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The National
April 24, 2018
“It has to be a diplomatic concern for Qatar when the expectations are that it is getting tougher on terrorism.” Pressure has mounted for legal action against Qatar in the European courts. Liesbeth Zegveld, a Dutch lawyer, has accused the wealthy Gulf state of failing to take action to halt funding for the SyrianÃÂ ...
NL Times
April 24, 2018
Four years ago the Netherlands counted 13 Salafist mosques, now there are 27. The number of Salafist preachers increased from 50 to 110 in that same period, the news services report based on a confidential memo from counter-terrorism coordinator NCTV, which they have in their possession. NieuwsuurÃÂ ...
WJHL
April 24, 2018
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A prominent human rights lawyer demanded Monday that Qatar compensate Dutch-based victims of an al-Qaida-linked Syrian extremist group, saying the Al Nusra group was financed by Qatar-based funding networks. In a letter sent to Qatar's ruling emir that was seen byÃÂ ...
Focus News
April 22, 2018
Reaching that goal is very necessary, according to Stoltenberg. Not only because it is fair to the other NATO allies that already achieved the standard, but also because geopolitical relations have grown increasingly tense since 2014. He referred to the rise of ISIS and the terrorism that came with it, as wellÃÂ ...
Morocco World News
April 22, 2018
Maghreb Arab Press reported that the Dutch minister also met with Morocco's Minister of Justice, with whom he held talks on ways to reinforce cooperation on justice. Blok also expressed Netherlands interest in reinforcing ties in the fields of justice, fight against terrorism and crime-related issues. MoroccanÃÂ ...
Expatica Netherlands
April 16, 2018
Dutch and Belgian police arrested four men on terror-related charges Monday, including plotting a possible attack on the Turkish consulate in the port city of Rotterdam, prosecutors said. Two brothers, aged 29 and 26, were arrested in the southern Dutch village of Oudenbosch, while a third man, aged 37,ÃÂ ...
Yabiladi in English
April 16, 2018
On Monday, the Dutch public prosecutor announced the arrest of four Moroccan-Dutch nationals suspected of plotting a terrorist attack. The arrests were carried out in Oudenbosh, Rosendael and Antwerp, Belgium following the request of the Essen National Prosecutor's Office. Dutch police' report showsÃÂ ...
Curacao Chronicle
April 10, 2018
Last Sunday we took notice of the secretly undertaken mission of our new minister of Foreign Affairs, Stef Blok to Venezuela, with the goal to improve the relationship with that country and to achieve the cancelation the blockade with the ABC islands. The mission appeared to be a success now that aÃÂ ...
The Independent
April 1, 2018
More than 2000 years ago an unarmed man accused of inciting terrorism was put to death by the occupying state. He was ... In The Netherlands this was subject to the approval by the concern ondernemings raad, the COR, which is often translated in English as the Works Council. The Finns had to make aÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
March 29, 2018
Voters in the Netherlands narrowly rejected a proposed law granting authorities sweeping powers to spy on their data. The referendum was ... Fighting terrorism? The government has stressed that the new regulations would help in the fight against terrorism, but critics say data protection and privacy are being undermined.
BBC News
March 22, 2018
But Mr Rutte has insisted the spy agencies need these new powers to help fight terrorism. "It's not that our country is unsafe, it's that this law will make it safer," he said. Intelligence services head Rob Bertholee said: "This law is for the safety of the Netherlands and for the Dutch people... I am voting in favour.
NL Times
March 16, 2018
"A lot of crime originates outside the Netherlands. Whether it concerns organized crime, terrorism or cybercrime: these problems can only be tackled internationally. Instead of waiting for crime to come our way, it is more effective to strengthen the police in countries where it comes from. We therefore want toÃÂ ...
gulfnews.com
March 15, 2018
This way we can mutually strengthen national CT and CVE priorities," Dick Schoof, Chair and Co-host of the meeting and the National Coordinator for Security and Counter Terrorism from the Netherlands Ministry of Justice and Security, said. Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the International SteeringÃÂ ...
NL Times
March 13, 2018
Dutch tourists are again vacationing in countries like Turkey and Egypt after avoiding these countries due to terrorist attacks, AD reports based on figures from travel agencies sector organization ANVR. Visits to Turkey from the Netherlands dropped to nearly zero following an attempted coup and severalÃÂ ...
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
March 8, 2018
The petition included 18 top leaders of the communist party as central committee members, including founder Jose Maria Sison and peace negotiator Luis Jalandoni, both based in the Netherlands for three decades. There was no basis for the charge of terrorism, said Sison, who was a mentor of DuterteÃÂ ...
Petra News Agency
March 8, 2018
8 (Petra)- His Majesty King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al Abdullah will begin an official visit to the Netherlands on the 19th of this month at the invitation of His Majesty King ... Efforts of the two countries to cement security and stability in the region and to combat the threat of terrorism will also be reviewed.
