ORZYSZ (POLAND) (AFP) – Poland’s president on Thursday hailed the launch of a US-led NATO multinational battalion in an area of his country bordering Russia’s heavily militarised Kaliningrad exclave as an “historic moment”.
African Migrants Brutally Rape Swedish Teen, Leave Male Friend with Brain Damage
Two migrants have been given sentences of three and two-and-a-half years for beating a young Swede almost to death before violently raping his female friend. The government will try to deport only one of them.
Days Before Election, France Asks EU Parliament to Lift Le Pen Immunity
French prosecutors have asked the European parliament to lift the immunity of right wing presidential candidate Marine Le Pen over an inquiry into alleged fake parliamentary jobs, legal sources said Friday.
Next French President May Be Unable to Form Government
If right wing leader Marine Le Pen or independent centrist Emmanuel Macron become French president next month it will beg a question: Can either subsequently muster enough backing to form a government?
Swedish Economist: Illegal Migration Not Essential to Economy
Swedish economist Tino Sanandaji has hit back at claims Sweden would collapse without illegal migrant workers saying the notion was a “fantasy”.
Brussels Trying to ‘Pressure’ Hungary into Accepting Migrant Quotas, Relaxing Border Controls
The European Union’s unelected executive is trying to “pressure” Hungary into accepting compulsory migrant quotas and relaxing its tough new border control measures, according to the government.
First Lawsuit Filed Against Trump’s Border Wall Will Likely Be Thrown Out
An environmental group and an Arizona Democrat legislator have filed the first lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s border wall, though the case may be thrown out.
Blue State Blues: Obama, Lincoln, and Trump’s ‘Team of Rivals’
The Obama White House was a left-wing monoculture. Trump’s “team of rivals” is likely here to stay, and America will be the better for it.
Hundreds of Israelis Temporarily Stranded on Jordanian Border Due to Computer Malfunction
Hundreds of Israelis have been stranded on the Jordanian side of the Yitzhak Rabin border terminal due to a local computer malfunction since the early hours of Thursday morning.
Feds Promise to Protect Half a Million American Girls from Genital Mutilation
An Indian-heritage doctor is facing a lifetime jail sentence for allegedly helping immigrant Somali parents cut genitalia from their two American seven-year-old daughters, and federal officials have promised to wipe out the imported practice which thr…