Israel’s embassy in Belgium on Tuesday condemned a hook-nosed gesture in a Belgian university’s sign-language dictionary that refers to “Jews”: “The Embassy of #Israel expresses its shock and dismay following the ugly initiative of creating a new sign in Flemish sign language for ‘Jew’: a hooked nose. Its sole purpose is the promotion of #AntiSemitic stereotypes,” the embassy wrote... 

A 20-year-old Afghan migrant will probably think twice before sexually assaulting a woman next time. The man’s nose was broken after he inappropriately touched a young woman, Austrian newspaper Heute reports. The incident happened at 1:30 am at a square in front of Vienna’s townhall, Austrian police say. The Afghan touched several women’s buttocks during NYE, but met the wrong victim when he... 

As predicted in this column several years ago, tropical diseases have started to appear in Europe. Among these is the dreaded Dengue Fever, which can develop into an Ebola-like haemorrhagic form, causing the patient to bleed from the nose, mouth, ears and eyes. To date there are 34 cases reported on the Isle of Madeira, Portugal. The cases were confirmed by the President of the Regional Health Service...