The damage to a centuries-old painting in the Italian museum was just one of many tourist incidents raising ire on the continent.
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U.K. to Ban Palestine Action Group as Terrorist Organization
The British government announced plans to proscribe Palestine Action after members broke into a military air base.
Pro-Palestinian Activists Break Into the UK’s Largest Air Base
The Palestine Action group said two of its members had entered R.A.F. Brize Norton on electric scooters and sprayed red paint in aircraft engines and on the runway.
Visitors Break Crystal Chair in Sit-and-Run at Italian Museum
They came. They sat. They left.
15 Police Officers Injured in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, After Riot Over Alleged Sexual Assault
The police said that attacks on houses and businesses in the town of Ballymena were being investigated as racially motivated, and that 15 officers had been injured.
2 Men Found Guilty of Felling UK’s Sycamore Gap Tree
Two men were found guilty Friday of felling the famous tree in northern England, bringing some closure to a baffling crime that had saddened and mystified the nation.
Mississippi Man Is Charged With Stalking Jennifer Aniston
Prosecutors said that Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, 48, drove through the front gate of Ms. Aniston’s home on Monday after stalking her for nearly two years.
Felling of Sycamore Gap Tree Was ‘Deliberate and Mindless,’ Prosecutor Says
The trial for two men accused of cutting down the 200-year-old Hadrian’s Wall tree opened Tuesday in northeastern England. Both pleaded not guilty.
Trial Opens for 2 Men Accused of Felling Sycamore Gap Tree
The men have pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal destruction. The cutting down of the tree, an icon in Britain, stunned people across the world in 2023.
Attackers Target Prisons in France, Burning Vehicles and Firing Shots
The office of France’s counterterrorism prosecutor said it would begin an investigation into the violence. The justice minister blamed drug traffickers.