Khaled

At his workshop in Tunisia's capital, Khaled ben Khemis pieces together a type of bagpipe once banned from airwaves but now embraced by artists infusing its sound into new musical styles.

Pop megastar Beyonce on Feb. 1 announced plans to tour Europe and North America later this year, following the release of her latest album "Renaissance" just days before a Grammy Awards ceremony where she is the most-nominated artist.

Umm Khaled hardly leaves the tent where she lives in northwest Syria, and she says she doesn't pay attention to the news. But she knows one reason why it is getting harder and harder to feed herself and her children: Ukraine.

The United States reported its millionth coronavirus case as hard-hit European countries took tentative steps towards lifting lockdowns, with masks mandatory in all German shops from April 29.    

Excitement over a move towards normality in many places was tempered by fear of new outbreaks and growing evidence of the economic devastation wreaked by the pandemic.    

Belgian investigators have announced that Ibrahim El Bakraoui was one of the suicide bomber who attacked the Brussels airport on Tuesday.

His brother Khaled detonated another device in the city's metro train system, federal prosecutor Frederick Van Leeuw said on Wednesday.