Jordan Times
March 8, 2018
Jordan also looks to benefit from the Dutch experience in working out innovative solutions to challenges related to energy, food and water security. Moreover, discussions at the meetings will cover efforts by the two countries to bolster regional security and stability, and the fight against terrorism. His MajestyÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
March 7, 2018
... Barros Veiga Tavares, is participating in the Congress on Security and Combat against International Terrorism running on March 6-7 in London, United Kingdom. ... from the policies and strategies implemented by England, United States, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Norway and Netherlands.
Expatica Netherlands
March 6, 2018
Oneissi, 44, who along with the three other suspects is being tried in absentia by the court based in the Netherlands, faces five charges. ... "the prosecution has not proven that Mr Oneissi had the intent to commit a crime against the state security, or that he knew that an act of terrorism was to be committed.".
NL Times
March 6, 2018
While terrorist organization ISIS lost almost all of its territory last year, the AIVD expects that the organization will survive underground and continue to carry out attacks. This could also mean attacks in the West, as retribution against the international coalition that fought against ISIS. The Netherlands formsÃÂ ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
March 1, 2018
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch university shut down an activists' center for its hosting of a lecture by a Palestinian ex-terrorist that Jewish journalists were not allowed to enter. The Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam shuttered the Verrekijker Center on Wednesday for hosting a speech by Rasmea Odeh, fromÃÂ ...
NL Times
December 31, 1999
The Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, criticized the Netherlands for still not increasing Defense spending to 2 percent of the gross domestic product. "We expect more. This is ... He referred to the rise of ISIS and the terrorism that came with it, as well as the Russian annexation of the Crimea.
NL Times
December 31, 1999
According ot the latest figures from the National Coordinator for Counter-terrorism and Security, around 145 children with Dutch nationality are currently in the conflict zone in Syria and Iraq. And at least 30 more children with a link to the Netherlands are in the region, but outside the battlefield. Some of theÃÂ ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
February 22, 2018
Together with EU, the Netherlands and Sweden, Denmark is co-hosting a high-level conference in Brussels today. ... The G5 Sahel Joint Force will only be able to fight terrorism, organised crime and human trafficking effectively if respect for human rights is promoted and a fundamental trust between theÃÂ ...
eNCA
February 22, 2018
Shikhey, 38, a Dutch national who lives in north London, was found guilty of attempting to join IS and arrested in May last year at Stansted Airport by counter-terrorism officers as he prepared to board a flight to Turkey en route to Syria. In his possession were a number of mobile phones and a selfie in whichÃÂ ...
Kuwait News Agency
February 22, 2018
THE HAGUE, Feb 22 (KUNA) -- Kuwait and the Netherlands launched this week a unique project called "Diwaniya" (gathering hall) to promote cultural and ... He told KUNA that the students discussed important issues facing the world such as energy, climate, terrorism and youth, and the joint-cooperationÃÂ ...
Geo News, Pakistan
February 21, 2018
PARIS: A US-sponsored resolution to consider placing Pakistan on a watchlist of countries that financially aid terrorism remained inconclusive after a ... According to official sources, Ismail visited Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands the week before in an attempt to garner support against the US move.
Asharq Al-awsat English
February 20, 2018
During his meeting with Kaag, Hadi pointed to the importance of activating aspects of cooperation with the Netherlands in wake of the war in Yemen. ... on Monday with UK Charge d' Affairs in Yemen Fauna Walker support to the Yemeni government to achieve peace and stability and fight terrorism funding.
RT
February 14, 2018
A delivery driver arrested over a suspected London terrorism plot planned to gun down Jews, Tottenham Hotspur FC fans, Queen Elizabeth II and David Cameron, the Old ... Aweys Shikhey, a 38-year-old Dutch national, has one wife in Kenya and another in the Netherlands, and children with both women.
Telegraph.co.uk
February 14, 2018
The 38-year-old delivery driver who denies preparing terrorist acts had already discussed killing The Queen and David Cameron with a fellow extremist. ... Shikhey, a Dutch national who is originally from Somalia but who has a wife in Kenya and a wife in the Netherlands as well as children with both, wasÃÂ ...
Rudaw
February 13, 2018
ISIS has been declared militarily defeated by PM Haider al-Abadi in Iraq. Europe hasn't been immune to terrorism. In what way is the Netherlands going to continue to support the Kurdistan Region and Iraq to prevent a resurgence or ISIS remnants from re-establishing what they had and in threatening theÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
February 9, 2018
Just this week, the Netherlands announced it was formally withdrawing its ambassador to Ankara after he was denied entry for almost a year and that it will not accept a new Turkish envoy to the Hague. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has compared the Dutch and German governments to Nazis.
The Times
February 6, 2018
Ankara's rhetoric towards Europe has since softened as it has turned its indignation towards the US, which it accuses of supporting Kurdish terrorism. The row with the Dutch government has lingered, however. The ambassador, Kees Cornelis van Rij, was blocked from re-entering Turkey after a trip abroadÃÂ ...
