammo and a copy of a Koran in a bag when he was arrested. The bag set off a security alarm as the man was passing a metal detector at the theme park’s New... 

General Electric (GE) has announced that it is planning to cut up to 6,500 jobs in Europe and in those energy units it acquired from France’s Alstom last year. “The restructuring plan will touch several European countries and impact potentially 6,500 jobs out of 35,000,” a GE spokesman told AFP on Wednesday, confirming an earlier report in the L’Est Republicain newspaper. According... 

Police in Paris have shot a man dead who tried to enter a police station armed with a knife, shouting “Allahu Akbar.” The man was found to be carrying a cellphone and a paper with an Islamic State flag, the Paris prosecutor says. The shooting took place at the Goutte d’Or police station in Paris’ 18th district. Anna Polonyi, a journalist from the New York Times, witnessed the events unfolding... 

It’s almost the New Year, and while 2016 doesn’t come coated with the same doomsday paranoia that accompanied 2012, it never hurts to be prepared. A new year means another 365 days (in 2016’s case, 366) which, if you are inclined to be fatalistic, could lead to humanity’s doom. In the event of a catastrophic meteor collision, suffocating nuclear winter, or solar storm capable of knocking... 

The European Union is seemingly heading to dissolution, unraveling along ideological, national, tribal and historic lines, US conservative commentator Patrick Buchanan observes, asking whether the multiracial and multicultural United States will face similar fate. The European Union, overloaded with an economic recession, a refugee crisis, and growing secessionism, risks falling apart at the seams,... 

Recently, three in five EU citizens told pollsters that they do not approve of migrants coming from outside the continent. With more than 1 million arriving in 12 months, rising tension is finding outlets at the ballot box and on the street. Angela Merkel’s Germany, the continent’s unspoken leader, has borne the main brunt of the inflows, while failing to persuade neighboring states to follow...