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Qatar champions diplomacy as Belgium and Rwanda restore ties

Qatar's diplomatic success with Belgium and Rwanda may enhance its influence in Gulf and US-Iran negotiations, impacting regional stability. The post Qatar champions diplomacy as Belgium and Rwanda restore ties appeared first on Crypto Briefing .

Sep 23, 2026 · byCryptoBriefing

Qatar says ‘no alternative to diplomacy’ as Belgium and Rwanda restore ties

Doha lauded for mediating Brussels-Kigali rupture, showcasing its trusted role in international peace efforts.

Sep 23, 2026 · byAl Jazeera

US refusing to give Sudan's de facto leader visa for UN

In tonight's edition, the United States is withholding a visa for Sudanese army chief al-Burhan ahead of his scheduled UN appearance. Also, Ghana’s beefing up its drugs authority in the wake of  major drug busts in France, Belgium and South Africa. And it’s back-to-school season in Ivory Coast.

Sep 22, 2026 · byFrance 24

Top Spanish court helps clear Catalan leader’s return

Carles Puigdemont fled to Belgium to avoid arrest and remains the subject of an arrest warrant.

Sep 22, 2026 · byCourthouse News

Football Daily | Klopp, Xavi, Zidane, Mancini: big nations ready to unleash bigger dogs

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! While Thomas Tuchel continues to gaslight his employer s at the FA into believing he was in no way responsible for England’s comically shambolic semi-final exit at the hands of Argentina, not every head coach who underperformed at the Geopolitics World Cup is still in their job. A total of 17 different managers who took teams to North America have since left their roles, with safety-first’s Steve Clarke, failing-up’s Roberto Martínez and tyranny’s Marcelo Bielsa among them. In Europe, teams such as Portugal (Jorge Jesus), Croatia (Slaven Bilic), Scotland (Sébastien Pocognoli), Czechia (Santi Denia) and Belgium (Mark van Bommel) will go into the Nations League under new management, but it is towards the bigger dogs of the football pack where Football Daily wishes to turn today’s beady gaze. Prize o’ the day to Barry Glendenning, surely, for mentioning Johnny Crumplin (football genius) in Monday’s Football Daily . As an Ipswich fan marooned in Sussex, I spent much of my teenage years at the Goldstone which, despite being a dump (I stood on the crumbling South Stand), held a certain magic for me. It still does, actually. Haven’t been to the Amex yet – hopeless nostalgia is undoubtedly a factor. The team weren’t much better than the ground for most of that time, but the 1987-88 promotion season was memorable. Garry Nelson was a bit special, Doug Rougvie had played under Fergie at Aberdeen and Gerry Armstrong had legendary status after *that* goal, but the rest of the team probably (and unfairly ) fall into the journeyman category. I loved them all. Keith Dublin dribbling his way into and then out of trouble, sleeves-up Kevin Bremner who grafted and worked the Albion into the promotion places, Deano (one of the Wilkins brothers) classy and, of course, Barry Lloyd, who never brought a sub on until the last four or five minutes, frustrating us beyond belief. And into this pantheon came teenage Johnny C who, to start with, was utterly hapless, hence the nickname football genius. Somehow, despite this, we took to him from the off and it was lovely to see how he grew into becoming an Albion legend in what were fallow years. Blimey, not sure where that all came from – you can probably tell I’m stuck out in the middle of the Fens on a slow-moving train. But thank you for bringing it all back to me!” – Jonathan Foulkes. I know the powers that be have listened to Football Daily’s ‘Stop Football’ pleas and given us very little to do for the next three weeks but, as we are just five games in to the Premier League season, can everyone stop going on about the race for the Golden Boot and which team are going to bloody champions” – Nigel Sanders. Judging by the photo of him sitting behind their ‘Life’s Good’ logo in yesterday’s Quote of the Day , LG could do a lot worse than appoint José Mourinho as a brand ambassador for their campaign. As football watchers have long known, he exudes the spirit of that exclamation from every single pore” – Andrew Parker. So, Jonathan Wilson has a new book, about football in Eastern Europe, Behind the Curtain , while his take on Zidane as the new France manager will reveal the ‘ wizard behind the curtain ’. Brilliant effort from the subeditor and marketing team working in harmony” – Paul Vickers. Continue reading...

