Parsons Green explosion: a suspect arrested

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube. BREAKING: 18-year-old man arrested over London Tube bombing https://t.co/nSdsawdTmn — Voice of Europe 🌍 (@V_of_Europe) September 16, 2017 The man was detained in the port area of Dover on Saturday by Kent Police and is…

Trump to reinforce travel ban

U.S. President Donald Trump urged his administration to seek a reinforced version of his travel ban proposal following a weekend terrorist attack in London, and pressed for an expedited judicial review by the nation’s top court.  What is widely called a ‘travel ban’ is an Executive Order 13769, titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry…

Europarliament debates terrorism

Only days after the terrorist attack in London the civil liberties committee discussed the EU’s security situation with German Interior Minister Interior Thomas de Maizière and his French counterpart Matthias Fekl debated on 27 March. Both ministers spoke about the need to secure the EU’s external borders, to better share information between EU countries and…

May: London attacker born in UK

“What I can confirm is the man was British born and that some years ago he was once investigated by MI5 in relation to concerns about violent extremism. He was a peripheral figure. The case is historic. He is not part of the current intelligence picture, ” – said Prime Minister Theresa May. “There was…

London attack: "catastrophic" injures

The British Parliament is in lockdown after a police officer was stabbed and witnesses reported seeing a car hit a number of pedestrians in a serious and still unfolding incident in central London that police are treating as a terror attack, the UK media reports. One woman has been confirmed killed and other people are being…