Belgium

Belgian police break up protest against France's role in Africa

Jul 18, 2020 06:10

Belgian police have deployed mounted officers and pepper spray in the shadow of EU headquarters to dislodge protesters as European leaders met inside.
Hamas calls on Belgian govt. to implement resolution against Israel’s annexation plan

Jun 28, 2020 16:51

The 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.
Belgium’s 1st black mayor demands apology for nation’s colonial past

Jun 20, 2020 12:34

Belgium 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.
President Rouhani urges Iran’s envoys to cement ties with other nations

Jan 22, 2020 07:01

President 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.
Belgian court once again postpones extradition hearing of ex-Catalan leaders

Dec 17, 2019 08:00

The Belgian court has once again postponed the extradition hearing of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and his former councilors Toni Comín and Lluís Puig until February.
Thousands march in Belgium to protest violence against women

Nov 25, 2019 13:46

Around 10,000 people took part in a protest march in Brussels on Sunday, calling for an end to violence against women, police said, a day after similar demonstrations in France and Italy.
Belgium: Farmers hit streets with tractors to protest EU-Mercosur trade deal

Jul 12, 2019 04:22

Dozens of farmers have driven through Brussels with their tractors, before parking them in front of the European Commission headquarters, to condemn the recently agreed EU-Mercosur free trade deal linking markets in South America and Europe.
France, Belgium planning false flag Syria chemical attack: Russia

Mar 30, 2019 05:47

Russia has warned that the intelligence agencies of France and Belgium - in cooperation with terrorists and "pseudo-humanitarian" volunteers - are preparing to conduct a false flag chemical attack in Syria.
Iraqi court sentences Belgian man to death for Daesh membership

Mar 19, 2019 06:54

A court in Iraq has sentenced a Belgian national to death by hanging over his membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in criminal acts in the war-ravaged Arab country.
UN Palestine committee slams Trump's unilateralism

Mar 07, 2019 05:41

A United Nations committee charged with pursuing the rights of Palestinians visits Brussels to lobby EU officials, lawmakers and civil society organizations.