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Riot police deployed for a 2nd evening in Brussels park
Apr 03, 2021 05:46Riot police are deployed to a Brussels city park for a second evening, but are faced with much fewer people. Police on horseback and using water cannon charged a crowd of up to 2,000 people gathered in a Brussels park on Thursday for a fake concert announced on social media as an April Fool's Day prank.
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Tehran summons Belgian envoy to protest unlawful ruling against Iranian diplomat
Feb 09, 2021 15:49Tehran has summoned the Belgian ambassador to protest the 20-year jail term handed down by an Antwerp court against an Iranian diplomat on baseless charge, stressing that the Islamic Republic does not recognize the ruling, which violates international law.
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Iran: Belgium sentenced diplomat under MKO terror cult’s influence, violates intl. law
Feb 06, 2021 06:48The Foreign Ministry strongly condemns a 20-year jail term issued in Belgium against an Iranian diplomat as completely unlawful and a result of the European country's falling under the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MKO) anti-Iran terrorist cult’s influence.
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Iran: Belgium sentenced diplomat under MKO terror cult’s influence, violates intl. law
Feb 05, 2021 03:40The Foreign Ministry strongly condemns a 20-year jail term issued in Belgium against an Iranian diplomat as completely unlawful and a result of the European country's falling under the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MKO) anti-Iran terrorist cult’s influence.
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200 arrested at Brussels protest against COVID restrictions
Jan 31, 2021 14:25In Brussels, police arrested around 200 protesters at a non-authorized demonstration against measures aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19 on Sunday.
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Russia slams West for ‘interfering’ in Belarus internal affairs
Nov 27, 2020 02:34Russia has lambasted the Western countries for “interfering” in neighboring Belarus’ domestic affairs, as anti-government rallies continue to plague the country since President Alexander Lukashenko won a sixth term in office.
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Belgian police break up protest against France's role in Africa
Jul 18, 2020 01:40Belgian police have deployed mounted officers and pepper spray in the shadow of EU headquarters to dislodge protesters as European leaders met inside.
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Hamas calls on Belgian govt. to implement resolution against Israel’s annexation plan
Jun 28, 2020 12:21The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has urged Belgium to implement a recently approved resolution, which calls for denouncing Israel’s annexation scheme and adopting punitive measures if the regime goes ahead with its much-condemned plan.
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Belgium’s 1st black mayor demands apology for nation’s colonial past
Jun 20, 2020 08:04Belgium is due a reckoning with its colonial past, and things left unsaid must now be discussed, argues the Congolese-born 72-year-old who became the country's first black mayor.
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President Rouhani urges Iran’s envoys to cement ties with other nations
Jan 22, 2020 03:31President Hassan Rouhani, in a meeting with the Islamic Republic’s new ambassadors to 13 foreign countries, reiterated Tehran’s policy to boost cooperation with other nations and called on the diplomats to cement bilateral ties with them in their tenures.