Sep 22, 2026 · byThe Guardian

'I'm done with medical abuse': actor Arnaud Denis dies by euthanasia in Belgium

The French actor and director had been in unbearable pain since a polypropylene prosthesis was fitted in 2023 after a right groin hernia. Aged 43, he was euthanised this Tuesday in Namur, Belgium.

Sep 22, 2026 · byEuronews

'I'm done with medical abuse': actor Arnaud Denis dies by euthanasia in Belgium

The French actor and director had been in unbearable pain since a polypropylene prosthesis was fitted in 2023 after a right groin hernia. Aged 43, he was euthanised this Tuesday in Namur, Belgium.

Sep 22, 2026 · byEuronews

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA), September 2026

Countries: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Belgium Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Please refer to the attached file. Synopsis (short abstract) In the aftermath of the June 2026 earthquakes in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), FAO, thanks to support from Belgium through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities, will help 2 160 people in the most affected areas. By combining support for food production, market revitalization, cash assistance and entrepreneurship for women caregivers, the project aims to improve access to nutritious food, restore livelihoods and lay the foundations for a sustainable recovery.

Sep 22, 2026 · byReliefWeb

Belgium's Aikido launches cybersecurity AI model as demand for local tools grows

'It's been resolved': Trump's ambassador to Belgium trumpets US-Greenland deal

Donald Trump's envoy to Belgium Bill White has hailed an agreement between Washington, Nuuk and Copenhagen over Greenland's security status, seemingly ending the transatlantic row over the Danish territory.

Sep 21, 2026 · byEuronews

‘A disaster’ – Merz’s migraine-triggering electoral defeat

Good morning. Angela Skujins on newsletter duties this week, with our attention split between Germany, the United States and Belgium this Monday morning. Let's go.

Sep 21, 2026 · byEuronews

Project Rally One reveals WRC 2027 challenger

Project Rally One has formally presented its 2027 World Rally Championship challenger to the public as it sets its sights on fielding two cars at next season’s season opener in Monte Carlo. The Belgian squad took the covers off its all-new car built to the WRC’s 2027 technical regulations at the Rally4Passion event in Huy, Belgium. Founded by experienced motorsport engineer Lionel Hansen ... Keep reading

Sep 18, 2026 · byAutosport

Project Rally One unveils 2027 WRC challenger, targets Monte Carlo debut

Project Rally One has formally presented its 2027 World Rally Championship challenger to the public as it sets its sights on fielding two cars at next season’s season opener in Monte Carlo. The Belgian squad took the covers off its all-new car built to the WRC’s 2027 technical regulations at the Rally4Passion event in Huy, Belgium. Founded by experienced motorsport engineer Lionel Hansen ... Keep reading

Sep 18, 2026 · byMotorsport.com

EU commits €3.3bn to Ukrainian drones as funding gap remains unresolved ahead of ‘tough winter’

As von der Leyen rushes through billions in new funding for Ukrainian drones, EU diplomats are privately questioning Kyiv’s spiralling deficit, while Belgium continues to block the use of frozen Russian assets — intensifying pressure on Europe to find a way to plug Ukraine’s widening funding gap.

Sep 18, 2026 · byEUobserver

Simera Sense and IDOM partner to develop and produce xScape350 optical system as demand for high-resolution EO imagery surges

LEUVEN, BELGIUM and BILBAO, SPAIN – 17 September 2026—Simera Sense, a leading European provider of optical payload solutions for small satellites, today announced a strategic partnership with IDOM, one of […] The post Simera Sense and IDOM partner to develop and produce xScape350 optical system as demand for high-resolution EO imagery surges appeared first on SpaceNews .

