EU agrees to continue accession talks with Turkey
Anti-government Alevi protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Istanbul June 23, 2013. The European Union is on the verge of scrapping a new round of membership talks with Turkey, a move that...
View ArticleBelgium lays aside divisions for a day to swear in king
(L-R) Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Queen Paola of Belgium, King Albert II of Belgium and King Philippe of Belgium greet the population from the balcony of the Royal Palace after his swearing-in ceremony...
View ArticleHezbollah ‘military wing’ added to EU list of terrorist organizations
A picture taken on November 11, 2009, shows Hezbollah fighters, holding up Lebanese flags and the yellow flag of the militant Shiite Muslim group, as they parade on the occasion of Martyr’s Day in the...
View ArticleCrimea asks to join Russia after Soviet-style vote
People react after the end of a referendum in Sevastopol, in the Crimea region in Ukraine, on March 16, 2014. (EPA/Zurab Kurtsikidze) Simferopol and Brussels, Reuters—Crimea formally applied to join...
View ArticleSuspect in Jewish museum killings went to Syria
Paris prosecutor François Molins holds a press conference on June 1, 2014, in Paris after a 29-year-old Frenchman was arrested over last week’s fatal shooting at a Jewish Museum in Brussels. (AFP...
View ArticleG7 willing to step up sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
Leaders take part in the G7 summit in Brussels on June 5, 2014. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) Brussels, Reuters—The world’s leading industrialized nations threatened on Wednesday to impose harder-hitting...
View ArticleUS-led coalition has weakened ISIS, Kerry says
US Secretary of State John Kerry sits next to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi during a high-level meeting of the 60-member coalition fighting ISIS, in Brussels, Belgium, on December 3, 2014. (AFP...
View ArticleTroops take to Belgian streets to guard against attacks
Belgian paratroopers guard outside a Jewish school in the central city of Antwerp January 17, 2015. (Reuters Photos.)Brussels, Reuters—Belgium is deploying hundreds of troops to guard possible...
View ArticleBreakdown of talks over Greece prompts fresh market jitters
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis gives a press conference on February 16, 2015 at the end of a Eurogroup finance ministers meeting at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium. (AFP...
View ArticleEuro zone may need extra summit to clinch Greek deal
A Greek and a European flag flutter outside the Greek embassy in Brussels on February 19, 2015. (Reuters/Yves Herman) Brussels and Athens, Reuters—Euro zone finance ministers will try again on Friday...
View ArticleBelgium: State of Alert over Potential Terror Attack
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Brussels-Belgian police recently received information on terrorists exiting Syrian territory and heading to Belgium. The terrorists are rumored to intend … continue...
View ArticleTrain Station Evacuated in Brussels amid Heightened Security Measures
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Brussels- Brussels central train station was evacuated for about an hour on Sunday because of a suspicious suitcase amid heightened … continue reading Train Station...
View ArticleMan Arrested in Brussels after Bomb Alert
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. A man with a fake suicide belt was taken into custody after a bomb scare at City 2 shopping center … continue reading Man Arrested in Brussels after Bomb Alert
View ArticleCharges against Terror Cell Plotting to Attack Euro 2016
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Brussels-The French Nice terror attack which killed 84 people and injured 202, came after information was received on ISIS recruits … continue reading Charges against...
View ArticleISIS’s French Corps in Nice Attacks
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Dubai-Europe witnessed thirteen terrorist attacks during 2015-2016, ten of which took place in France. They started with Charlie Hebdo attack … continue reading ISIS’s...
View ArticleAmateur Terror Attacks may Mark a New Chapter in ISIS’ War in Europe
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Berlin-ISIS’ war on Europe seems to have entered a dangerous new phase, evolving from highly coordinated operations on the grand … continue reading Amateur Terror Attacks...
View ArticlePolice Arrest 2 Suspected of Planning Attack in Belgium
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Police arrested two men “suspected of planning an attack” in Belgium after house searches during raids late Friday, federal prosecutors … continue reading Police Arrest 2...
View ArticleISIS Aggravates Violence in West while Losing Control in Syria, Iraq
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. In line with the bloody operation in Nice, ISIS’s weekly magazine “al-Naba” published an editorial entitled “Crusaders- Illusions in Caliphate’s … continue reading ISIS...
View ArticleU.S. Sanctions Suspect in Brussels, Paris Attacks
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. Washington, London- Several Western states, mainly the U.S. and Britain and other European countries, have intensified their preventive security measures … continue...
View ArticleThree Terror Suspects Are Released After Being Questioned in Brussels
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English. In a statement that they made yesterday, Belgian prosecutors said that three people arrested on Thursday night in the vicinity … continue reading Three Terror Suspects Are...
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