Last week, an imam in Belgium recited a passage from the Quran in the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region, with the passage widely believed to call Muslims to kill Jews. Many MPs expressed their outrage at the imam’s presence in parliament, and Israel’s ambassador to Belgium was horrified to hear that such a verse was shared with lawmakers. The except from the Quran refers to Al-Ahzab sura,... 

Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, is demanding that the national governments of the European Union release migrants from detention and back into the general population as a coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention measure. Last week, Mijatovic said in a statement that EU member states should “release [migrants]to the maximum extent possible,” given that “immigration... 

An Islamist gunman who shot dead two Swedish football fans and injured others in central Brussels on Monday evening has been shot dead after more than 12 hours on the run, Belgian media reported on Tuesday. The suspect, named as 45-year-old Tunisian national Abdesalem Lassoued, rode his scooter to an intersection at around 7:15 p.m. local time on Monday before opening fire with an automatic assault... 

Two people have been shot dead and others injured in central Brussels on Monday evening and the perpetrator remains at large, Belgian police announced. Authorities have confirmed a shooting took place in Ieperlaan at around 7:15 p.m. local time, and two people of Swedish nationality were killed. The victims are understood to have been supporters of the Swedish national football team and were visiting... 

Three people were injured this week when a suspect already known to authorities embarked on the latest stabbing rampage at a train station in Western Europe, according to reports. The horrifying incident unfolded at around 6 p.m. on Monday evening in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. A man began attacking people aboard a subway train before rushing out and stabbing more victims inside Schuman metro... 

A suspect wielding a club studded with nails was arrested following a tense standoff with police in Belgium this week, according to reports. The wild incident unfolded at around noon on Thursday in Brussels, the de facto capital of the European Union. Officers encountered the male suspect during a patrol in Matongewijk, a neighborhood known as the “African quarter” of the city. The man... 

Emergency responders were forced to flee when they were targeted with fireworks and projectiles while tending to a fatally-injured person who fell four stories on New Year’s Eve in Brussels, according to reports. The disturbing incident unfolded during a night of chaos in the Belgian capital, as authorities were stretched thin by nearly double the number of calls of years past. Paramedics were summoned... 

Moroccan football fans celebrated their World Cup win over Belgium by staging chaotic riots in numerous different European cities. Diversity continues to be a strength. Morocco beat Belgium 2-0 in Group F yesterday, which many regarded as a shock result given the quality of the Belgian team. Whereas some would expect the result to have prompted friendly and good-natured celebrations, Moroccans used... 

All members of the local and federal police – including the CALog (Administrative and Logistics Executives) – who work in Brussels received this Friday morning a “vigilance” alert to inform them that a certain 24-year-old Hamza had just come to go to the emergency room of the Sainte-Anne / Saint-Remi clinic, boulevard Jules Graindor, in Anderlecht, to make threats – in particular that... 

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has come under fire for saying in a recent speech given in Belgium that “Europe is a garden” while the outside world is a “jungle”. There are growing calls for him to retract the analogy and to issue an apology over what many are saying was a speech tinged with racist and imperialistic overtones. He was addressing an audience of his own diplomatic corps. “Europe... 

On Monday, amid rising tensions with Russia over the Ukraine war, NATO drills using nuclear-capable strategic planes will begin in an effort to strengthen the alliance’s deterrent capabilities. The “Steadfast Noon” exercises will be conducted over Belgium, the North Sea, and the UK through October 30. While certain that no live ammunition would be used, NATO has termed the drills... 

A young girl was hospitalized after she was brutally beaten by a howling mob of ‘teens’ in Belgium this week, according to reports. The disturbing incident unfolded on Monday near a school in Beveran, a municipality in the province of East Flanders. Shocking footage of the attack was shared on social media. The victim can be seen surrounded by young people as a larger female shouts at... 

The Dutch farmer protestors are being ‘disappeared’ by government agents and undercover police officers during ‘snatch-and-grab’ arrests, according to reports. In Amsterdam, video footage has surfaced showing undercover police officers violently arresting a civilian. The undercover operation reveals an escalation in tyranny by the government towards the people. Independentsentinel.com reports:... 

Belgium’s Risk Assessment Group has announced a 21-day quarantine for patients with monkeypox after three people in the country were diagnosed with the virus, which has surfaced in over a dozen countries in the past week. The health authority issued the declaration on Friday. A fourth case of monkeypox was diagnosed on Sunday, virologist Marc Van Ranst revealed on social media. He noted that, like... 

A pair of ‘minors’ were apprehended after a photographer was sucker-punched and knocked to the ground in a shocking attack captured on video last month in Belgium, according to reports. The disturbing incident unfolded in broad daylight in Antwerp on April 23, but footage of the assault received widespread attention after it was posted on social media this week by Flemish MP and Antwerp city councillor...