Belgian federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw says two brothers of Belgian nationality, Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui, were responsible for yesterday's suicide bombings. Khalid bombed the subway station while Ibrahim bombed the airport, he added. A third suspect, who died at the airport, is identified as Najim Laachraoui, says De Standaard. A fourth suspect seen in the airport photo, who left a massive bomb at the airport that did not detonate, is unidentified and still at large.
(UPI)(Los Angeles Times)(De Standaard)
Van Leeuw says 31 people died and 271 are injured in the bombings.
(UPI)
Referring to the Brussels bombings,
Poland abandons a pledge to shelter
Syrian migrants under a
European Union relocation agreement.
(Reuters)
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and the UN refugee agency,
UNHCR, announce they are withdrawing from the so-called hotspots on the Greek islands because of the new EU-Turkey deal. UNHCR's Melissa Fleming says, "Under the new provisions, these sites (hotspots) have now become
detention facilities." MSF's Marie Elisabeth Ingres says, “We will not allow our assistance to be instrumentalized (sic) for a mass expulsion operation, and we refuse to be part of a system that has no regard for the
humanitarian or protection needs of
asylum seekers and
migrants.”
(Vox Media)(New Europe)
Voters in
Senegal approve a series of constitutional reforms, which include a reduction of presidential terms from seven to five years, with 63 percent of the vote.
(BBC)
The early results for Tuesday's GOP caucus in American Samoa -- nine uncommitted. The
Democratic caucus was held on March 1, 2016, with Hillary Clinton getting eight delegates and Bernie Sanders three.
(caffeinatedthoughts.com)(The Green Papers)
Belgian federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw says two brothers of Belgian nationality, Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui, were responsible for yesterday's suicide bombings. Khalid bombed the subway station while Ibrahim bombed the airport, he added. A third suspect, who died at the airport, is identified as Najim Laachraoui, says De Standaard. A fourth suspect seen in the airport photo, who left a massive bomb at the airport that did not detonate, is unidentified and still at large.
(UPI)(Los Angeles Times)(De Standaard)
Van Leeuw says 31 people died and 271 are injured in the bombings.
(UPI)
Referring to the Brussels bombings,
Poland abandons a pledge to shelter
Syrian migrants under a
European Union relocation agreement.
(Reuters)
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and the UN refugee agency,
UNHCR, announce they are withdrawing from the so-called hotspots on the Greek islands because of the new EU-Turkey deal. UNHCR's Melissa Fleming says, "Under the new provisions, these sites (hotspots) have now become
detention facilities." MSF's Marie Elisabeth Ingres says, “We will not allow our assistance to be instrumentalized (sic) for a mass expulsion operation, and we refuse to be part of a system that has no regard for the
humanitarian or protection needs of
asylum seekers and
migrants.”
(Vox Media)(New Europe)
Voters in
Senegal approve a series of constitutional reforms, which include a reduction of presidential terms from seven to five years, with 63 percent of the vote.
(BBC)
The early results for Tuesday's GOP caucus in American Samoa -- nine uncommitted. The
Democratic caucus was held on March 1, 2016, with Hillary Clinton getting eight delegates and Bernie Sanders three.
(caffeinatedthoughts.com)(The Green Papers)