Sep 17, 2026 · bySpaceNews

Zagreb Airport selects second ground handler

NEWS FLASH Zagreb Airport is set to introduce a second ground handling provider after the Croatian Civil Aviation Agency selected Aviation Ground Handling Services, operating under the Aviapartner brand, following a public tender. The company has been awarded the right to provide services at Croatia’s busiest airport for a period of seven years. The decision covers baggage handling and ramp handling activities. Under Croatian regulations, the number of companies providing these services at Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik airports is limited to two. Zagreb Airport will now conclude a ground handling agreement with the selected provider. The date on which Aviapartner will begin operations has not yet been disclosed. It will join Havas, which is currently Zagreb Airport’s sole ground handling provider. Founded in Belgium in 1949, Aviapartner is one of Europe’s largest independent ground handling companies. The group operates at 75 airports across Europe and Africa, employing more than 18,000 people and providing services to over 500 passenger and cargo airlines. It handles more than 120 million passengers, approximately 800.000 aircraft movements and around 300.000 tonnes of cargo annually. Its portfolio includes passenger, baggage and ramp handling, aircraft services, cargo operations and airport lounges. Zagreb will mark the company’s entry into the Croatian market. EX-YU Aviation News

Belgium to rule on parole for key figure in 2015 Paris attacks

Mohamed Bakkali, convicted for coordinating logistics for the 2015 Paris attacks, could be granted parole in Belgium despite receiving a 30-year sentence in France with a 20-year minimum term. Belgian authorities will decide on September 29 whether to release him under electronic monitoring, a prospect that has sparked anger among victims and families, while prosecutors oppose his release.

Sep 17, 2026 · byFrance 24

Belgian minister under fire for denying evacuation to 13 Gazan scholarship students

Belgium's minister for migration was accused of being "the shame of this government" during a heated debate on Wednesday on the fate of 13 Gazans who won scholarships to Belgian universities but have been denied transport so that they can take up their places.

Sep 16, 2026 · byEUobserver

UNHCR Belgium Fact Sheet, February 2026

Countries: Belgium, Afghanistan, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Please refer to the attached file. According to the Immigration Office, Belgium has received 34,439 applications for international protection in 2025, a 13 per cent decrease compared to 2024. The total recognition rate at first instance stands at 30 per cent. According to the Immigration Office, between January - November 2025, a total of 8,157 people were granted temporary protection, bringing the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection in Belgium to 99,963. The reception system remains overstrained in Belgium and thousands of asylum-seekers have been squatting or sleeping in the streets. UNHCR continues to call for adequate reception conditions. HIGHLIGHTS Family reunification In June 2025, UNHCR issued comments on the draft law on family reunification, noting that the proposed changes risk significantly limiting access to family reunification for beneficiaries of international protection. EU Pact on Asylum and Migration UNHCR has analysed the impact of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum at national level and is engaged with authorities and civil society on its implementation, highlighting the importance of upholding international protection standards.

