Brussels attack: Belgian police arrest six in raids
Arrests in Belgium come as investigators race to track suspects, while France says it has foiled separate attack plot.
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Belgian police have arrested six people in raids as part of their investigation into suicide attacks on Brussels, as questions mounted about possible security lapses.
The federal prosecutor's office in Belgium said on Thursday that the arrests took place in the Brussels neighbourhoods of Schaerbeek and Jette, as well as in the centre of the Belgian capital.
No information about the identities of those arrested was released. Judicial authorities will decide on Friday whether they should be charged, the prosecutor's office said.
Suicide bombers hit the Brussels airport and a metro train on Tuesday, killing 31 people and wounding at least 270 in the worst such attack in Belgian history.
Jerusalem expects quiet Easter as fears of violence deter pilgrims
Visits to Old City usually peak during period but tourist numbers in Israel have fallen significantly over last two years
Churches and traders in Jerusalem are braced for a quiet Easter after a fall in pilgrim numbers over the past two years blamed on fears of continuing violence.
The number of tourists visiting Israel in January this year was down 24% on the same month in 2014, according to the ministry of tourism.
Easter usually sees a peak in the number of pilgrims visiting Jerusalem’s Old City to mark the crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Jesus.
This year, Roman Catholics and Protestant denominations celebrate Easter on 27 March, and the eastern Orthodox churches mark it on Sunday 1 May – an unusually long gap.
Easter Rising: Division still rules in Belfast 100 years on from rebellion
The 1916 uprising against the British is credited with helping the Irish Republic gain independence
Outside Belfast’s City Hall, banners announce a forthcoming celebration – of Holi, the Hindu festival. There is nothing at all, however, to alert the passer-by to the exhibition on display inside the building: Reflections on 1916.
You could say the show explores how one group of Irishmen fought for Britain on the Somme while other Irishmen fought against the British in the Easter Rising, the rebellion credited with helping the Irish Republic gain independence. But that seems too stark a contrast for the exhibition organisers.
“Our exhibition,” says a panel, “aims to reflect different perspectives in an inclusive manner... It is [part] funded by the Good Relations Funding Programme.”
Video: Tunisian women share insults they’ve received on the street
“Why are you so nervous? Do you have your period?” “You’re ugly, go home!” “You’re a girl, you can’t drive.” These are just a couple of examples from a video project in which filmmakers asked 60 Tunisian women to give examples of verbal sexual harassment they’ve faced on the street.
On March 20, Tunisia celebrated 60 years of independence. For the occasion, two women’s rights NGOs created this video, which they titled “60 years of independence and our bodies are still colonised.” It is full of insults, sexist comments and unwelcome propositions. Several of the women are famous in Tunisia, including journalist Lina Ben Mhenni, actress Amira Chebli, and MP Bochra Belhaj Hmida.
Ex-PM Yousaf Raza Gilani visited my house in Pak: David Headley
TNN & Agencies | Mar 25, 2016, 10.32 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Pakistani-American terrorist-turned-approver David Headley said on Friday that a few weeks after his father died in Pakistan in December 2008, the then Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani visited his house.
The former member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit was deposing before a Mumbai court on Friday from an undisclosed location in the US. This is his second set of depositions.
Headley, who was involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, added that his father had retired as director general of Radio Pakistan and
Chinese media laud hacker for US spying
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Spying on the US is a service to China, state-run media said Wednesday, singing the praises of a man who confessed to hacking American defence contractors on Beijing's behalf.
Chinese national Su Bin, 50, pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from the companies, including plans for transport planes and fighter jets.
In a plea agreement filed Wednesday, he admitted to conspiring with two unnamed persons in China to try to acquire plans for F-22 and F-35 fighter jets and C-17 transport aircraft.
Boeing, the American airplane manufacturer, was among the companies hacked.
If he had done so, "we are willing to show our gratitude and respect for his service to our country", said an editorial in the Global Times, a nationalistic newspaper with close ties to the ruling Communist Party.
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