EU to grant PM May a Brexit delay, with conditions

By Reuters,

European Union leaders will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit at an emergency summit on Wednesday but will argue over how long...

angela merkel , brexit , European union , President Emmanuel Macron , Theresa May

Belgium apologizes for colonial-era abduction of mixed-race children

By Reuters,

Belgium apologized on Thursday for kidnapping thousands of mixed-race children from Congo between 1959 and 1962, in a move to address the legacy of it...

Belgium , Congo , race

Thousands march in Brussels against U.N. migration pact

By Citizen Reporter,

Thousands of people marched in Brussels on Sunday against a U.N. pact aimed at fostering cooperation on migration, eclipsing a smaller demonstration i...

Brussels

More than 150 governments to adopt U.N. migration pact in Morocco

By Reuters,

More than 150 countries will join a United Nations conference to adopt a global pact to better handle migrant flows, a senior U.N. official said on Su...

European union , German Chancellor Angela Merkel , Morocco , U.N

Belgian PM relaunches government as minority after ally quits

By Reuters,

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel relaunched his government on Sunday as a minority administration after the biggest party in his coalition quit i...

Alexander De Croo , Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel , Didier Reynders , Pieter De Crem

Dispute over UN migration pact fractures Belgian government

By VOA,

Belgium's center-right government is fighting for its survival this week after the largest coalition party broke away from its three partners and said...

Christian Democrat Vice Premier Kris Peeters , De Wever , Dec. 10-11 conference in Morocco , in-your-face campaign , Prime Minister Charles Michel , The right-wing N-VA party , U.N.-backed migration pact , United Nations , VRT network

Brussels police fire water cannon at ‘yellow vest’ protesters

By Reuters,

Belgian police fired water cannon and teargas in central Brussels on Friday to drive back protesters inspired by France’s “yellow vest” anti-tax...

Belgian police hurt in Theresa May motorway mishap

By Reuters,

Two Belgian police motorcyclists were hurt on Friday when a motorist disrupted a convoy carrying British Prime Minister Theresa May and her Belgian co...

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel , Theresa May

Gunman with Islamist links kills three in Belgian city

By AFP,

A gunman on a police watch list for contacts with Islamist extremists launched a brazen suspected terror attack in Belgium, shooting dead two female p...

Belgium , gunman , islamist extremist , police watchlist , shootout

Brussels airport departure hall reopens after deadly bombings

By Reuters,

Brussels airport partially reopened its departure hall on Sunday (May 1), less than six weeks after Islamic State suicide bombers killed 16 people the...

Thousands remember Brussels attacks in sombre, multi-faith march

By Agencies,

Thousands of people attended a commemorative march on Sunday (April 17) in the Belgian capital Brussels, nearly a month after a series of attacks agai...

Belgium , Brussels

Belgian security in the spotlight after attacks

By Agencies,

When a man who had been directly linked to last week's Brussels bombings was released by prosecutors on Monday (March 28), the country's intelligence ...

Belgium , Brussels

Kerry in Brussels to offer US aid against jihadist threat

By VOA,

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is having meetings with Belgian and European Union leaders in Brussels, expressing the condolences of the United St...

Belgium , Brussels , EU , John Kerry , U.S , U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

Bombmaker for Paris attacks killed in Brussels

By VOA,

Intelligence officials said Wednesday that a 25-year-old Islamic State bombmaker who was involved in the Paris attacks in November was one of two suic...

Belgium , Brussels , France , Ibrahim el-Bakraoui , Islamic state , Morocco , Najim Laachraoui , Paris , Paris bombmaker Laachraoui , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , terror , Turkey , Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Paris attack suspect to refuse extradition to France

By Reuters,

Salah Abdeslam, the prime suspect in the November Paris attacks, is cooperating with police but will refuse extradition to France, his lawyer said on ...

France , Paris , Paris attack , Paris attacker , Salah Abdeslam , terror

Paris terror suspect released from hospital

By CNN,

A suspect in the Paris terror attacks was released from a Belgium hospital Saturday, a day after a fierce gun-battle with authorities during his captu...

Belgium , Paris , Salah Abdeslam , terror suspect

Mastermind of Paris attacks killed in raid

By Agencies,

The suspected Islamic State mastermind of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid north of the capital, France confirmed on Thursday...

France , Paris , Paris attacks , terror

Europe shows solidarity, tightens security after Paris attacks

By Agencies,

World leaders responded to deadly attacks in Paris with defiant pledges of solidarity and Europe tightened security after Islamic State said it was be...

europe , Paris attacks , terrorism