Europe

Today, Wednesday, the head of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation, Melle Kyari, announced the death of the Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Muhammad Barkindo. Kyari wrote on Twitter this morning: “We have lost the respected Dr.…

Finnish researchers have installed the world’s first fully working “sand battery” which can store green power for months at a time. The developers say this could solve the problem of year-round supply, a major issue for green energy. Using low-grade…

The leader of the “Stop Islamization of Norway” movement, Lars Thorne, burned a copy of the Holy Quran in a neighborhood where a large Muslim community lives on the outskirts of the capital, Oslo. The act angered a number of…

Responding to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s finding today that Lithuanian national law, which orders the automatic detention of people who cross irregularly into the country and effectively denies them the right to asylum, is incompatible with…

Amnesty International has accused Lithuanian authorities of arbitrarily detaining thousands of migrants in military centers, subjecting them to “inhumane treatment” and torturing them. Amnesty International released a report detailing how refugees and migrants have been held for months in prison-like…

 Bahraini activists in Britain affirmed their full support for the victims of authoritarian torture, which is considered a weapon, in the face of the Bahraini people who have been oppressed for fifty years. In a statement on the occasion of…

British activists and MPs organized a protest in front of the Bahrain embassy in central London. The protest was organized to celebrate the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and the 11th anniversary of the conviction…

The chair of the Finsbury Park mosque in north London has warned that Islamophobia has intensified since the 2017 terror attack in the area, as dozens gathered to remember the man who was killed five years ago. Makram Ali, 51,…

The Belarusian Commission of Inquiry revealed that an Iraqi delegation visiting Minsk handed over evidence and information about the mass and secret executions of Iraqi refugees by Polish soldiers, on the Polish side of the border with Belarus. According to…

French Minister of National Education, Bab Ndiaye, announced on Tuesday that he has launched an investigation to gather information about the high rate of anti-hijab incidence in schools, a phenomenon that has been increasing for weeks and is considered a…