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World / Crime & Legal Jan 8, 2019
French jihadi in court over deadly 2014 Brussels Jewish museum attack
A French jihadi appeared in court on Monday as a jury was chosen for his trial for shooting dead four people at a Jewish museum in Brussels in 2014. Mehdi Nemmouche, the first jihadi to return from Syria's battlefields to allegedly launch an attack on ...
World / Social Issues Dec 17, 2018
Clashes erupt as Brussels anti-migration rally draws thousands
Police deployed teargas and water cannon after scuffles broke out Sunday as thousands of people answered a call by far-right groups to reject a U.N. migration pact. Police said some 5,500 people rallied in Brussels' European quarter housing a number of EU institutions. Some held ...
World / Politics Dec 9, 2018
Theresa May says Brexit deal defeat in Parliament could topple U.K. government
Prime Minister Theresa May warned Sunday that Parliament's rejection of her Brexit deal could leave Britain in the European Union and bring the opposition Labour Party to power. The embattled leader's message came with her government fearing a heavy defeat Tuesday of the draft withdrawal ...
World / Politics Nov 18, 2018
British leader Theresa May to travel to Brussels again for talks on future ties with EU
Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday she will return to Brussels this week to hammer out Britain's future relationship with the EU — and overthrowing her will not help negotiations. After a tumultuous week in which the draft divorce deal agreed between London and the ...
World / Politics Oct 20, 2018
Thousands take to streets in London and demand second Brexit vote be held
Tens of thousands of supporters of the European Union began marching through London on Saturday as part of what organizers say will be the biggest-ever demonstration to demand that the British government hold a public vote on the terms of Brexit. The protesters waved the ...
World / Politics Sep 2, 2018
May stands firm on her Brexit plan, but skepticism among other lawmakers persists
Prime Minister Theresa May said she will not allow compromises to her Brexit strategy that go against the national interest, seeking to allay fears among some in her Conservative Party that she will cave in to Brussels' demands in negotiations. But her words drew ...
World / Politics Jul 12, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump shocked allies at a fraught NATO summit on Wednesday by suddenly demanding that members double their defense spending commitments. Trump's surprise demand came after he clashed with Chancellor Angela Merkel, calling Germany a "captive" of Russia because of its gas links ...
World / Politics Jul 8, 2018
Johnson uses colorful language to make point about May's latest Brexit plan
British Foreign Secretary (foreign minister) Boris Johnson strongly criticized Prime Minister Theresa May's latest Brexit proposal in typically colorful terms before agreeing with his colleagues to back the compromise Friday, reports said. Johnson, a leading supporter of a decisive break by Britain from the European ...
World / Crime & Legal Feb 7, 2018
Prosecutors sought a four-year jail term on Tuesday for a man who hired out his apartment to two Islamic State jihadis after the 2015 Paris attacks, but they said there was insufficient evidence to convict him on terror charges. Jawad Bendaoud, who was nicknamed the ...
World Feb 1, 2018
The main terrorism suspect behind the 2015 Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, will go on trial in Belgium under tight security on Monday over the shootout in Brussels that led to his capture. It will be the first public glimpse of the 28-year-old who led police ...
World Dec 7, 2017
Almost 50,000 march in Brussels to 'wake up Europe' over Catalan struggle for independence
A sea of nearly 50,000 pro-Catalonia protesters demonstrated in Brussels on Thursday to show support for the region's deposed president Carles Puigdemont, who addressed the crowd, and to urge the EU to support its drive for independence from Spain. Demonstrators chanted "Wake up Europe!" and ...