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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.

March 24, 2016
March 24, 2016

IS trains 400 fighters to attack Europe in wave of bloodshed

The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum chaos, officials have told The Associated Press.

March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016

Belgium confirms brothers were suicide bombers

Two brothers carried out suicide bombings at Brussels airport and on the metro on Tuesday, the federal prosecutor confirms.

March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016

Bangladesh condemns Brussels attacks

Bangladesh strongly condemns terrorist attacks at the Brussels Airport and Metro Station on March 22, Tuesday, that left about 34 dead and 250 wounded.

March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016

European airports increase security after Brussels attacks

Authorities in Europe and beyond have tightened security at airports, on subways, at the borders and on city streets after deadly attacks on Brussels.

March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016

Western Europe has seen a string of attacks in recent years

Deadly attacks Tuesday at the Brussels airport and a metro station in the city are the latest in a string of attacks in Europe in recent years.

March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016

35 dead in Brussels airport, subway explosions

A series of explosions has ripped through Brussels airport and a metro train on Tuesday, killing around 35 people and injuring more than 200 in the latest attacks to rock Europe.

March 5, 2016
March 5, 2016

EU chief sees first consensus on migrant crisis

EU president Donald Tusk strikes an unusually upbeat note on the migrant crisis as Turkey raised the possibility of taking back non-Syrian asylum seekers.

February 25, 2016
February 25, 2016

Migrant crisis: EU ministers meet amid rising tension

EU ministers meet in Brussels later amid warnings the migrant crisis could threaten the bloc's survival.

January 1, 2016
January 1, 2016

Munich stations evacuated over 'IS attack threat'

Police in Munich evacuated two major railway stations after an intelligence agency warned Germany of an imminent attack, officials say.

December 31, 2015
December 31, 2015

Brussels police arrest 6 over 'New Year terror plot'

Police in Brussels arrests six people in connection with an alleged plot to target the city on New Year's Eve, prosecutors say.