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Police officers walk in the area of a shooting in the southern Forest district of Brussels on Tuesday. Shots were fired at police as they carried out an operation prosecutors say was linked to the Paris attacks of last November.

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Counterterrorism Raid In Brussels Sparks Gunfire And A Standoff; 1 Suspect Killed

8:21pm March 15, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Both Belgian and French police were involved in the operation, which apparently began with a visit to an apartment that the authorities thought to be vacant. Four officers were wounded.

Police drive past the Olympia concert venue in Paris a few hours before a makeup concert by U.S. rock group Eagles of Death Metal on Tuesday.

Rock Band Returns To Paris To Finish Show; Frontman Pans France's Gun Laws

2:57pm February 16, 2016

by Bill Chappell

"The only way my mind has been changed is maybe that until nobody has guns everybody has to have them," lead singer Jesse Hughes tells a French TV show.

Journalists descended on a street in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek, where police found three belts for possible use in suicide attacks, traces of explosives and a fingerprint of wanted Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam.

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Brussels Police Find Traces Of Bombs In Apartment Linked To Paris Attacks

3:57pm January 08, 2016

by Bill Chappell

A fingerprint of Paris bombing suspect Salah Abdeslam has been found in an apartment in the Schaerbeek district of Brussels, officials say, along with traces of explosives and handmade belts.

Smoke rises from ISIS positions following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike in the Huz neighborhood in downtown Ramadi, Iraq, on Dec. 26.

Airstrike Kills ISIS Leader Directly Linked To Paris Attackers

6:36pm December 29, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Charaffe al Mouadan, a Syrian-based ISIS member, had ties to suspected Paris mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud. Mouadan was among 10 ISIS militants killed in coalition strikes over the past month.

Soldiers patrol outside the Grand Place in Brussels on Tuesday. Police arrested two people on suspicion of planning attacks at tourist spots in the city over the holidays.

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2 People Suspected Of Plotting Attacks Are Arrested In Belgium

11:27am December 29, 2015

by Merrit Kennedy

Authorities say the suspects were planning attacks on popular tourist spots during holiday celebrations.

Bono (left) and Adam Clayton of U2 perform on stage during a concert, in Paris on Sunday. On Monday, U2 had Eagles of Death Metal join them onstage.

Eagles Of Death Metal Returns To Paris For Concert Appearance With U2

7:38pm December 07, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The band that was playing in the Bataclan concert hall during the Paris terrorist attacks returned to perform with U2.

Customers turned out Friday at the Bonne Biere cafe, reportedly the first Paris cafe that was attacked to reopen.

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Cafe That Was Hit By Paris Terrorism Attack Reopens

3:48pm December 04, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A banner over the Bonne Bière cafe's awning reads "Je Suis En Terrasse" — I'm on the terrace — a defiant message that spread in the days after the Nov. 13 attack.

After Paris, Obama Administration Changes Visa Waiver Program

1:40pm November 30, 2015

Holes in the visa program that allow easy entry into the United States are being re-examined. President Obama is taking steps to tighten the program, while Congress works on a fix.

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech honoring victims of the Paris attacks during a ceremony at the Invalides in Paris on Friday. The names of each of the 130 people killed in the attacks two weeks ago was read aloud.

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France Holds Memorial Service 2 Weeks After Attacks

8:50am November 27, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The names of each of the 130 victims killed on Nov. 13 were read aloud. President Francois Hollande said France would continue to defend the values for which they died.

Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins delivers a press conference Tuesday about the Nov. 13 attacks that claimed 130 lives in the French capital.

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Latest In Paris Attacks: Prosecutor Said More Violence Was In The Works

6:50pm November 24, 2015

by Laura Wagner

And in Belgium, police are searching for a new suspect. They say the man, who is "armed and dangerous," was seen with fugitive suspect Salah Abdeslam days before the Paris attacks.