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Three Brussels suicide bombers identified, including suspected Paris bomb maker
Ibrahim El Bakraoui, 29, and Najim Laachraoui, 24, died at Zaventem airport after they detonated devices packed into suitcases. El Bakraoui’s brother Khalid, 27, was the suicide bomber killed at Maalbeek metro station.
Brussels attacks: Nine alleged security failures by Belgian authorities
A record of blunders, breakdowns in communication and policy deficiencies reinforces the gloomy appraisal of the country’s own interior minister who described Belgium as Europe’s “weakest link” in countering terrorism.
Analysis: Why Brussels attacks came as no surprise
Tuesday's bloody events confirmed the worst fears of European governments and analysts. But preventing future attacks requires a response more complex than that of merely raids and arrests, writes Colin Randall.
When does fierce rhetoric become incitement?
Colin Randall considers freedom of expression in times of political crisis
Foreign funds pour in but ordinary Cubans are held back
Many Cubans top up their earnings with money sent from relatives who have settled in the US, home to more than 1.1 million people of Cuban origin.
ISIL training children to be soldiers, bombers and executioners on ‘unprecedented scale’
Researchers behind a new report are most concerned by evidence of the extremist group preparing for future military needs 'by indoctrinating young children in its schools, and normalising them to violence'.
Britain’s debate about Europe is a battle of words
The level of the public debate about the so-called Brexit from the EU has been particularly unedifying, writes Colin Randall.
Anchor’s aweigh for Jacques Cousteau’s famed ship Calypso following restoration
Sixty years after its historic role in discovering Abu Dhabi's first oil field, Jacqyes Couteau's ship Calypso is to sail again.
French eyes turn to region
France has long had strong and growing ties with this country but it is also targeting the UAE’s neighbours as it seeks new trade deals. Saudi Arabia, Iran and India are in the mix.
Newsmaker: Pep Guardiola
The successful football tactician was this week named as the next boss of the Abu Dhabi-owned English Premier League giants Manchester City, where he will assume control this summer.
United we must stand
As politicians scramble to be seen to be tackling terrorism, experts warn that the stereotyping of people as potential extremist sympathisers is ignorant and counterproductive. Engagement and inclusion are the tools needed, not further exclusion and division.
If you learn Latin, English won’t be all Greek to you
Colin Randall on how modern journalism has been "plumping for gimmickry and cliché over substance"
In this climate of terror, it is important to stay united
Incidents of terrorism that dominated 2015 were driven not by any religion or culture but by “aimless hatred that, through diverse circumstances, incarnates itself in fundamentalism”, Colin Randall explains
