European Union
Miliband accuses settlers of ethnic cleansing as UK imposes sweeping sanctions
Miliband: UK believes Israel is carrying out ethnic cleansing in West Bank, 'we refuse to be bystanders' • Alongside UK, France, and Canada, 12 countries say they back restrictions on settlements
Is the UK’s new leadership serving Islam? - opinion
Iran’s regime is increasingly forced to defend itself at home - opinion
Five European nations seek deals to send migrants out of the EU
Europe, Israel, and the medical record of a nation - opinion
Different faces, different ailments. Yet by the fourth pharmacy, the names had stopped sounding like unrelated prescriptions. Heard together, they suggested a kind of national medical record.
Investigators find Israeli company's expose on Cyprus corruption may have been intentional attack
The secretly shot video, released on social media on January 8, showed a Cypriot official, a former energy minister, and a businessman talking with people posing as investors.
EU reiterates its call on Israel to refrain from more expansion of settlements
Earlier this week, Israel's security cabinet approved a plan with a budget of 1.3 billion shekels ($427.8 million) for establishing 34 new settlements in the West Bank
Germany proposes to replace UNIFIL with EU-led force to prevent 'security vacuum'
An EU force could replace UNIFIL and prevent Hezbollah from returning to areas vacated by the IDF, Germany’s foreign minister said.
EU's top court upholds Spain's amnesty law for Catalan separatists
The amnesty is the landmark bill of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's second term, which has been marked by the minority leftist government's corruption scandals affecting his party and family.
Half of terrorist attacks in Europe last year were Islamist, EU report confirms
The majority of terror attacks in the EU last year were jihadist in nature, while five were labeled right-wing terrorism, and 12 were connected to left-wing or anarchist terrorism.
Germany opposes EU trade embargo on West Bank settlements, freezes latest attack against Israel
Pro-Palestinians in the EU have so far failed in their demand to suspend the EU's association agreement with Israel, or to harm trade with the Jewish state
British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports
“If settlements are illegal, why have we not made an outright ban on trade? What exactly is it that we’re waiting for?” said Abtisam Mohamed, a Labour politician.
EU expands Russia sanctions over cybercrime, surveillance and rights abuses
VKontakte and several Russian surveillance firms were added to the EU sanctions list over alleged ties to the FSB and the repression of government critics.
Western allies seek to secure air defense aid for Ukraine as shortages leave Kyiv vulnerable
Russia says it only attacks targets of military relevance and denies targeting civilians.
