Despite a decade of efforts and various resolutions, the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war and to spread terror remains rampant in armed conflicts, states a report by the United Nations. InfoMigrants summarizes the number of cases documented by the UN in 12 conflict settings.
An Italian court has sentenced a bus driver to 24 years in prison for hijacking of a school bus. The judges considered this an act of terrorism. The man was reportedly motivated by "political reasons" and his opposition to the hardline anti-migration policies of the then interior minister.
The government in Cyprus has announced it will deport 17 migrants as soon as international flights allow. The migrants, whose nationalities and alleged crimes have not been disclosed, are being held in a detention center on the island.
In the first 24 hours of its release on January 1, the musical comedy Tolo Tolo was the biggest grossing Italian film of all time. Its subject matter: migration, Italian society and the right to dream, which has set Italy talking.
Thousands of foreign 'IS' supporters are held in Kurdish camps in Syria. Most European countries refuse to repatriate them, but Kosovo is bringing its citizens home. DW met with one female returnee under house arrest.
Amnesty International reported at the weekend that Ahmed H., a Syrian man who spent four years in Hungarian prisons after being “unjustly convicted” of terrorism charges, has finally been allowed to return to his wife and family in Cyprus.
A man reportedly used a letter opener to injure a soldier on patrol in Milan, a day after attacking people with a pen. Other soldiers managed to subdue the suspect, who allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the arrest.
Two Afghan migrants who were arrested with three others from the same country in February on terrorism charges in Bosnia will be deported to Serbia, where they were last registered and where local institutions say they do not pose a threat.
Yazidi religious authorities have walked back on a decision suggesting they would accept the children of women raped by Islamic State group captors. While the children are innocent, to many, they represent genocide.
The German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia has deported three men from Bosnia Herzegovina, who had been classified as Islamist threats.
Bosnian Security Minister Dragan Mektic said about 70,000 migrants are ready to depart Greece for countries in western Europe. The situation concerns Bosnia because many of the migrants may attempt to reach Europe through the Balkan route.
Two of the three suspects reportedly tried to build a homemade bomb and considered carrying out an armed or vehicle attack. Prosecutors accused the suspects of planning an "Islamist motivated attack."