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Brussels airport won't be fully operational for 'months'

Brussels airport says it will take months to get the busy transport hub fully operational, after last week’s deadly bombings. It was hoped that some

Syria

Demining Palmyra - scores of bombs feared hidden in the historic city

Russian military engineers are preparing for an unusual mission

Europe News

Brussels "still in shock" one week after suicide bomb attacks

Authorities at Brussels Zavatem airport say it could take months before the airport reopens at full capacity. On Tuesday, staff were carrying out

Belgium

The week that changed Brussels forever

Follow the horror as it unfolded - told in the words of those involved

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Belgium

Brussels bombings: Survivors, rescuers and religious leaders unite at cathedral service

Survivors of the Brussels bombings, rescuers and religious leaders of all faiths have come together at a cathedral service in the Belgian capital

Sport

Terror pushed to the sidelines for France and Belgium friendlies

Belgium coach Marc Wilmots insisted life must go on as his side prepare to face Portugal in friendly on Tuesday a week after the twin terrorist

Tunisia

UN chief visits Tunisia as anti-terror efforts continue

Ban Ki-moon has honoured victims of terrorism in Tunisia and elsewhere just over a year after the massacre at the Bardo national museum in the

Pakistan

Pakistan to launch a paramilitary crackdown in Punjab

The news comes after scores die in an Easter Sunday bombing at a park in Lahore

Pakistan

Pakistan: what is behind the bombings in Lahore?

In the aftermath of the deadly blasts in Pakistan there are many questions. Who are the Taliban, the same as the fighters in Afghanistan and what the

Belgium

Who were the people who died in the Brussels attacks?

The number killed in last Tuesday’s bombings at Brussels Airport and a rush-hour metro has risen to 35, not including the three suicide bombers. In

France

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

Related arrests made in Rotterdam

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Brussels: water cannon used to disperse protesters

Police used water cannon to disperse group of several hundred protesters attempting to disrupt a vigil in Brussels on Sunday (March 27). Dozens of

Pakistan

Christians targeted in deadly bomb attack in Lahore

Police in Pakistan are hunting militants behind a suicide bomb attack that has killed at least 69 people and injured at least 300 more. Sunday’s

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: a city on edge after a week of terror

Amid a strong police presence, hundreds of people remained gathered in central Brussels on Sunday evening to pay their respects to the victims of

Belgium

Brussels mayor deplores 'hooligans' who disrupted Place de la Bourse

Several hundred protesters, many of whom appeared to be right-wing nationalists, disrupted a vigil in central Brussels being held to honour the

World News

Terror investigation: four more detained in Belgium

Belgian police have detained four more people in anti-terror raids in several cities, following Tuesday’s bomb attacks in Brussels, prosecutors say

World News

Use weapons of love to combat violence, says Pope on Easter Sunday

Use the weapons of love to combat blind and brutal violence, that was Pope Francis’ message on Easter Sunday. Security was tight for the traditional

Belgium

Remembering Brussels: archiving messages at Place de la Bourse

Soon after the attacks in the Belgian capital, a makeshift memorial sprung up at Place de la Bourse, now archivists hope to preserve the messages.

Syria

Palmyra recaptured from ISIL, military source

"After heavy fighting during the night, the army is in full control of Palmyra -- both the ancient site and the residential neighbourhoods," a military source said.