The Czech government has approved tighter welfare and residency rules, citing aid abuse concerns and pressure on state and civil services The Czech government has approved tighter rules for Ukrainian migrants, including restrictions on residency rights and welfare benefits, amid concerns over alleged abuse of aid. The Czech cabinet approved the legislation on Monday at the proposal of Interior Minister Lubomir Metnar, endorsing sweeping changes to seven Ukraine-related laws governing asylum and foreign residency. Officials said the measures were aimed at addressing concerns that Ukrainian refugees enjoyed advantages over local residents. The Czech Republic, a country of 10 million people hosting around 385,000 Ukrainian migrants, has one of the EU’s highest refugee populations per capita, Metnar said. He added that EU discussions on extending refugee protections beyond 2027 could include limits for...
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A team of mostly male officers posed as a female dance troupe during a street festival to catch the suspect off guard A team of Thai police officers have gone viral after disguising themselves as a female dance troupe to arrest a suspected drug dealer during a street festival. The operation took place last week in the Tha Luang district in the central Lop Buri Province, where officers dressed in sparkly outfits to get close to their target without raising suspicion. In a Facebook post, Tha Luang Police identified the suspect as Mekha Fa-wap-wap, who was detained on drug and illegal gambling charges. Police seized 53 methamphetamine pills, more than 200 plastic bags believed to be used for drug distribution, and a mobile phone allegedly linked to an illegal online slot-machine operation. A photo shared after the arrest showed a team of mostly male officers in glittering dresses posing with the handcuffed s...
The move to target Hezbollah could further complicate indirect peace talks between the US and Iran Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to intensify strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon to deliver what he described as a decisive blow to the armed group. The escalation could further complicate indirect talks between the US and Iran, as Tehran has stated that the Israeli military must end its operation against Hezbollah in order for a ceasefire with Washington to be extended. US President Donald Trump previously said Israel should only take “surgical” military action in Lebanon. In a video message on Monday, Netanyahu insisted that Israel is “at war with Hezbollah” and that the country’s authorities “are not taking our foot off the gas.” “On the contrary, I have instructed them [the IDF] to press the pedal even h...
The British outlet has claimed that the Chinese president reproached Japan over “remilitarization” during his meeting with his US counterpart Beijing has refuted a Financial Times report that Chinese President Xi Jinping attacked Japan’s “remilitarization” during talks with US President Donald Trump earlier this month. Xi and Trump met in Beijing on May 13-15 during the first visit by a US president to China in nearly a decade. In a Monday article, the FT claimed that Xi “castigated” Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for her country’s increased military buildup in “an intense diatribe.” According to the British newspaper, Xi grew visibly animated when discussing Japan, catching US officials off guard because the issue had not surfaced in earlier talks with Chinese counterparts ahead of the summit. The outlet described the exchange as the ...
France’s welfare state now masks deeper fracture, rising crime and a political shift in its urban outskirts As a result of the March 2026 municipal elections, as many as 11 French cities came under the control of migrants. This is no exaggeration. First, that was the election agenda itself, formulated with utmost clarity by La Courneuve mayoral candidate Ali Diouara: “My issue is our own, the locals. And when I say ‘our own, the locals,’ I mean Blacks and Arabs.” Second, the new mayors from Mélenchon’s party have already announced a phased disarmament and reduction of the municipal police. It is therefore no surprise that police unions are urging their colleagues to flee left-wing cities where people from the “migration” milieu have come to power. In the city of Saint-Denis, the head of the municipal police and all his deputies resigned, and more than half ...
Terrorism should be condemned wherever it happens, not selectively, the former British MP has said EU leaders are losing their remaining credibility by condemning Russia’s retaliatory strikes against Ukrainian military targets while ignoring Kiev’s deadly drone attack on a college dorm in the Lugansk People’s Republic, former British MP George Galloway has said. Ukraine struck a teacher training college dormitory in the Russian town of Starobelsk with several waves of UAVs on Friday, killing 21 people – most of them teenage girls – and injuring 60 others. On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said it had carried out a large-scale retaliatory raid involving hypersonic Oreshnik systems, as well as other missiles and drones, hitting command centers of the Ukrainian ground forces, military intelligence facilities, air bases, and defense industry enterprises. The ministry stresse...