Belgian army faces hairy caterpillar hoard
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Blowtorch weapon versus lepidoptera menace Belgian soldiers are to be deployed in the country's forests to combat the menace of hairy caterpillars, Reuters reports.â¦
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Belgium steps up security in the capital after a plot to free a jailed al-Qaeda suspect is discovered, officials say.
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Remote-controlled flying rats were only the beginning. Armies are drafting everything from bugs to sharks to chickens into
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Amid snow flurries and a chilling wind, Belgium's King Albert II honored U.S. soldiers who died fighting Nazi Germany 60 years ago in the Battle of the Bulge.
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By Tom Venesky, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader Sep. 25--The presence of a diminutive insect in the state has forestry officials on high alert.
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U.S. soldiers inspect a German tank that was abandoned after it ran out of fuel in eastern Belgium and its crew surrendered.
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CHOROTIS, Argentina - This is an old railroad town, with severed telegraph lines dangling from track-side poles and a depot where graffiti is the one obvious sign of recent activity.
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By OLIVER DUFF  Imagine the scene: two slightly posh gents camped out in the Mozambique savannah, encountering creepy crawlies, big game and questionable sanitation - in the name of the environment.
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A numbing cold, a killing cold, a cold like this Memphis teen had never experienced before. Sixty years ago this month, then Pfc. Edward Arnold of the Army&#39;s 87th Division was hunkered down in a foxhole in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium.
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(Correcting number in headline from 200 to 400. A corrected version of the item follows)  Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 6 June  [Chadian President] Idriss Deby Itno has deployed 400 regular army soldiers to defend the elephant population decimated by poachers.
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Humankind's closest relative is facing extinction in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Armed poachers from Sudan have been raiding and destroying neighboring Central African Republic's wildlife resources for years. Now, with the help of a militant U.S. conservationist, the CAR populace is arming and training itself to fight back.
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ABECHE, Chad  - Toys were scattered on the floor and dozens of drawings stuck to the walls of a compound where Chadian officials say nine French citizens kept dozens of children they intended to smuggle to Europe.
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As Christmas nears, Austrian children hoping for gifts from Santa Claus will also be watching warily for "Krampus", his horned and hairy sidekick.
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13 dots spook superstitious fliers LogoWatch Brussels Airlines recently found itself in some unexpected turbluence when superstitious passengers complained about its spiffing logo.â¦
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Honeybees massacred by oriental assassins The French honey industry is under threat from hoards of bee-massacring oriental hornets, the Daily Telegraph reports.â¦
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Belgian soldiers with links to extreme-right groups were among 17 people arrested for allegedly planning attacks aimed at &quot;destabilizing&quot; the country's institutions, the Belgian prosecutor's office said.