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January 23, 2022

Clashes as tens of thousands protest Covid rules in Belgium

Police fired water cannon and tear gas Sunday at stone-throwing protesters after tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Brussels against Covid-19 rules. Authorities estimated that around 50,000 people paraded through the Belgian capital — the largest in a spate…

January 23, 2022

Thousands protest in Belgium against Covid rules

Thousands of demonstrators marched through Brussels on Sunday to protest anti-coronavirus rules as the Omicron wave causes infections to reach record highs. AFP reporters said the sprawling crowd appeared far larger than previous demonstrations that have paraded through the Belgian…

January 21, 2022

Belgium issues arrest warrant for Libyan investment chief

A Belgian judge has issued an international arrest warrant for a senior Libyan official as part of an investigation into the management of Libyan assets frozen in Belgium after the fall of the Kadhafi regime in 2011. The Brussels prosecutor’s…

January 20, 2022

Teen pilot completes round-the-world feat

Beaming and waving her arms in the air, teenage pilot Zara Rutherford was euphoric Thursday after completing a solo, round-the-world flying odyssey with the dream of getting into the record books. “It was very difficult but very rewarding,” confessed the…

January 20, 2022

CORRECTED: Belgian court jails trafficker over migrant lorry deaths

A Belgian court sentenced a Vietnamese man to 15 years in prison on Wednesday after convicting him of being the ringleader in the trafficking of 39 migrants found dead in a lorry. Vo Van Hong, 45, was found guilty of…

January 19, 2022

Belgian court jails trafficker over migrant lorry deaths

A Belgian court sentenced a Vietnamese man to 15 years in prison on Wednesday after convicting him of being the ringleader in the trafficking of 39 migrants found dead in a lorry. Vo Van Hong, 45, was found guilty of…

January 19, 2022

Verdict due in Belgium trial over UK migrant truck deaths

A Belgian court on Wednesday is to deliver its verdict in a trial of 23 people suspected of being involved with a gang that smuggled Vietnamese migrants to Britain, 39 of whom died in the back of a truck in…

January 17, 2022

Dutch police find body of abducted Belgian boy

Dutch police late Monday discovered the body of a Belgian child, whose disappearance five days ago sparked a massive search spanning two countries. The body of four-year-old Dean Verberckmoes was found in the southern Dutch Zeeland province after a man…

January 13, 2022

Belgium expels imam who called for burning of Jews

A Moroccan imam who called for the “burning of Jews” in a 2009 video was banned from Belgium in October as a national security threat, the government said Thursday. First revealed by Belgian broadcaster VRT, the expulsion was confirmed by…