Far-left politics

Eight people were detained by Istanbul anti-terror police early on Nov. 5 in an operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The Istanbul Police Department’s anti-terror teams, together with riot police, raided a number of addresses in the Pendik and Sultanbeyli districts, both located on the Anatolian side of the city.

Police found a Kalashnikov assault rifle, a handgun, a hand grenade and numerous bullets Wednesday while searching homes in Athens and Thessaloniki used by six people who were detained and are linked to bank robberies and possibly terrorist activity.

Bosnia: Arrests of suspected Muslim extremists

SARAJEVO -- Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency early on Wednesday arrested 17 people suspected of having links with the Wahhabi movement.

The operation, codenamed "Damascus," was conducted in 15 cities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, it was announced.

Nikos Maziotis, the self-professed leader of the guerrilla group Revolutionary Struggle who has been at large since July 2012, has been arrested, according to local media reports.

Maziotis was reportedly arrested in Monastiraki, in the center of Athens, on Tuesday after exchanging gunfire with police.

One police officer was injured, reports said.

President Juan Manuel Santos vowed to bring peace to Colombia after winning re-election on June 15, telling rebels his victory shows that voters demand an end to five decades of war.

An interview of Novinite.com with Cas Mudde, an assistant professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia (USA), on far-right and anti-establishment parties in the EU and their outlook for the upcoming European elections.