Expatica Netherlands
January 29, 2018
Six Dutch citizens convicted two years ago of involvement in a network to recruit young Muslims to join the Islamic State, will on Tuesday appeal their sentences in a landmark case. Five men and a woman are challenging jail terms of up to six years for their alleged roles in forming "a terrorist organisationÃÂ ...
The Sun
January 26, 2018
... victim who is of Moroccan origin. The boy, described as an adolescent, had been taking part in a kickboxing class at the community centre, reports Het Parool. Terrified witnesses reportedly hid under tables as masked gunmen stormed the building. Police have ruled out terrorism as a motive for the attack.
Science Magazine
January 24, 2018
The police accused him of spying for the Central Intelligence Agency, and last April they charged the dual citizen with terrorism. ... manage to get out have not come back, accelerating Turkey's brain drain, according to İlker Birbil, a Turkish data scientist at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
DutchNews.nl
January 24, 2018
A 24-year-old Dutch woman from Apeldoorn has been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of having links with the terrorist organisation IS. The woman, whose identity is being kept secret by the foreign affairs ministry but was named as Xaviera Rose-Claire Swagemakers by Turkish media, was arrested duringÃÂ ...
Yeni Şafak English
January 23, 2018
Sympathizers of the PYD/PKK terrorist organization attacked a mosque in the Netherlands on Monday night, according to mosque officials. The windows of the Geylani Mosque, which is run by the Geylani Foundation, were broken and the walls were vandalized with slogans related to the terroristÃÂ ...
Human Rights First (blog)
January 19, 2018
He recently made news by saying that Muslim-controlled “no-go-zones” existed in the Netherlands, and that a Dutch politician had been burned by Muslims. ... That some Muslims carry out acts of terrorism, or support organizations with alarming plans for turning the world into a global version of the IslamicÃÂ ...
NL Times
January 11, 2018
The Algemene Inlichtingen en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD), the Dutch intelligence agency, has prevented 4 terrorist attacks from taking place since 2011. That is according to AIVD's chief Rob Bertholee, who commented it in an interview at the TV program College Tour. Bertholee regarded these 4 threats asÃÂ ...
CNN
January 9, 2018
(CNN) The new US ambassador to the Netherlands, who was confronted last month by a Dutch reporter with comments he made in 2015 about ... After leaving Congress in 2011, Hoekstra in 2014 joined the Investigative Project on Terrorism, a non-profit group that describes itself as the "world's mostÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
January 9, 2018
“This is similar to the previous fake news that I have been recently arrested by Dutch authorities as a consequence of Duterteôs Proclamation 374 against terrorism,” Sison recalled. Sison challenged legitimate mass media or any respectable person to verify the fact of his status from the Dutch authorities inà...
The Guardian
January 9, 2018
Mohammed, 36, of Derby, and El-Hassan, 33, of north-west London, denied preparing terrorist acts between November 2015 and December 2016, but a jury found them guilty following a trial at the Old Bailey. The judge, Michael Topolski QC, remanded the pair in custody and said they faced jail when theyÃÂ ...
The Columbian
January 7, 2018
Americans have barely had cross words with the Dutch since New York was New Amsterdam — until now. Trump sent to the Hague an ambassador, Pete Hoekstra, who said that the Netherlands' terrorism problem was so bad that there were “no go” areas. Hoekstra denied to a Dutch journalist that he saidÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
December 26, 2017
Dutch police arrested four men in the northern city of Rotterdam and carried out anti-terror raids in several other Dutch cities, authorities said on Tuesday. "Rotterdam police detained four men early on Sunday evening on suspicion of being involved in terrorism," the Dutch public prosecutor's office said in aÃÂ ...
The Guardian
December 23, 2017
It still, however, remains popular in some conservative and anti-Islamic circles and reached its peak shortly after the January 2015 terror attacks in Paris. In the interview, reporter Wouter Zwart says: “You mentioned in a debate that there are no-go zones in the Netherlands, and that cars and politicians areÃÂ ...
The Economist
December 19, 2017
LAST month a court in the Netherlands convicted a 22-year-old Dutch woman of helping to plan terrorism. It then set her free. Laura H. (her last name is protected under Dutch law), a Muslim convert, had moved to territory controlled by Islamic State (IS) with her Palestinian-Dutch husband in 2015, hoping toÃÂ ...
Daily Sabah
December 14, 2017
The deadliest incident recorded in western Europe was the series of coordinated attacks on Paris in November 2015 that resulted in the deaths of 130 people and was claimed by Daesh terrorists. Data released in July by the Global Terrorism Database showed that there were 30 such attacks resulting inÃÂ ...
MLive.com
December 11, 2017
Rick Snyder. During his tenure in Congress, he served as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. The former lawmaker later worked with the Investigative Project on Terrorism as a Shillman Senior Fellow, specializing in national security, international relations, global terrorism and cyber security.
The Manila Times
December 10, 2017
COMMUNIST Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria “Joma” Sison dismissed statements that he would lose his asylum status following President Rodrigo Duterte's proclamation that the CPP and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), were terror groups. Sison wasÃÂ ...
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