STORY: Footage posted on social media showed a large plume of black smoke rising across an empty beach in Koksijde as a team from the Belgian military's bomb disposal unit blew up the explosive.

Authorities in Belgium detonated a World War II-era bomb that was found on a beach next to the Belgian town of Koksijde. The operation was carried out by the military’s bomb disposal unit on Feb. 28.

The coronavirus and a heat wave are weighing heavily on Belgium, where people are living under a new series of health restrictions BRUSSELS (AP) — It started as a Saturday trip to Belgium's coast, a ...

BRUSSELS — It started as a Saturday trip to Belgium’s coast, a chance to escape a heat wave and coronavirus restrictions for a while. As the tide came in, the beach got crowded. Someone complained ...