
Belgium: Four Dead After Train Collides with School Minibus
Images from Buggenhout showed a severely damaged minibus lying on its side near the railway line, with emergency tents set up nearby.

Images from Buggenhout showed a severely damaged minibus lying on its side near the railway line, with emergency tents set up nearby.

Mohamed Bakkali, convicted for helping organise the 2015 Paris terror attacks that killed 130 people, will be allowed to leave prison temporarily despite objections from Belgian prosecutors.

Sentenced to 30-years for his role in 2015’s deadly terrorist violence, one conspirator is being allowed temporary release from his Belgian prison cell due to “good behaviour.”

Officers report increasing aggression during operations on Belgium’s coast, confronting alleged “violent ex-soldiers” from Iraq and Afghanistan supporting human traffickers.

A political storm has erupted in Belgium after VRT reportedly withheld sensitive data from a major social attitudes survey.

De Wever rejected U.S. criticism and stressed Belgium’s separation of powers, saying the executive power cannot interfere in judicial processes.

A legal probe into ritual circumcision has triggered a diplomatic standoff, with the Israeli foreign minister accusing Belgium of joining a ‘shameful list’ of nations criminalizing Jewish tradition.

A settlement by ING Belgium closes proceedings brought about by suspected failures to report transactions tied to the Reynders probe.

The government is in negotiations with French Engie to take over the seven nuclear plants the company manages in Belgium.

Figures reveal a widening divide between high-crime Western states and far lower rates in Central and Eastern Europe.