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Dutch far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders
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Dutch Far Right Politician Faces Judiciary for Hate Speech

by Abdullah Mustafa | Nov 2, 2016 | World

Brussels- Far-right leader Geert Wilders has gone on trial in the Netherlands on charges of inciting discrimination and hatred of Moroccans. At the same time, the Dutch government has announced that Sheikh Alami Abu Hamza, who will be deported by the Belgian...

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British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives for a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (not pictured) on the sidelines of the Climate Summit 2014 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, USA, on September 23, 2014. (EPA/Peter Foley)

Britain, Belgium and Netherlands to debate joining airstrikes on Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 24, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The British, Dutch and Belgian parliaments are to consider proposals to join the US-led coalition’s airstrikes on Iraq, according to reports. Sources in the British prime minister’s office said the UK’s parliament would be recalled from its...

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Supermarket stock in Russia is likely to shrink as a result of the ban on food imports. (EPA/Yuri Kochetkov)

Russia hits back on sanctions, bans food from West

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 7, 2014 | World

Moscow, AP—Russia banned most food imports from the West on Thursday in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine, an unexpectedly sweeping move that will cost farmers in North America, Europe and Australia billions of dollars but will also likely lead to empty shelves...

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Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a news conference at the EU Council in Brussels on June 27, 2014. (Reuters/Philippe Wojazer/Files)

EU edges to economic sanctions on Russia but narrows scope

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 26, 2014 | World

Brussels, Reuters—The European Union reached an outline agreement on Friday to impose the first economic sanctions on Russia over its behavior in Ukraine but scaled back their scope to exclude technology for the crucial gas sector. The EU also imposed travel bans and...

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Honor guards carry a coffin of one of the victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 downed over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine for loading on to a transport plane heading to the Netherlands at Kharkiv airport July 23, 2014. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)

Bodies of Malaysia jet victims to leave Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 23, 2014 | World

Kharkiv, AP—Ukraine prepared a departure ceremony for the bodies of Malaysia Airlines passengers and crew who became victims of fighting raging far below them on the plains of eastern Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Wednesday’s ceremony...