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Analysis - Brussels attacks another reminder of Belgian security's weak link
8:14:31 PM

Police stand guard at Midi train station following   bomb attacks in Brussels, BelgiumBy Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Belgian government warned at the weekend that there might be an attack after the security services captured their most wanted man. Tuesday's explosions, which killed at least 30 people at the main Brussels airport and an underground rail station, came just days after Belgium's security services caught the last surviving suspect in November's attacks on Paris. Belgium has announced 400 million euros ($450 million) of extra spending to upgrade its security capabilities since it emerged that the country of 11 million people served as the base for the Paris attackers who killed 130 people.




Dutch police fire warning shot in drug suspects' arrest
8:09:08 PM
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A police officer fired a warning shot during the arrests of three men near Amsterdam's central station on Tuesday evening, Dutch police said in a statement. The incident, which appeared to be drug-related, took place as police at airports and train stations around the Netherlands were on a high alert following bomb attacks in Brussels earlier in the day. Police cars had hemmed in the suspects' speeding vehicle on a major thoroughfare near the station after a pursuit and one suspect was immediately arrested. ...


Obama - Coalition will continue hitting Islamic State after Belgium attacks
7:30:04 PM

U.S. President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and   their daughters Malia and Sasha stand during a minute of silence prior to a   baseball game between Tampa Bay Rays and Cuba's National Team at Estadio   Latinoamericano in HavanaPresident Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the U.S.-led coalition will continue hitting Islamic State militants after attacks in Belgium that killed at least 30 people. The coalition is going to continue "pounding ISIL and we're going to go after them," Obama told ESPN during a baseball game in Havana between Cuba's national team and the Tampa Bay Rays. Obama was attending the baseball game as part of what is the first visit to Cuba by an American president in 88 years.




U.S. airports on edge after deadly Belgium bombings
7:26:31 PM

A police officer with a dog search bags at Union   Station in WashingtonBy Barbara Goldberg and Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Airports in major U.S. cities were on high alert on Tuesday, with police out in force after at least 30 people were killed in bombings on Brussels airport and a rush-hour subway train, though officials said there was no specific threat to the United States. U.S. President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential election contender Hillary Clinton vowed to do more to take on militants, while Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump called for tighter border security and suggested U.S. intelligence services could use torture to head off future attacks.




Brazil probe finds systematic Odebrecht graft, World Cup links -prosecutors
7:22:24 PM

A man walks behind an Odebrecht placard in front of   the headquarters of Odebrecht SA in Sao PauloBy Caroline Stauffer SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors said on Tuesday they uncovered systematic corruption at engineering conglomerate Odebrecht, with an office that paid bribes on work for World Cup soccer stadiums and Olympics legacy projects. Police had arrest orders for 15 people in the latest phase of a massive two-year investigation of a kickback scheme at state-run oil firm Petrobras, including Odebrecht executives and money launderers, said Police Chief Igor Romario. Several top executives and politicians have already been imprisoned in the case, which threatens to play a role in toppling President Dilma Rousseff, who is facing impeachment proceedings for an unrelated matter involving alleged illegal mismanagement of the budget.




Brazil's Rousseff says 'will never resign,' urges impartial courts
7:17:52 PM

Brazil's President Rousseff speaks during a   meeting with jurists at Planalto Palace in BrasiliaBrazil's President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday she will not resign under any circumstances and equated a bid to impeach her to a "coup d'etat" against democratic rule because she had committed no crime. Rousseff urged Brazil's Supreme Court to remain impartial in the political crisis that has threatened to topple her government as opponents seek her impeachment in Congress amid a widespread corruption scandal that has reached her inner circle. "I will never resign under any circumstances," the embattled president said in a speech to legal experts.




Police issue wanted notice for suspect after Brussels attacks
7:12:11 PM

A man, who police have issued a wanted notice on   suspicion of involvement in the Brussels airport attack, is shown in this image   taken from surveillance footage released by Belgian policePolice issued a wanted notice for a man suspected of involvement in Tuesday's bomb attacks at Brussels airport that left at least 10 people dead. Calling for information, they issued a photograph of a man, dressed in a white shirt and jacket and wearing a dark hat as he pushed a luggage trolley through the airport.




Former FIFA official Takkas extradited to U.S. - Swiss judiciary
7:05:11 PM
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Costas Takkas, former secretary-general of the Cayman Islands Football Association, was extradited from Switzerland to the United States on Tuesday as part of a crackdown on alleged corruption in football, Swiss judicial authorities said. "Two U.S. police officers took charge of (Takkas) in Zurich and accompanied him on the flight to New York," the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) said in a statement. Takkas, a British citizen, was one of 14 football officials and sports marketing executives indicted by the United States last year on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges involving more than $150 million in payments.


Ivory Coast arrests 15, seeks leader of al Qaeda beach attack
7:00:47 PM
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast authorities have arrested 15 people in connection with an attack claimed by al Qaeda that killed 19 people at a beach resort this month, a state prosecutor said on Tuesday. Gunmen shot swimmers and sunbathers before storming into several hotels when they burst onto the beach in the town of Grand Bassam, 40 km (25 miles) from the commercial capital Abidjan, on March 13. Adou gave no further information on those arrested, declining to give their nationalities out of concern that their countrymen living in or visiting Ivory Coast could become the target of violent reprisals.


Islamic State claims Brussels suicide attacks, killing at least 30
6:43:54 PM
By Philip Blenkinsop and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for suicide bomb attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital on Tuesday which killed at least 30 people, with police hunting a suspect who fled the air terminal. Police issued a wanted notice for a young man in a hat who was caught on CCTV pushing a laden luggage trolley at Zaventem airport alongside two others who, investigators said, had later blown themselves up in the terminal, killing at least 10 people. Officials said 20 died on the metro train close to European Union institutions.


