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Brussels train station 'terrorist' bomber shot dead

Belgian soldiers shot and killed a suspected "terrorist" bomber after an explosion rocked a central Brussels train station Tuesday in the latest attack to hit Europe.

Ex-boxing champ steers young Belgians away from jihad

He was one of the best middleweight boxers of his time and is now a Belgian lawmaker, but Bea Diallo says he understands what turns youngsters to the dark side.

World Cup qualifier / Football: Belgium dish up eight-goal feast at Brussels

Dries Mertens and Romelu Lukaku score twice as Belgium destroy Estonia 8-1 to seize top spot outright in World Cup Group H qualifying.

First mercy killing of minor in Belgium: report

A terminally ill child becomes the first minor to be euthanised in Belgium since age restrictions on such mercy killings in the country were lifted in 2014.

Islamic State may be down, but it's far from out

Islamic State (IS) is losing territory, its finances are being drained and the number of foreign fighters recruited has reportedly down to a trickle, dropped by as much as 90 percent from a high of 2,000 a month in the past year.

Brother of Brussels bomber wins European taekwondo title

Belgian Mourad Laachraoui, the younger brother of one of the Brussels airport bombers wins a gold medal at the European Taekwondo Championships.

Brussels attacks: New video of airport bombing suspect

Belgian prosecutors release new footage of the key surviving Brussels airport attacks suspect, showing the route he took after leaving the area.

Brussels attacks: Belgium releases terror murder suspect

A man known as Faycal C, arrested and charged in Belgium with terrorist offences after the Brussels attacks, is released for lack of evidence.

Brussels attacks: Victims and survivors

Names are emerging of some of the hundreds of people killed, injured, or missing following Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels that left at least 31 dead in the three bomb attacks at Brussels airport and Maelbeek metro station.

December 29, 2015
December 29, 2015

Belgium arrests 2 over 'New Year plot'

Belgian police arrest two people suspected of planning attacks in Brussels on New Year's eve.

November 25, 2015
November 25, 2015

Schools and metro reopen in Brussels

The Brussels metro and schools are due to reopen after they were shut four days ago in a security crackdown following the Paris attacks.

November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015

‘Suicide belt’ dumped on Paris street

French police are examining what appears to be a suicide bomb belt dumped on a Paris street, 10 days after the attacks that killed 130 people.

October 26, 2015
October 26, 2015

Migrant crisis: Thousands of new reception places agreed

Another 100,000 spaces in refugee welcome centers will be created under a deal agreed by European leaders at an emergency summit in Brussels.

October 15, 2015
October 15, 2015

EU to meet over Turkey migrant deal

European leaders are to discuss measures to ease the region's migration crisis, with Turkey the focus of their efforts in Brussels.

September 23, 2015
September 23, 2015

Migrant crisis: EU splits exposed as summit looms

Splits within the EU on the relocation of 120,000 migrants are further exposed as leaders gather for an emergency meeting in Brussels.

July 12, 2015
July 12, 2015

Eurozone to resume Greece talks

Eurozone finance ministers are due to resume crunch talks in Brussels on a bailout deal for Greece.

June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015

EU agrees to relocate 40,000 migrants

EU leaders holding late-night talks in Brussels have agreed to relocate tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece.

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