Sep 16, 2026 · byReliefWeb

World: Quarterly Overview of Asylum Case Law

Country: World Source: European Union Agency for Asylum Please refer to the attached file. 1. Court of Justice of the European Union Four judgments which are relevant to international protection were pronounced by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the last quarter. In addition, six referrals to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling were made by courts in Belgium, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands. Non-refoulement assessment in the judicial review of detention pending a return In DL v Minister van Asiel en Migratie [Hardeker] (C-182/26 PPU, 25 June 2026), the CJEU clarified that, in order to ensure the implementation of an effective removal policy, a return decision may identify several potential countries of destination, provided that it gives reasons of fact and law for considering each of them. The CJEU held that the detention of third-country nationals who do not cooperate with proceedings, including by hampering the determination of the country of destination, is permitted under Article 15(1)(b) of the Return Directive. Nonetheless, compliance with the principle of non-refoulement must be assessed in respect of all countries mentioned in the return decision. If the return decision does not contain such an assessment, the court reviewing the lawfulness of detention must examine ex nunc the risk of refoulement in all the countries mentioned in the return decision. That assessment concerns the lawfulness of the detention and is autonomous from that of the return decision, for which a separate appeal is available. For continued detention to be justified by a reasonable prospect of a removal, it is sufficient that a removal to at least one of the identified countries is possible, provided that the other conditions of Article 15(1) are met; otherwise, the court must order the immediate release of the individual. Notably, the CJEU held that, when the individual is uncooperative in determining the country of destination, it is sufficient to rely on general information available for the judicial assessment to comply with the principle of non-refoulement. The case is relevant because it provides guidance on the scope of the non-refoulement assessment by judicial authorities in situations where it is difficult to establish the applicant’s country of destination and several countries are identified as potential countries of return. In a context where countries are considering unprecedented methods to manage migration, 1 this decision also clarifies that the Return Directive allows for the imposition of an obligation to return not only to the country of origin, but also to a transit country in accordance with readmission agreements or arrangements. Since the return decision must consider Articles 4 and 19 of the EU Charter, it does not, in itself, infringe the fundamental rights of the person. In relation to this, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture recently reaffirmed the absolute and non-derogable character of the principle of non-refoulement, highlighting that nonrefoulement assessments must consider also chain refoulement. 2

Sep 16, 2026 · byReliefWeb

Students in Gaza ‘devastated’ after plan for them to study in Belgium fails

Belgian government unable to agree on evacuation of 13 students to take up scholarships at universities Students who are unable to leave Gaza and take up scholarships at Belgian universities have said they are devastated after Belgium’s government hit deadlock on a plan enabling them to leave the war-torn territory. Ahmed Abujami, a 28-year-old doctor in Gaza, said he was “deeply disappointed” after Belgium’s five-party coalition government last Friday failed to agree on an evacuation plan for 13 students and researchers in the territory. Abujami has a scholarship to do a one-year master’s degree in public health at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. He hopes to gain skills and experience to rebuild Gaza’s shattered health system . Continue reading...

Sep 16, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Spain's Supreme Court refuses to apply amnesty to Catalan leader Puigdemont

Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium to avoid detention after the referendum and is still the target of an arrest warrant, has been accused of misusing public money to organise the 2017 independence referendum.

Sep 15, 2026 · byEuronews

The pirates arrived with AK-47s. They took us hostage – then the torture began

Chirag Bahri was working on board a tanker when six men seized it. For almost eight months, he and his colleagues were held captive, an experience that would change his life for ever It was at noon on 8 May 2010 when the pirates came. Chirag Bahri remembers the exact time and date because it marked the start of the seven months and 20 days he was held hostage by a gang of Somali pirates. Bahri was 28 at the time, and working as second engineer on a chemical tanker, Marida Marguerite. It was his 12th journey through the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean. It had been a good job for a young man from landlocked Uttar Pradesh in India, and Bahri was about to be promoted. “But then, piracy,” he says. The ship had been 120 miles off the coast of Oman, partway through a run taking benzene – a raw material used in petrochemicals – from Kandla Port in India to Antwerp in Belgium. The piracy problem in the Indian Ocean was well known; Somalis armed with AK-47s were setting out in fast skiffs and taking ships hostage. Yet commercial vessels, including the Marida Marguerite, remained undefended. Continue reading...

Sep 15, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Flanders Cinema Finds Global Momentum With TIFF Titles, Cannes Honors and Oscar Buzz

Earlier this year, Belgium’s Flanders region returned to the Berlinale competition after a 45-year hiatus with Anke Blondé’s “Dust.” A few months later, Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, the two leads in Lukas Dhont’s “Coward,” won a rare joint best actor award in Cannes. Dhont’s drama is headed to Toronto with a recent boost of […]

Sep 14, 2026 · byVariety