Islamic State flag, bomb found in house search in Brussels - VRT
6:28:13 PM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian police found a bomb and an Islamic State flag during a house search in the Brussels district of Schaebeek, public broadcaster VRT said on Tuesday. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said police were carrying out raids after the attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train that left at least 30 people dead. (Reporting by Julia Fioretti; editing by Barbara Lewis)


Trump urges waterboarding and more after Brussels attacks
6:08:33 PM

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump   waves after addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)   afternoon general session in WashingtonBy John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States should use waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques when questioning terror suspects, and renewed his call for tougher U.S. border security after the attacks in Brussels. "Waterboarding would be fine. If they can expand the laws, I would do a lot more than waterboarding," Trump said, adding he believed torture could spark useful leads for officials.




Islamic State's claim for Brussels bombings likely authentic - U.S.
6:01:52 PM

Police control the access to the central train   station following bomb attacks in Brussels, BelgiumU.S. agencies believe the claim of responsibility by Islamic State for the deadly Brussels attacks on Tuesday is authentic, U.S. officials told Reuters. The officials said they believe that the attacks were most likely carried out by militants linked to 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam, the suspected participant in Nov. 13 Paris attacks who was captured last week, and the cell that carried out the Paris attacks.




Kesha appeals court decision, likening recording contract to slavery
5:35:14 PM

Singer Kesha arrives at the 2014 MTV Music Video   Awards in InglewoodPop star Kesha has appealed a court decision that ties her to a recording contract with companies owned by music producer Dr. Luke, who she has accused of rape, saying the ruling was akin to slavery. The "Tik Tok" singer, 28, has been seeking to nullify her six-album recording contract with her producer Dr. Luke, his associated record labels, and Sony Music.




Police issue wanted notice for Brussels airport bombing suspect
5:14:06 PM

A man places a Belgian flag on a memorial in Brussels   following bomb attacks in Brussels, BelgiumBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Police issued a wanted notice for a man suspected of involvement in Tuesday's bomb attacks at Brussels airport. Calling for information they issued a photograph of a man, dressed in white and wearing a hat, as he pushed a luggage trolley. (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee and Julia Fioretti, editing by Barbara Lewis)




At Brussels airport, kids thought "fireworks", parents knew "bomb"
5:14:06 PM

Rescue workers treat victims at the airport, in this   image taken from television video, after a blast in BrusselsBy Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Horst Pilger said his children thought fireworks were going off when the first explosion struck on Tuesday, but he instantly knew that Brussels Airport was under attack. It was massive." Pilger, an Austrian who works for the European Union, was planning a short family trip to Rome and, two hours before departure, was sitting at a coffee shop in the main departure hall. It was a bit distant, but fairly loud," Pilger said by telephone from a hotel opposite the terminal building where travellers have been take by airport staff.




Rob Ford, notorious for smoking crack while Toronto mayor, dead at 46
4:39:46 PM

Toronto Mayor Ford wipes his face during council at   City Hall in TorontoBy Andrea Hopkins and Matt Scuffham TORONTO (Reuters) - Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, whose tumultuous four years as leader of Canada's largest city included an admission he smoked crack cocaine and a history of erratic behavior, died on Tuesday after struggling with cancer. Ford, 46, was serving as a city councillor and undergoing treatment for an aggressive form of cancer that recurred despite surgery and several rounds of chemotherapy. The man who replaced Ford as mayor, John Tory, offered condolences, calling Ford "a man who spoke his mind and who ran for office because of the deeply felt convictions that he had." Ford, married and a father of two young children, was diagnosed with a rare and hard-to-treat cancer in September 2014 after being hospitalized with abdominal pain.




Islamic State claims Brussels blasts - Amaq agency
4:24:29 PM

Still image shows people fleeing from Brussels   airport shot by bystander in immediate aftermath of blasts at the airport near   BrusselsIslamic State claimed responsibility for two bomb attacks that killed at least 30 people in Brussels on Tuesday, a news agency affiliated with the group said. "Islamic State fighters carried out a series of bombings with explosive belts and devices on Tuesday, targeting an airport and a central metro station," the Amaq agency said. The attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital came four days after Brussels police captured the prime suspect in attacks by the jihadist groups in Paris.




Non-essential staff at Belgian nuclear plants Doel and Tihange sent home
4:24:29 PM

General view of the Tihange nuclear plant in TihangeStaff not essential for the running of nuclear plants in Doel and Tihange in Belgium have been sent home at the request of Belgian authorities following the deadly attacks in Brussels, the plants' French operator, Engie, said on Tuesday. A spokesman for Engie - which owns and operates seven reactors in Belgium through its Electrabel unit - told Reuters that key staff remained on site to continue operating the facilities, however. "Only those who are really needed are staying, the other people were sent home," Belgium's Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) spokeswoman Nele Scheerlinck told Belgian daily Het Laatste Nieuws.




Russian court sentences Ukrainian pilot to 22 years in jail
3:48:37 PM

Former Ukrainian army pilot Savchenko smiles from   glass-walled cage during verdict hearing at court in Donetsk in the Rostov regionBy Gennady Novik and Alexander Reshetnikov DONETSK, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years in jail on Tuesday after finding her guilty of involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists during the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said his country would never recognise the verdict of what he called a "kangaroo court" and called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to send Savchenko back home to Ukraine. Fighting in eastern Ukraine has subsided since a fragile ceasefire was agreed, but Savchenko's trial showed the depth of bitterness that remains.




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