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French police given more time to question man suspected of planning a terror attack

Related arrests made in Rotterdam

Belgium

Brussels bombings: Belgian police question nine after raids

Belgian police carried out 13 more raids on Sunday in the wake of the deadly Brussels attacks. Nine people were questioned, with five of them later

Belgium

Brussels: three arrested in major police operations

Three people have been arrested in major police operations in Brussels. The Belgian prosecutor’s office confirmed three people had been detained in

United Kingdom

UK man charged with inciting racial hatred after Brussels Tweet

A man from London has been charged by police with inciting after sending a tweet in which he says he asked a Muslim woman to explain the Brussels

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Belgium

Six arrested in Belgium await possible charges

The Public prosecutor will decide whether to bring any charges against those detained during police raids as part of a probe into the Brussels attacks later on Friday.

Belgium

Belgian prosecutor confirms brothers' role in Brussels bombings

Belgium’s federal prosecutor has given more details about the suicide bombings that rocked Brussels on Tuesday. Frédéric Van Leeuw, speaking at a

Belgium

The mood in Molenbeek

The sight of flack-jacketed police as well as military vehicles has become more commonplace in Brussels since a lockdown in the city following the

Belgium

Salah Abdeslam 'cooperating with police', says lawyer

Paris terror attacks suspect has been questioned in Belgium following his arrest on Friday.

Belgium

France and Belgium hail Abdeslam capture

France’s Defence Council has met following the arrest in Belgium of the main surviving suspect in the Paris attacks and a number of other people in

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Police arrest Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam

These were the chaotic scenes in the Molenbeek area of Brussels on Friday as police arrested Salah Abdeslam, Europe’s most-wanted man. His detention

France

Four arrested during counter-terrorism operation in France

Dawn raids took place in Paris and nearby Seine-Saint-Denis

World News

Gang accused of robbing drug dealers in Spain by posing as policemen

Police in Spain have arrested members of a crime gang suspected of robbing drug dealers by pretending to be policemen. Authorities say some 30

World News

What we do we know about North Korea’s US prisoner Otto Warmbier?

Otto Warmbier, 21, is a third-year business student, from the University of Virginia. His family live in Cincinnati, Ohio. Why is he in the news? He

North Korea

US student Otto Warmbier held in North Korea 'confesses to severe crime'

An American student detained in North Korea since early January and accused of carrying out a hostile act against the state has been paraded before

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Colombian Police shootout and arrests

A dramatic first-person video posted to Facebook by Colombian police shows a shootout with and arrest of suspects in the northern city of

Uganda

Violence and vote rigging threatens Ugandan ballot

Uganda prepares to go the polls with incumbant president Yoweri Museveni seeking a fifth term in office.

Belgium

Belgian police detain 10 suspected of operating ISIL recruitment ring

Belgian police have detained 10 people, suspected of operating a recruitment ring for the self-proclaimed Islamic State group. Nine raids were

Pakistan

Pakistan 'foils' plan to free Daniel Pearl's killer

Officials in Pakistan say 97 “hardcore terrorists” have been arrested over several months. Military spokesman Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa said

Italy

Italian paramilitary police arrest 109 suspected Mafia members

A night time anti-Mafia operation in eastern Sicily has resulted in the arrests of 109 people. Those detained are suspected members of the Laudani

World News

Taiwan quake: Developer arrested in collapsed building probe

Witnesses at the scene of the collapsed Golden Dragon building in Tainan say they have seen cans of cooking-oil packed inside wall cavities exposed by the damage, apparently having been used as buildi