A police operation reportedly linked to the deadly March attacks has taken place in the Brussels district of Etterbeek, local media reported, adding that at least 50 police officers, including snipers and deminers, were deployed. The police searched a building in the area, a Reuters journalist at the scene said, adding that forensics experts were seen entering the building. The building’s resident... 

The individual who authorities suspect could be the infamous “man in the hat” seen walking alongside the Brussels Airport suicide bombers is a Syrian “refugee” who arrived in Greece last September. According to a report in France’s Le Monde newspaper, the “man in the hat” could be Naim al-Hamed, who was born in Syria in 1988 and arrived in Europe amongst the wave of refugees who entered... 

A blast at the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels has killed at least 20 people according the local transport operator STIB. The explosion took place less than an hour after a deadly airport suicide bombing, which killed at least 14 people, making a total of 34 killed, plus dozens of other people injured. The Belgian broadcaster mentions that the death toll is between at least 20 people, while a further...