Belgium

The European Commission's Transport Unit chief, Henrik Hololei, has been transferred to another post, a spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. The transfer comes after a row over several Qatar-paid trips Hololei...

A 27-year-old worker at a Madrid hotel hosting the Morocco team was arrested for an alleged hate crime after posting derogatory comments on Islam and racist slurs against the...

Determined and consistent effort, despite discrimination and difficulty, is key to building a successful career, according to Turkish women living in Belgium, Anadolu News Agency reports. Speaking to Anadolu...

A group of Belgian organisations yesterday handed a petition to the country's Minister of Economy, Pierre-Yves Dermagne, calling for a ban on trading with illegal Israeli settlements. The petition,...

Turkiye summoned ambassadors of nine Western countries, including the United States and Sweden, on Thursday to criticise their decision to temporarily shut diplomatic missions and issue security alerts following...

An international report warned, Wednesday, that the battle to succeed 87-year-old Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, could lead to "mass protest, repression, violence and even the PA's collapse." The Brussels-based...

Iran and Russia have connected their inter-bank communication and transfer systems to help boost trade and financial transactions, a senior Iranian official said on Monday, as both Tehran and...

The Moroccan government has filed a lawsuit in Belgium against an Israeli woman who claims that she is a Jew of Moroccan origin and her father is the late...

Iran has sentenced a Belgian national to 40 years in jail and 74 lashes for charges including spying, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, a significant increase on the...

Iran has indicted two French nationals and a Belgian for espionage and working against the country's national security, the semi-official Student News Network quoted a judiciary spokesperson as saying on...

Migrants seek refuge  in abandoned building in Brussels

Qatar has expressed its rejection of attempts to associate the Gulf State with misconduct, Al Jazeera has reported. The government in Doha is apparently furious at a Belgian investigation...

Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele has been sentenced to 28 years in prison in Iran for a "fabricated series of crimes", Belgium's Justice Minister said on Wednesday, adding the...

Belgium launched an investigation on Friday into possible corruption involving an unidentified Gulf State and at least one member of the European Parliament, the Federal Prosecutor said. The Prosecutor...

As the race for football's biggest prize heats up, the last eight nations in the running include most of the usual suspects, barring one jarring – and much celebrated...

Sale of Arab and African skulls scrapped by Belgian auction house after outcry.

Rioting broke out in Brussels on Sunday following Morocco's victory over Belgium in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Belgian police have reported. Morocco won 2-0 in the group...

Morocco have boosted their hopes of qualifying for the last 16 of the 2022 World Cup with an impressive 2-0 win over Belgium.

Belgium's Foreign Minister and two other lawmakers cut their hair in Parliament, in solidarity with anti-government demonstrations in Iran triggered by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa...

Internationally, the balance of power, institutions and organisations are changing rapidly. With the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, a renewed quest for influence over the...

Islamophobia remains a growing threat across Europe, with several countries enacting policies that have contributed to the institutionalisation of an issue that should, instead, be stamped out with urgency,...

Five people were arrested in Rome and Brussels for smuggling migrants from Turkiye to western Europe via private jet, in trips costing around 10,000 Euros ($10,000), Italian police said...

A French judge has issued a European arrest warrant against French-born Moroccan Imam Hassan Iquioussen after a court ordered his expulsion to Morocco, French media reported on Friday. Interior...

A Moroccan imam has gone missing after the top administrative court in France issued a decision to deport him back to Morocco, French media outlets reported quoting police sources. According...

Nine European countries on Friday expressed their "deep concern" after the Israeli army closed the offices of Palestinian NGOs in the occupied West Bank, accusing them of being "terrorist"...

Belgian and Luxembourgian associations in solidarity with Palestine organised a protest in several Belgian cities against the participation of an Israeli team, Israel Premier Tech, in the Tour de...

Iran's parliament is to debate a prisoner exchange deal with Belgium, state media said on Monday, after Brussels approved the deal that may lead to the release of an...

Human rights group Adalah yesterday called on the European Commission to take an official and unanimous position against Israel's designation of six Palestinian NGOs as "terrorist" organisations. Adalah's demand...

Belgium today ratified a controversial treaty with Iran that would allow Iranians convicted of terrorism to be extradited to the Islamic Republic. Following a late night debate, voting took...

The Head of Qatar Airways, on Monday, said an "epidemic" of home working has contributed to staff shortages that are being widely blamed for travel disruption in Europe this...

Nine European countries expressed their refusal to stop cooperating with six Palestinian NGOs that the Israeli occupation designated as terrorist organisations in October, due to the lack of evidence...

Belgian lawmakers gave initial clearance on Wednesday to a prisoner exchange treaty with Iran that could lead to the release of an Iranian diplomat convicted of planning to bomb...