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EU gets tough on African migrants INTERNATIONAL

EU gets tough on African migrants

Encouraged by their success in halting a mass influx of refugees by closing Greek borders and cutting a controversial deal with Turkey, EU leaders are getting tough on African migrants too.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man with knife attacks Brussels police INTERNATIONAL

Man with knife attacks Brussels police

A man wielding a knife attacked two Belgian police officers in the capital Brussels on Wednesday but their body armour protected them and they were unhurt, the police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Belgium arrests five suspects after crime lab blast ARABIA

Belgium arrests five suspects after crime lab blast

Belgian police have arrested five suspects after a blast on Monday at the country's national crime lab just north of Brussels caused major damage but no casualties, prosecutors said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Islamic State claims responsibility for machete attack in Belgium INTERNATIONAL

Islamic State claims responsibility for machete attack in Belgium

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack by a machete-wielding man in Belgium that left two female police officers seriously injured, the group's Amaq news agency said on Twitter.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man in winter coat prompts bomb alert in boiling Brussels INTERNATIONAL

Man in winter coat prompts bomb alert in boiling Brussels

Police sealed off a Brussels square and called in bomb experts after a man was seen wearing a thick coat on a hot summer's day with wires protruding from underneath, but he turned out to be a student researching radiation levels.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man found wearing fake bomb belt causes security scare in Brussels INTERNATIONAL

Man found wearing fake bomb belt causes security scare in Brussels

A man who said he was wearing a bomb belt rigged to explode by remote control caused a major scare in a Brussels commercial district on Tuesday before police found the device contained only salt and biscuits, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Brussels central station evacuated amid heightened security fears INTERNATIONAL

Brussels central station evacuated amid heightened security fears

Brussels central train station was evacuated for about an hour on Sunday because of a suspicious suitcase amid heightened security fears in the Belgian capital ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Belgian police arrest 12 suspected of planning new attacks INTERNATIONAL

Belgian police arrest 12 suspected of planning new attacks

Twelve people suspected of planning new attacks were arrested across Belgium overnight after police carried out about 40 house searches in the country, the federal prosecutor's office said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Role of education stressed in eradicating terrorism ARABIA

Role of education stressed in eradicating terrorism

HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kuwari, Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar’s candidate for the position of Unesco director general, has stressed the role of education in “raising awareness about peace and draining the springs of terrorism...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kerry heads to Saudi ahead of Syria, Libya talks ASIA

Kerry heads to Saudi ahead of Syria, Libya talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry was to leave for Saudi Arabia on Friday to launch a week of efforts to try to end the crises in Libya and Syria.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Migrant arrivals to Greece plunge, as EU-Turkey deal sputters INTERNATIONAL

Migrant arrivals to Greece plunge, as EU-Turkey deal sputters

A controversial EU-Turkey deal dramatically cut the number of migrant arrivals in Greece last month, data showed on Friday, even as a row between Brussels and Ankara threatened to sink the agreement.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Brussels airport departure hall partly opens INTERNATIONAL

Brussels airport departure hall partly opens

The departure hall at Brussels’ Zaventem airport partly re-opened yesterday, 40 days after suicide attacks...

4:45 AM November 25 2016