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Monks from the Saint Sixtus Trappist Abbey walk by election campaign posters as they walk to a polling station in Westvleteren, Belgium, Sunday, May 26, 2019. Belgium, which has one of the oldest compulsory voting systems, goes to the polls Sunday to vote on the regional, federal and European level. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Belgium’s national election split along linguistic lines

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Meeting rooms and a poster of the committee against the EU gun laws and policies, prior to the committee's meeting in Burgdorf, Switzerland, Sunday, May 19, 2019. Swiss voters clearly accepted EU's stricter gun control at the national ballot. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)

Swiss voters approve tighter gun laws, lining up with the EU

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Manchester City's team captain Vincent Kompany lifts the trophy after winning the English FA Cup Final soccer match between Manchester City and Watford at Wembley stadium in London, Saturday, May 18, 2019. Manchester City won 6-0. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Kompany leaving Man City after 11 trophy-filled seasons

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Meeting rooms and a poster of the committee against the EU gun laws and policies, prior to the committee's meeting in Burgdorf, Switzerland, Sunday, May 19, 2019. Swiss voters clearly accepted EU's stricter gun control at the national ballot. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)

Switzerland approves stricter gun laws

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Customers wait in line for service at Godiva's new cafe in New York, Tuesday April 16, 2019. Godiva, the private Belgium chocolate maker, is looking beyond its iconic gold gift box of chocolates. The confectioner is rolling out 2,000 cafes that will serve a complete menu of items like the croiffle, a croissant and waffle hybrid. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Godiva moves beyond chocolate to open 2,000 cafes

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - Associated Press

U.S. midfielder Samantha Mewis, center, celebrates her goal with forward Carli Lloyd, second from left, against Belgium during the first half of an international friendly soccer match Sunday, April 7, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Lloyd gets 2 goals in US’ 6-0 exhibition rout of Belgium

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

A policeman checks the accused box prior the start of the trial of Mehdi Nemmouche at the Justice Palace in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Nemmouche, 33, is charged with gunning down an Israeli couple and two museum workers with a revolver and an assault rifle on May 24, 2014. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool Photo via AP)

Ex-hostages say suspect in Belgian shooting was their jailer

By DANIELA BERRETTA - Associated Press

Thousands of youngsters march during a climate change protest in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Thousands of teenagers in Belgium have skipped school for the fourth week in a row in an attempt to push authorities into providing better protection for the world's climate. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

The Latest: Belgian official quits after climate plot remark

Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 30, 2017 file photo a tennis player casts a shadow on the clay as they serve during a tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Four people are in French custody on suspicion of fixing matches for an Armenian based in Belgium believed behind an illegal gambling syndicate suspected of fixing hundreds of matches. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Europeans unravel massive tennis match-fixing ring

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

Police in Portugal, Belgium break up sham marriages ring

Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 29, 2017 file photo, psychiatrist Dr. Lieve Thienpont poses during an interview with The Associated Press, in Ghent, Belgium, one of the few countries that allow for euthanasia. Europe's top human rights court has agreed to hear a case being brought against Belgium by a man whose mother was euthanized in 2012 for depression, the second case that implicates one of Belgium's leading euthanasia doctors. (AP Photo/Maria Cheng, file)

Europe’s top rights court to hear Belgian euthanasia case

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, presidential candidate Noel Tshiani Muadimvita greets supporters at a campaign rally in Kinshasa, Congo. (AP Photo/Khaled Kazziha)

In boisterous Congo election, a longshot candidate plugs on

By KHALED KAZZIHA - Associated Press

Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel, right, walks away after meeting with Belgium's King Philippe, left, during consultations at the Royal Palace in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. Prime Minister Charles Michel holds talks with Belgium's King Philippe as the monarch weighs whether to accept the premier's resignation and name him at the head of a caretaker government until elections are held in May. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Belgian king asks premier to stay and lead caretaker Cabinet

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel arrives for an EU summit in Brussels. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced his resignation in address at parliament, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, and says he will notify the king. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, FILE)

Belgian PM offers to resign after migration tears government

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Italian police identify IS cell suspected in 2013 kidnapping

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

A bin is burning as school children demonstrate in Paris, Friday Dec.7, 2018. Footage showing the brutal arrest of high school students protesting outside Paris is causing a stir ahead of further anti-government protests this weekend. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Rioting engulfs Paris as anger grows over high French taxes

By Elaine Ganley and John Leicester - Associated Press

A stuffed elephant on display in the halls of the Africa Museum in Tervuren, Belgium, Thursday, July 12, 2018. The museum is reopening on Saturday Dec. 8, 2018, after more than 10 years spent revamping the building and overhauling its dated, one-sided approach to history. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Revamped museum takes new look at Belgium’s colonial past

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, is greeted by Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel prior to a meeting in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Brussels to attend a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

Dispute over UN migration pact fractures Belgian government

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

A demonstrator, called the yellow jackets, lays in a pedestrian crosswalk as he protests against rising fuel prices in Brussels, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Belgian police, protesters clash in Brussels over high taxes

By LORNE COOK and MARK CARLSON - Associated Press

In this Thursday, June 29, 2017, file photo, psychiatrist Dr. Lieve Thienpont poses during an interview with The Associated Press, in Ghent, Belgium, one of the few countries that allow for euthanasia. Belgian officials are investigating whether doctors improperly euthanized a woman with autism, the first criminal investigation in a euthanasia case since the practice was legalized in 2002. Thienport is one of the doctors facing charges. (AP Photo/Maria Cheng, file)

Belgium investigates doctors who euthanized autistic woman

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press