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Two Arrests in Belgium Over ‘New Year Terror Plot’

Police in Belgium have arrested two people on suspicion of plotting terror attacks in Brussels on New Year’s Eve. Anti-terror raids took place in Brussels, Flemish Brabant and Liege on Sunday and Monday, with police seizing military clothing and computer

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Belgian Police Quiz Brussels School on Paris Attacker, Media Say

The Belgian authorities are questioning staff at a Brussels school attended by one of the Paris attackers whose warnings that he had become worryingly radicalised were missed, press reports said Saturday. The reports, based on Flemish language dailies De Morgen

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Belgian College’s Concerns Over Paris Attacker Ignored

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A police commission is interviewing staff at a Brussels college after education authorities failed to act on concerns that a student who later became one of the Paris suicide bombers had been radicalised, two Belgian newspapers said

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Belgium Arrests Five in Paris Attacks Probe: Prosecutors

Belgian police have arrested a total of five people including two brothers during a series of arrests in connection with last month’s Paris attacks, prosecutors said Monday. Police arrested the two brothers and a third person in a raid on

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Divided Belgium Fails To Agree Climate Targets

When the Belgian government said recently it was hoping for a climate deal it wasn’t talking about the UN talks in Paris — it was talking about its own troubles. Arguments between the French and Flemish speaking regions of an

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Brussels Great Mosque Evacuated Over Suspicious ‘White Powder’

The Great Mosque of Brussels was evacuated and 11 people decontaminated Thursday after the discovery of a suspicious package containing white powder as the EU capital remained on highest possible terror alert. “A parcel was found at the entrance to

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Four Paris Suspects On Belgian Radicals List BEFORE Attacks

Four of the main suspects in the Paris attacks were on a list of radicalised people compiled by Belgium’s intelligence services as early as June this year, officials said on Thursday. The list of 85 individuals included alleged Paris ringleader