European Union regulators on Wednesday fined steel producer ArcelorMittal $337 million for secret deals to fix steel prices for nearly two decades with 16 other steel makers.

The head of a commission set up by the Catholic church to investigate accusations of clerical sexual abuse in Belgium has resigned.

The police raided the headquarters of the Belgian Catholic church on Thursday following fresh accusations of child sex abuse involving priests.

The UN says more than 5,900 Afghan children were smuggled into Europe in 2009.

Belgians voted on Sunday in general elections that are widely seen as a vote on an orderly breakup of this country where 6.5 million Dutch and four million French speakers are locked in a quarrelsome

The European Union is set to boost new UN sanctions against Iran, over its nuclear programme, with extra measures, notably in the key energy sector, diplomats said on Saturday.

An unidentified gunman shot dead a judge and a clerk in a court room in central Brussels on Thursday, a Brussels prosecution spokesman said.

Iran dismissed on Wednesday accusations by the top US and Nato commander in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal that Tehran has helped train and arm Taliban insurgents.

The European Union wants to agree broad privacy rules with the United States to safeguard personal data shared in pursuit of criminals and terrorism suspects, the EU’s rights chief said.