LONDON (AA) – Russian and Iranian hacker groups “continue to successfully” target specific individuals and groups in the UK, Britain’s cyber-security body has warned. In a statement, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) detailed ongoing activity by specific hacker groups to gather information. “The Russia-bas...
ANKARA (AA) – Allowing the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book in front of Türkiye’s Embassy in Stockholm was “a big mistake” and laws about hate crimes in the country should be changed, says the head of the Council of Jewish Communities in Sweden. Lena Posner-Korosi said that Sweden has a law […]
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – Jews from Netherlands have decried the recent desecration of the Muslim holy book in the Hague by far-right leader Edwin Wagensveld of the Islamophobic group Pegida. Rabbi Lody van de Kamp said Wagensveld’s act was an insult not only to Muslims in the country but also to anyone who held religious […]...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish authorities are investigating a machete attack in Algeciras that left one clergyman dead and four injured on Wednesday night. The attacker, who has been identified as Yassine Kanza, was arrested immediately after his rampage. He is a 25-year-old Moroccan said to have been living in Spain irregularly as a squa...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – In a tit-for-tat move, Iran has announced sanctions against dozens of individuals and entities affiliated with the European Union and the UK. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said it was placing 22 individuals and three entities from the EU on its sanctions list, as well as eight individuals and one […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Finland may have to consider advancing its NATO membership application without Sweden if Stockholm’s application process is interrupted for much longer, the Finnish foreign minister said on Tuesday. Asked whether Finland should still proceed together with Sweden, Pekka Haavisto told public broadcaster Yle that his c...
NEW YORK (AA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the Swedish government Tuesday to condemn the recent burning of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. ”While CAIR does not hold the government of Sweden responsible for this act of hate, Prime Minister (Ulf) Kristersson’s...
ANKARA (AA) – In a Twitter survey conducted by Turkish news agency Anadolu, 92.5% of respondents said ‘no’ to Türkiye approving Sweden’s bid to join NATO. A total of 50,155 people responded to the 24-hour survey asking: “Do you think Türkiye should support Sweden’s bid to join NATO?” and many also shared the...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Islamophobic extremist Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right party Stram Kurs (Hard Line), not only set fire to a copy of Islam’s holy book under police “protection,” but had earlier made the Swedish security forces release a member of his team of Islamophobes in order to start his provocative act, a [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye summoned the Dutch ambassador in Ankara Joep Wijnands over “a vile attack” on a copy of the Muslim holy book in the Hague. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the vile attack of an anti-Islamic person in The Hague, Netherlands, on January 22, targeting our holy book, the Qur’an,” the ...
