(WASHINGTON, AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times Eastern Standard Time):

11:40 a.m.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says the attack in Brussels, Belgium, is a “brutal reminder that the international community must come together to destroy” the Islamic State group.

The Vermont senator says “this type of barbarism cannot be allowed to continue.”

Sanders is offering his condolences to the families who lost loved ones in what he calls “another cowardly attempt to terrorize innocent civilians.”

He says the U.S. will stand with its European allies.

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10:38 a.m.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says he would use the “full force and fury” of the U.S. military to defeat the Islamic State group.

“This is war,” Cruz told journalists at a press conference on Capitol Hill Tuesday. “Their target is each and every one of us.”

Cruz condemned rival and front-runner Donald Trump that the United States saying Trump’s comments suggest that America should abandon its allies.

The three Republican candidates addressed the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference Monday, presenting their views on foreign policy, America’s alliance with Israel and the fight against the Islamic State group.

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10:35 p.m.

Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich says he is “sickened by the pictures of the carnage” from Brussels, following attacks on the city’s metro system and airport.

The Ohio governor said in a statement Tuesday that the global community must “redouble” efforts to “identify, root out and destroy the perpetrators of such acts of evil.”

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10:35 a.m.

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz says that “radical Islam is at war with us,” following the attacks on the Brussels metro and airport.

The Texas senator took to Twitter Tuesday to attack President Barack Obama’s approach to tackling extremism, writing that “for over seven years, we have had a president who refuses to acknowledge this reality.”

Cruz declared in his final tweet that such an approach “ends on January 20, 2017, when I am sworn in as president.”

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10:32 a.m.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says the city of Brussels is “a total disaster” and said he’s warned about such attacks taking place.

Speaking to Fox News Tuesday, as developments were still unfolding in Belgium, Trump said “Brussels was a beautiful city, a beautiful place with zero crime, and now it’s a disaster city.”

Trump has called for a temporary ban on Muslims coming to the United States following terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California. He previously called Brussels a “hellhole.”

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10:30 a.m.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says the United States must “stand in solidarity” with European allies after the deadly bombing attacks in Brussels.

Belgian officials say 31 people were killed Tuesday and 187 wounded in two explosions at the Belgium airport and one at a city subway station.

The former secretary of state told NBC News that the U.S. must intensify efforts to prevent terrorism in conjunction with its allies. “We’ve got to be absolutely strong and smart and steady in how we respond,” she says.

But Clinton also said that it is unrealistic to say that the United States can completely shut its borders.

Clinton is campaigning in Washington state ahead of the primaries there tonight.

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10:15 a.m.

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz have each added a delegate at the GOP caucus in American Samoa.

Republicans in the U.S. territory elected six delegates at their caucus on Tuesday. They have a total nine delegates, including the territory’s three Republican National Committee members.

The delegates are “unbound,” meaning they are free to support the candidate of their choice. Party chairman Abe Utu Malae says in an email that two of the delegates have endorsed candidates — one for Trump and one for Cruz.

Republicans are also voting Tuesday in Arizona and Utah, with a total of 98 delegates at stake. Arizona has 58 delegates and Utah has 40.

The AP delegate count has Trump with 681, Cruz with 425 and Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 143.

It takes 1,237 delegates to win the Republican nomination for president.

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3:27 a.m.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton seek to pad their delegate lead over their underdog rivals as the 2016 race for the White House moves West on Tuesday. They are both eager to move past the divisive primary season.

Arizona and Utah feature contests for both parties, while Idaho Democrats also hold presidential caucuses. Republican Trump and Democrat Clinton hope to strengthen their delegate leads in a race that will decide the nominations.

Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republicans Ted Cruz and John Kasich are struggling to reverse the sense of inevitability taking hold around both party front-runners.