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Italian police on Thursday detained eight people "seriously suspected" of belonging to a transnational criminal organization accused of facilitating irregular migration between Algeria, Italy and France. In a statement, Polizia di Stato said more than 100 officers took part in the operation in Cagliari, with support from specialized police units, targeting individuals allegedly involved in […]

A German court on Thursday sentenced an Afghan national to life imprisonment for a deadly car-ramming attack at a trade union demonstration in Munich that killed two people and injured dozens, Deutsche Welle reported. The Higher Regional Court in Munich convicted 25-year-old Farhad N. of two counts of murder, 23 counts of attempted murder, 19 […]

Polish fighter jets intercepted another Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, marking the second such incident in as many days. Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz announced on US social media platform X that a Russian Il-20M reconnaissance aircraft was intercepted in the morning. "This time, the on-duty pair of our aircraft intercepted the […]

The Swedish-Finnish defense company Monava has secured investment from Gungnir Capital, Foundry Ventures, and Hede Capital. The funds raised will be used for the mass production of acoustic drone detection technology and the company’s expansion. The Monava system combines acoustic sensors with artificial intelligence to detect, track, and classify drones in the air, on land, […]

Ukrainian Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over a Patriot air and missile defense system in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, on Aug. 4, 2024. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption KYIV, Ukraine, and WASHINGTON — Russia's massive air assault against Ukraine before dawn on Saturday included 27 ballistic missiles, many pounding the capital Kyiv, killing nine […]

England and Wales recorded their driest July on record this year, the UK's national weather agency has announced, citing provisional figures. The Met Office described July as an "exceptional month" for the UK's weather books, with provisional statistics showing records were challenged or broken for temperature, sunshine, and rainfall. According to the agency, England saw […]

Authorities in Ceuta are struggling to cope with thousands of people that remain in the autonomous city following the mass arrival of migrants last week. Security forces estimate that around 73,500 people have already left the North African exclave and returned to Morocco, while local authorities say up to 5,000 remain in the Spanish territory, […]

Belgium on Monday called for a stronger role for the EU's border agency Frontex and closer cooperation with migrants' countries of origin, as EU interior ministers are set to convene Tuesday for an emergency meeting on the migration crisis in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, according to Belgian broadcaster RTBF. "We must better protect […]

The Danish Armed Forces have launched an expanded conscription of young people amid actions by the United States and Russia. This was reported by the country’s Ministry of Defense. It is reported that 1,600 Danes have been drafted under the new program for a term of 11 months. Denmark had previously announced that, starting in […]

A large wildfire that broke out in the southern Dutch province of Limburg prompted the deployment of defense helicopters and the evacuation of a nearby campsite on Monday, according to Dutch broadcaster NOS. Two defense helicopters were deployed to help combat the wildfire in the municipality of Venray as authorities scaled up the response due […]