Serbian Ratko Mladic to be buried with highest state honours
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia convicted him in 2017 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Culture war
Hot TopicLatest reporting and analysis on culture war.
London council moves Islamic school with ‘compulsory’ hijab rule into State sector
Barnet Hill Academy is due to become a taxpayer-funded voluntary aided school on September 1, with secularists objecting that girls from the age of seven must cover…
Crépol suspects shared Snapchat thread laced with anti-France abuse
Fourteen people of the attacking group remain under formal investigation for murder and attempted murder.
Business park rises on Austrian Nazi women’s camp site sold by mayor’s firm
Bulldozers have moved on to the Hirtenberg subcamp grounds south of Vienna after the Federal Monuments Office ruled that the surviving barrack foundations did not…
Muslims make up nearly one in five prisoners in England and Wales, almost three times their population share
Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy has published the figures alongside a demand for an inquiry into alleged forced conversions behind bars.
Premium
Annalena Baerbock moves from UN presidency to Columbia University
The three-year, full-time appointment is a practice-oriented professorship rather than a research chair.
Nearly three-quarters of Britons oppose entry for men from countries where women lack equal rights
Opposition ran at close to six to one in polling commissioned by the Women's Policy Centre.
Jerusalem court acquits settler over attack on French nun, orders psychiatric detention
Prosecutors said he recognised the woman by her habit, ran at her, pushed her to the ground and kicked her.
FC Barcelona angers Greek Cypriots by advertising youth camp in Turkish-occupied north
The Spanish club's academy has listed two September sessions under a place name that neither the Republic of Cyprus nor the United Nations recognises.
Premium
Poland charges MEP Grzegorz Braun with denying Nazi crimes at Auschwitz
Denying German Nazi crimes is a criminal offence in Poland under Article 55 of the IPN Act, punishable by a fine or up to three years in prison.
More than four in five North African asylum seekers in Switzerland face crime accusations
Justice Minister Beat Jans has promised faster detention and shorter removal deadlines after the internal figures reached the public.
Green Party leader backs ‘civil disobedience’ if RN wins
Tondelier has so far resisted backing either candidate, insisting that the Greens should pursue their own campaign.
Two former Italian centre-left PMs reject woke culture and urge focus on economic inequality
In a letter, the leader of the Five Star Movement (M5S) questioned whether "woke culture can constitute the ideological backbone of a progressive force".
Baden-Württemberg issues emergency form to schools over forced marriage risk during summer holidays
The document offers practical guidance for teachers on recognising warning signs and lists specialised advice centres that can assist.
German justice minister pushes for sexual identity clause in Basic Law
Stefanie Hubig has revived a proposal her coalition partner has blocked for years, arguing the constitution should say explicitly what its defenders insist it already…
Premium
City hall asks French Government to investigate Paris residence it labels ‘far-right’
The campus hosts around 12,000 students, researchers and artists from some 150 nationalities across 47 residential houses.
Heinz lifts ban on Christian references for personalised ketchup labels after backlash
The company’s British online customisation service previously blocked those Christian references while accepting “Allah”, “Islam”, “Muslim” and even…
German officials and unions prepare ‘to resist’ an AfD government
In an article for the GdP union magazine, Hüber argued that: "Anyone who takes their oath seriously has no other option: the AfD is a no-go!"
UK Home Office hands asylum seekers pamphlets explaining that rape is illegal and children cannot consent to sex
The materials note that "laws and customs here may be different from your home country".
French senator slams ‘Christianophobia’ over LGBT bar’s ‘Holy Phallus’ party
In a video published on social media on August 14, Ravier condemned the event as an attack on Christianity.
Portugal bans face coverings in public as President signs Chega bill
The Socialist head of state has approved a measure first tabled by the party of the man he defeated in February's presidential run-off.
Ex-president of German Jewish council draws parallel between AfD and Nazi party’s rise
"In many areas, I see no difference anymore compared to the NSDAP before it came to power," she said.
US sanctions ICC president as Rubio vows to dismantle The Hague court
The Netherlands has objected to the designations, reviving pressure on Brussels to shield the tribunal with the EU blocking statute.
Spanish business group plans Hispanidad theme park in Pizarro’s home town
The promoters of Ciudad Hispánica put the cost at €700 million and say it would create more than 700 direct jobs in one of Spain's poorest regions.
Israel permits Jewish prayer books on Temple Mount for first time
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has confirmed, marking a further easing of longstanding restrictions at the contested holy site.
Greece rejects Turkey’s new marine parks as ‘illegal’
Athens says presidential decrees signed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reach into international waters and the Greek continental shelf.
‘Demographic change, not climate change, is the real threat for Europe,’ says Geert Wilders
"Its effects on our economy (drained), our way of life (diminished), and our well-being (squandered) are profound.
Netanyahu brands UK the ‘Islamic Republic of Britain’ in podcast remarks
He recalled that the son and grandson of wartime prime minister Winston Churchill, both journalists, had covered the 1967 Six-Day War in a manner "very positive…
Berlin cancels Black-only swimming event after ‘racist agitation’ and backlash
The temporary pool, which opened on August 7 and is due to remain in place until early October, is normally free and open to the public.
Poles in Katowice protest against Muslim prayer facility
Residents say they were told the facility would hold 45 people. The building going up covers more than 400 square metres. The city says no consultation was required.