French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday he would not do a deal with the extreme-right, but insisted those who vote for Marine Le Pen's National Front should not be demonized.
Germany's Jewish community on Wednesday welcomed a landmark decision to republish Adolf Hitler's manifesto "Mein Kampf" for the first time since World War II, in an annotated edition.
An Italian picture framer who converted to Islam was arrested on Monday in Pesaro in central Italy for allegedly distributing information on how to build bombs, the police said.
Extreme-rightist candidate Marine Le Pen threw France's presidential election wide open on Sunday by scoring nearly 20 percent in the first round. The votes may determine the runoff between Socialist favourite Francois Hollande and incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Some 500 Jews are expected to travel in May to Tunisia's Ghriba synagogue, the oldest in Africa, reviving a pilgrimage scaled back last year amid security fears, the chief organizer said Tuesday.
British authorities re-arrested radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada on Tuesday and began a fresh bid to deport him, saying they had resolved concerns about his treatment in Jordan.
'Celebrated for hundreds of years, this religious rite is an achievement that should not change because it illustrates the openness of Tunisia to the world,' says Tunisia's tourism minister.
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki commemorated the 10th anniversary of a deadly attack on an ancient synagogue Wednesday, a move welcomed by the Arab nation's tiny Jewish population.
French fashion powerhouse Dior on Monday named Raf Simons as chief designer to succeed disgraced John Galliano who was fired more than a year ago for racist outbursts.
