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Europol Confirms Six Arrests in 17-Country Investigation Into Alleged Air Route Smuggling Migrants to UK

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YouTube Pushes AI Deeper Into the Creator Workflow With Editing, Draft Feedback and Moderation

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51 Migrants Reach Dover After Refusing French Rescue During 33 Hours in the Channel

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Second Small Boat in Two Days Reaches Kent Coast Before Border Force Interception

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Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5 With Lower Costs and Stronger Containment Results

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Migrant Dinghy Reaches Folkestone Without Interception in First Recorded Unescorted Landing for a Year

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Swedish Prosecutors Investigate Suspected Election Fraud as 11 Parliamentary Seats Could Be Put Back in Play

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Trump, Denmark and Greenland to Sign Deal Expanding US Military Presence on Greenland

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Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Shopping Agent From Its Store

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FAA Begins Using AI to Predict Airspace Congestion and Reduce Flight Delays

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Illustration of Austrian policymakers debating law and religious freedom in a government chamber overlooking Vienna.
  • World

Can Austria Ban Political Islam Without Criminalising Islam?

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago05 mins

Austria’s parliament has debated banning political Islam while the government develops its own prohibition, forcing lawmakers to define where protected Islamic belief ends and anti-democratic Islamism begins.

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Illustration of Chinese cars arriving at a European port as EU and Chinese flags mark a trade and automotive-industry confrontation.
  • World

Should Europe Decide How Much of Its Car Market China Is Allowed to Win?

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago04 mins

The EU has reportedly asked China to keep Chinese hybrid sales to around 15% of its market, raising a fundamental question about consumer choice, industrial capacity and managed trade.

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Illustration of a man observing a church in a German city while police officers patrol nearby.
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Germany Arrests Alleged ISIS Supporter Who Obtained Gun and Scouted Church for Attack

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

German prosecutors say a 24-year-old alleged ISIS supporter had recruited another person, obtained a firearm and scouted a Bremen church intended as the first target of a proposed terrorist group.

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Illustration of Moroccan and Israeli officials shaking hands at a diplomatic meeting with their national flags displayed behind them.
  • World

Morocco Is Deepening Ties With Israel Without Waiting for a Palestinian Settlement

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

Morocco and Israel will open embassies and exchange ambassadors, deepening normalisation while a final Israeli-Palestinian settlement remains unresolved.

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Illustration of Saudi, Chinese and Iranian diplomacy alongside oil shipping routes through the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb and Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran’s Houthi Leverage Is Starting to Collide With China’s Interests

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago04 mins

Saudi Arabia has asked China to press Iran to restrain the Houthis, exposing a growing collision between Tehran’s regional leverage and the interests of its most important oil customer.

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Illustration of a European military command centre using AI-enabled displays to coordinate air, land, sea and space operations.
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The Military AI Race Is Becoming a Battle Over Who Controls the Software

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

Thales has launched a sovereign military AI command platform as Europe confronts a second AI race: not just who has the strongest technology, but who controls it when political relationships change.

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Illustration of people arriving at a municipal cultural venue in Linz for an Islamic event while Austrian police monitor the entrance.
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When Should a Public Venue Say No? Linz Hall Set to Host Speakers Who Praised Hamas Leaders

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago04 mins

A city-owned hall in Linz is due to host a Millî Görüş-linked religious event featuring Turkish speakers whose previous statements praised Hamas leaders, raising a harder question about the threshold public venues should apply.

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Illustration of motorcyclists gathered outside a mosque in Lithuania while police monitor the scene.
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Lithuania Calls in Security Service After Migration Tensions Spill Into Mosque Confrontation

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

Lithuania’s interior minister has asked the security service to assess migration-related tensions after bikers disrupted Friday prayers outside Kaunas Mosque.

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Illustration of a man studying a route map while observing a heavily guarded airport entrance during an evacuation.
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The Man Behind the Attackers: How One ISIS-K Operative Supported More Than a Dozen Terrorist Attacks

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago04 mins

Mohammad Sharifullah has received the maximum 20-year US sentence after prosecutors showed how surveillance, transport, communications and weapons instruction supported ISIS-K attacks across years.

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Illustration of French police securing a closed mosque near Paris after government action against its operating association.
  • World

France Dissolves Mosque Association Accused of Promoting Armed Jihad After Court Backs Closure

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago04 mins

France has dissolved the association running the Attaqwa mosque near Paris after freezing its assets, closing the mosque and defeating an initial legal challenge.

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