Tag: Europe

The European Union has developed a hybrid warfare defense strategy. The decision to implement this plan comes two years after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and initiated a proxy war in East Ukraine. This position from Europe has arisen as Russia continues its nationalist march for old glory. The advent of Russian proxy and hybrid […]

One of the many places illegal weapons in Europe come from is Bosnia.   Security expert says huge quantity of illegal firearms held in the country represents a threat to Bosnia’s security – and to the security of other countries as well. Bosnians possess a worrying quantity of firearms, which potentially pose a threat to […]

Born in 1876 in the Netherlands, Margaretha Geertruida Zelle married an affluent Dutch Colonial Army captain at the age of 18. In 1897, she moved with him to the island of Java, where they had two children. Her husband was an abusive and resentful alcoholic. To distract herself from the unhappiness of her marriage, Zelle […]

Air National Guard F-15Cs and airmen are headed to Europe to augment U.S. forces on the Continent, part of ongoing efforts to boost peace and stability in the region while deterring Russian aggression in eastern Europe. Twelve F-15C Eagles and about 350 airmen and support equipment were to begin deploying Friday from their home stations, […]

In my previous article about the refugee camp in Calais, France—known colloquially as “The Jungle”—I mentioned how happy people appeared to be there but like everything that looks too good on the surface, there is a darker side to the camp trying to claw its way out. It was my second day in The Jungle, and I had made […]

 The once great wave of refugees motoring in cheap rubber rafts across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the Greek islands has suddenly become a ripple. Where thousands arrived in a day, now hundreds — and some days far fewer — splash onto the Greek shores from Turkey, a possible sign that the largest mass […]

An Algerian man who was part of a counterfeiting ring that provided forged documents used in both the Paris and Brussels terrorist attacks has been arrested in Italy, the Italian authorities announced Sunday. The Belgian government issued a European arrest warrant for the man — whom the ANSA news agency identified as Djamal Eddine Ouali, 40 […]

Belgian authorities on Friday arrested three additional suspects they say are linked to the deadly bombings in Brussels this week, following police operations in the capital city. One of the police operations occurred in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek, officials said, which is where a taxi driver picked up three of the suspected bombers before the blasts […]

Unchecked waves of refugees have fueled the ISIS machine with new recruits, as the organization’s warped ideology spreads among vulnerable minds.

Even before the atrocity in Brussels, Spain was on its highest state of alert. For years, as the shock of horrific bombings in March 2004 that killed 191 peoplesubsided, some authorities behaved as if they thought the country had achieved a sort of immunity: jihadists moved through here, they didn’t strike here. But that delusion is […]

Three explosions erupted in Brussels, Belgium. Both the airport and Maelbeek metro station were attacked, the latter during rush hour.

Turkey’s defense committee has approved billions of dollars in additional defense spending, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Wednesday. Much of the spending would go toward domestic military production at a time the country has seen growing regional threats, Defense News reported. “Today we approved $5.9 billion worth of new defense projects. Around $4.5 billion worth of these projects will consist […]