NPR's Scott Simon talks to Alice Austen about her novel C." Set in Brussels during WWII, it tracks the residents of one building whose lives are upended by the Nazi occupation.

The discovery of a huge unexploded World War II-era bomb caused transportation chaos in Paris on Friday, including the suspension of high-speed train links with London and Brussels and the closure of a vital road artery into the French capital.

The Brussels-Capital region is divided into 19 communes: The first is the City of Brussels, which covers the historical center, where the Grand-Place and Manneken Pis are located, as well as the ...