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Flawed policies fueling French protests, yellow jackets spill into Belgium
Dec 03, 2018 13:52France, along with other western countries, which had tried to blow out of proportion the isolated incidents of economic protests in Iran as a mass movement against the Islamic Republic, is now facing nationwide demonstrations against the government as Paris is presenting the spectacle of a war zone, threatening to bring down the ruling regime.
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Thousands march against global warming in Belgium
Dec 02, 2018 13:55Thousands of people marched on Sunday in Brussels urging the Belgian government to respect its commitments on countering climate change as a United Nations conference on keeping global warming in check begins in Poland.
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Macron raps Belgium’s F-35 purchase as 'against European interests’
Oct 27, 2018 09:37French President Emmanuel Macron has blasted Belgium's decision to purchase US-manufactured F-35 fighter jets instead of rival European planes, saying that the move “strategically goes against European interests”.
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German ambassador summoned over extradition of Iranian diplomat to Belgium
Oct 11, 2018 02:49Iran has summoned the German ambassador to protest Berlin’s extradition of an Iranian diplomat to Brussels over his alleged link to a planned July attack against the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) in France.
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Belgium officials criticize security failure after attack
May 30, 2018 03:15Belgian officials have criticized the potential security failure that led to the furloughing on Tuesday of a prisoner with a long criminal history who killed two police officers and a bystander in an attack on that same day.
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Two police officers shot dead by gunman who took woman hostage in Belgium
May 29, 2018 07:47A gunman shot dead two police officers and a passer-by in the center of the eastern Belgian city of Liege.
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Refugee girl fatally shot during Belgian police chase
May 18, 2018 12:43Belgian prosecutors say a two-year-old Kurdish girl, who died after police chased a van carrying illegal refugees in southern Belgium, was found with a fatal “bullet” wound.
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Iran basketball team vice champion in 2018 PCU University Games
Apr 29, 2018 06:12Iranian basketball players have ended their campaign at the 19th edition of PCU University Games in Belgium, and finished as the runner-up of the international contest.
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Pompeo lands in Brussels in first overseas trip as top US diplomat
Apr 27, 2018 08:54Mike Pompeo has arrived in Brussels for his first overseas trip in his new post as the US secretary of state to meet key allies in Europe amid a pileup of foreign policy challenges.
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Thousands rally in Brussels to protest racism, discrimination
Mar 25, 2018 08:29Around four thousand people have rallied in the Belgian capital to denounce racism and discrimination and demand equality for all.