World leaders welcome Israel, Hamas ceasefire after 11 days of bloodshed
Israeli security cabinet on Thursday unanimously adopted Egypt's initiative for a bilateral unconditional ceasefire, which took effect at 23:00 GMT on Thursday (May 20).
May 21, 2021, 09:07 AM IST
Belgium cancels all flights as workers stage national strike
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said talks needed to resume by Thursday and added that companies had created 219,000 jobs in the past four years thanks to the government`s policies.
Feb 13, 2019, 15:41 PM IST
Belgian troops kill ''terrorist'' bomber in Brussels train station
The Brussels Central Station was evacuated after a small explosion occurred within the station and the suspect shot by soldiers is dead, local authorities said.
Jun 21, 2017, 08:55 AM IST
Belgium police attack: Man yelling 'Allahu Akbar!' wounds two police officers with machete
A machete-wielding man yelling "Allahu Akbar!" (God is greatest) injured two female police officers before being fatally shot in the Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday, in what the prime minister said appeared to be a terrorist act.
Aug 07, 2016, 09:17 AM IST
Muslims cheered Brussels attacks? Belgian PM backs interior minister's remark
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel backed his outspoken interior minister over comments that a significant number of Muslims had cheered the Brussels bombings, and said supporters of terrorism were a cancer that needed removing.
Apr 18, 2016, 15:30 PM IST
Belgian transport minister steps down over airport security lapses: Official
Two Islamic State attackers blew themselves up in the departure hall at Brussels airport on March 22 in a first wave of coordinated attacks that also hit a Brussels metro station.
Apr 15, 2016, 15:28 PM IST
Last main Brussels and Paris suspects held, threat remains
The main identified suspects in Islamic State attacks on Paris and Brussels are now dead or in custody after Belgian investigators charged two men on Saturday with aiding last month`s Brussels suicide bombers.
Apr 10, 2016, 09:14 AM IST
PM Modi, Belgian PM jointly launch Asia's biggest telescope in Brussels- Watch!
ARIES, the largest optical telescope of its kind in Asia, is a product of Indo-Belgian collaboration.
Mar 30, 2016, 22:26 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to leave on three-nation tour today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 13th India-European Union summit and a bilateral summit with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on Wednesday.
Mar 29, 2016, 08:57 AM IST
Brussels attacks: 35 killed as ISIS claims responsibility, police carry out raids in manhunt
Islamic State claimed responsibility for suicide bomb attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital on Tuesday which killed at least 30 people, with police hunting a suspect who fled the air terminal.
Mar 23, 2016, 04:23 AM IST
Islamic State flag found with dead Brussels gunman
The assailant has been named as Mohamed Belkaid, 35, an Algerian national living illegally in Belgium, who was killed by a police sniper in Brussels.
Mar 16, 2016, 18:10 PM IST
Vast anti-terror operation under way in Brussels after shootout
A vast police operation was under way in Brussels on Wednesday after a Kalashnikov-wielding assailant was killed and four officers wounded during an anti-terror search linked to the Paris attacks.
Mar 16, 2016, 15:35 PM IST
EU chief warns `lot to do` for deal to avoid British exit
European leaders have a lot of work to do at a summit in Brussels to reach a deal to prevent Britain becoming the first country to crash out of the bloc, EU president Donald Tusk warned Friday.
Feb 19, 2016, 08:57 AM IST
Suicide vest found in Paris raises possible link to suspect
The security measures, already in place for three days, have severely disrupted normal life in the capital.
Nov 24, 2015, 07:32 AM IST
Brussels on high alert as police hunt Paris attack fugitive
The country's crisis center said the alert level would only change this week if a significant breakthrough by investigators warranted it.
Nov 24, 2015, 03:45 AM IST
Brussels terror alert stays, schools, metro to reopen Wednesday
It decided to reopen schools and the underground metro from Wednesday.
Nov 24, 2015, 02:22 AM IST
Arrests in Brussels raids but Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam still on run
Abdeslam's elder brother Brahim blew himself up outside a Paris bar in the November 13 attacks.
Nov 23, 2015, 10:03 AM IST
Belgium police arrest 16, Paris fugitive still at large
While Brussels was kept on the highest of four alert levels, the rest of the country remains on a Level 3 alert, meaning an attack is "possible and likely."
Nov 23, 2015, 07:11 AM IST
Brussels to stay at highest security alert, hunts suspects
With the world on edge over the jihadist threat, US President Barack Obama said the most powerful tool in the fight against IS was to say "that we're not afraid".
Nov 23, 2015, 01:36 AM IST
Paris attack: Brussels terror alert continue
Belgium's capital Brussels continues to remain under the country's highest terror alert level as authorities warned of a possible imminent threat a week after deadly attacks in Paris on November 13, media reports said on Sunday.
Nov 22, 2015, 14:23 PM IST
