Fragmented policing had played a part in this tragedy – and the EU must acknowledge what has gone wrong before solutions can be found.
At least 31 people have died and more than 270 have been injured after a series of explosions struck Brussels airport and the metro system in an apparently coordinated attack.
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a series of deadly bomb attacks in Damascus and Homs, which left at least 140 people dead.
Pakistan’s security forces have ended a bomb and gun attack on a university campus in north-west Pakistan, which has left at least 21 people dead and 60 injured.
A number of explosions have rocked the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with police and militants involved in gun battles on the streets.