radicalism

France

Ten years on, France commemorates deadly attacks on Charlie Hebdo

A decade after a deadly assault that shook France, the country paused to honour the victims, while also grappling with the evolving challenges of free expression and terrorism.

07/01/2025

Europe News

Tribute ceremony held one-year on from French teacher's murder

The central square in the French town of Arras was transformed on Sunday to a showcase of art and culture to remember the memory of murdered secondary school teacher Dominique Bernard.

13/10/2024

Germany

Germany deports Afghan nationals for first time since Taliban takeover

The deportations occurred a week after a deadly knife attack in the town of Solingen, of which the suspect is a Syrian citizen.

30/08/2024

Russia

Hostages freed and four prisoners killed in Russian prison attack

The incident follows a similar attack in a prison in Rostov-on-Don in June. The hostage-takers claimed to be part of the Islamic State terrorist group.

23/08/2024

France

Mourners in Arras pays tribute to teacher killed by former student

The murder of Dominique Bernard on 13 October, almost three years to the day after the murder of history and geography teacher Samuel Paty in the Paris region, sent shockwaves through the teaching profession in particular.

19/10/2023

Pakistan

Pakistan suicide bomb death toll rises to 54

No one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing, which also wounded nearly 200 people. Police said their initial investigation suggested that the Islamic State group's regional affiliate could be responsible.

31/07/2023

Pakistan

dozens dead, almost 200 wounded, in blast at Pakistan political rally

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State group operates across the border in Afghanistan.

30/07/2023

Austria

Investment is key says Imam as Charles Michel advocates education

Michel spoke in Vienna on Tuesday to outline his initiative against 'ideology of hatred'.

10/11/2020

France

What has French president Macron said to outrage the Muslim world?

Emmanuel Macron staunchly defends freedom of expression amid the furore over caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, and seeks to isolate those who 'distort Islam' to justify violence from the majority who practise the religion peacefully.

02/11/2020

France

Paris police killer followed 'radical vision of Islam before attack'

In the weeks leading up to the attack, he had adopted an increasingly radicalised behaviour, the prosecutor said, justifying the terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo newspaper that left 12 dead in Paris in 2015, trading his clothes for traditional religious ones and stopping to have contact with women.

05/10/2019

World News

Euroviews. Blindly fighting the symptoms of radicalisation in Europe won’t address the causes ǀ View

The question of what to do with Islamic State fighters, their wives and children keeps policy makers and security experts awake at night. But we should worry less about those returning, and more about convincing them not to go in the first place.

11/07/2019

Europe News

The Brief: Support for far-right party further divides Belgium

How is a far-right party further dividing Belgium? Will Germany be allowed to create a new motorway toll? Who is the next leader of the Social Democrats? All this and more on Tuesday's Brief from Brussels.

19/06/2019

World

Watch Raw Politics: Utrecht shooting and Brexit latest

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18/03/2019

World News

Euroviews. EU must do more to remove terrorist content from the cloud | View

New EU regulations that would require social networks to remove illegal content within one hour should apply to cloud computing services too.

04/09/2018

United Kingdom

UK teenager with 'deeply entrenched' radical views jailed for life

Safaa Boular, 18, was convicted of preparing terrorism acts at home after failing to travel to Syria to join militants of the so-called Islamic State.

03/08/2018

Ukraine

String of attacks hit Roma settlements in Ukraine

A fatal attack on a Roma settlement near Lviv, Ukraine, left one dead and four injured last Saturday. This was the sixth attack on a Roma settlement in two months.

26/06/2018