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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 617

Europe

Spain's Defense Minister Margarita Robles arrives for a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
June 3, 2025, 5:28 pm
Spain reneges on $325m purchase of anti-tank missiles from Israel’s Rafael
Withdrawal from deal to buy 168 launchers and 1,680 missiles, signed days before the Oct. 7 attack, comes as Madrid calls for sanctions and arms embargo on Israel over Gaza war
By Lazar Berman and AP
Far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders talks to the media after pulling his party out of the four-party Dutch coalition in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
June 3, 2025, 12:25 pm
Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders quits coalition, likely leading to elections
In late May, PVV party head said his ‘patience was up’ with Dutch PM Dick Schoof, demanding faster implementation of ‘strictest-ever immigration policy’ promised in coalition deal
By Richard Carter
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy delivers opening remarks during the London Sudan conference at Lancaster House in London, April 15, 2025. (Isabel Infantes/Pool Photo via AP)
April 16, 2025, 12:19 pm
UK sanctions Iran-linked Swedish gang for violence against Jewish, Israeli targets
Britain bans entry, freezes assets of Foxtrot and its leadership, a month after similar move by US which cited criminal group’s part in thwarted January 2024 Israeli embassy attack
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows a Hezbollah drone intercepted by Israeli air defense over north Israel on August 25, 2024 (Jalaa Marey / AFP)
April 14, 2025, 12:04 pm
Hezbollah-linked drone smuggling ring uncovered in Europe – report
French paper reveals security agencies in Spain, Germany, France, and the UK thwarted massive smuggling operation targeting Israeli civilians and military
By Stav Levaton
(L-R) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Romania's Interim President Ilie Bolojan, European Council President Antonio Costa and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau begin a plenary meeting at a summit held at Lancaster House in central London on March 2, 2025. (JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP)
March 2, 2025, 6:53 pm
Ukraine’s allies embrace Zelensky in London, warn of ‘once-in-a-generation moment’
UK’s Keir Starmer tells Zelensky Europe is ready to back Kyiv ‘for as long as it takes,’ at talks held days after Trump and Vance publicly berated Ukrainian president
By James Pheby
L: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations event in Jerusalem, on February 16, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) R: Leader and top candidate for chancellor of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz addresses a press conference following a CDU party leadership meeting at the party's headquarters, the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus, in Berlin, on February 24, 2025, (Ina Fassbender/AFP)
February 24, 2025, 6:41 pm
German election winner says he’ll ensure Netanyahu can visit despite ICC warrant
Friedrich Merz vows to ‘find a way’ for PM to travel to and from Germany without arrest; premier hails Merz for ‘openly defying ICC’s scandalous decision’ to accuse him of war crimes
By Agencies
Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and his party's main candidate for Chancellor, addresses supporters in Berlin after the first exit polls in the German general elections were announced on TV, February 23, 2025. (Ina Fassbender/AFP)
February 24, 2025, 3:31 am
Conservatives win German vote, far-right comes 2nd with strongest result since WWII
Likely chancellor Merz accuses Trump of being ‘largely indifferent to the fate of Europe’; AfD makes record gains but all other parties have vowed to keep it out of power
By Agencies
French municipal police officers work to collect evidence at the site of a bladed weapon attack where a man is suspected of killing one person and wounding two municipal police officers in Mulhouse, eastern France on February 22, 2025. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP)
February 22, 2025, 11:37 pm
One dead, several police wounded in ‘Islamist’ stabbing attack in France
French authorities had tried 10 times to deport Algerian-born suspect in attack, in city of Mulhouse, but home country refused to accept him, says French interior minister
By Sebastien BOZO, Antoine POLLEZ and Jurgen HECKER
US tech billionaire and businessman Elon Musk (L) is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, eastern Germany on January 25, 2025. (AFP)
February 16, 2025, 3:47 pm
Germany’s far-right AfD party, shunned by Berlin, basks in Elon Musk’s spotlight
Billionaire Trump confidant insults Chancellor Scholz and lavishes endorsements on far-right party, which commands some 20% in polls, as Germany barrels toward Feb. 23 election
By Frank Zeller and Femke COLBORNE
People look into a cordoned-off area where a man stabbed several people in the southern Austria city of Villach, February 15, 2025. (Wiesflecker/Kleine Zeitung via AP)
February 16, 2025, 2:18 pm
Austrian authorities say Villach stabber was Islamist, pledged allegiance to ISIS
Austrian minister says 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker was radicalized online before killing 14-year-old boy, wounding five others
By Agencies
Syrian national Ahmad G, who allegedly stabbed six passersby in southern Austria on Saturday, killing a 14-year-old and injuring five others. (X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
February 16, 2025, 6:03 am
Syrian asylum seeker stabs passersby in Austria, killing teen, injuring 5
Police say attack was seemingly random, still working to determine 23-year-old attacker’s motive, searching for possible additional suspects
By STEPHANIE LICHTENSTEIN
Illustrative: Police officers stand near the scene of a shooting on the outskirts of Orebro, Sweden, February 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
February 11, 2025, 2:43 pm
Swedish police detain one on suspicion of plotting terror attack
Cops say arrest in Stockholm area unrelated to any previously ongoing cases; detainee suspected of being a member of terror group in case linked to Islamist extremism
By Reuters
The interior of a synagogue in Rouen, France, that a man is suspected of having set on fire, May 17, 2024. The man was shot dead by French police. (AP Photo)
January 23, 2025, 6:39 am
Antisemitic acts remain at ‘historic’ high in France, local Jewish group reports
CRIF say France saw almost 1,600 antisemitic acts in 2024, among them multiple synagogue arsons, rape of 12-year-old girl; figure is down from 2023, but higher than previous years
By AFP and ToI Staff
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech on his decision to dissolve the parliament at Bellevue Palace in Berlin on December 27, 2024. (John MacDougall / AFP)
December 27, 2024, 1:44 pm
Germany’s president dissolves parliament, national election set for February 23
Polls show conservative Union bloc outpacing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left SDP party, while far-right AfD performing strongly despite ostracism by other parties
By David McHugh
A Syrian girl walks down a street in Berlin while wearing a Syrian opposition flag, December 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
December 11, 2024, 8:21 pm
European countries suspend Syrians’ asylum cases, amid calls for deportations
States say they need time to re-assess risk of persecution in post-Assad Syria, as former refugees dread possible forced return; Austrian interior minister orders deportation plans
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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