European Union

Europol arrests nearly 400 in child trafficking raids

Nov 05, 2020 14:30

The European Union (EU)’s police agency, Europol, has arrested nearly 400 people during raids targeting child trafficking suspects in a number of European countries.
EU imposing sanctions on Belarus’ Lukashenko: Sources

Nov 05, 2020 10:20

The European Union (EU) has reportedly launched a procedure to impose sanctions on Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko, his son, and more than a dozen other individuals over allegations that they were involved in a crackdown on opposition rallies.
European groups urge Macron to stop stirring up hatred

Nov 02, 2020 05:37

More than 20 organizations that bring young Europeans together have decried French President Emmanuel Macron’s response to the murder of a teacher, saying it lacked wisdom and urged him to “reject hatred” and “divisive rhetoric”.
EU expresses concern over health of Palestinian on hunger strike, Israel's administrative detention

Oct 31, 2020 13:28

The European Union has expressed serious concern over the deteriorating health condition of a Palestinian man on a hunger strike for 96 days since his arrest by Israeli military forces in late July.
Erdogan says Western countries attacking Islam seek to ‘relaunch the Crusades’

Oct 29, 2020 05:18

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Western countries attacking Islam want to "relaunch the Crusades", amid worldwide outrage against the publication of blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
US, EU continue economic terrorism against Syria: UN ambassador

Oct 28, 2020 03:45

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Ja’afari, has censured the US and the European Union for their economic terrorism against the people of the Arab country.
UK formally inks first post-Brexit trade deal with Japan amid struggle with EU

Oct 23, 2020 14:09

The United Kingdom has formally inked a trade deal with Japan, for the first time as an independent country from the European Union (EU), while not even close to striking a deal with its closest trading partners in the bloc.
IranAir resumes flights to five European countries after COVID-19 shutdown

Oct 23, 2020 13:52

Iran’s national flag carrier IranAir says it has resumed scheduled flights to five European countries which had been suspended over the past seven months due to the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
UK changes tone on progress of EU post-Brexit trade talks

Oct 22, 2020 04:36

In the latest twist to UK-European Union (EU) post-Brexit trade talks, the British government now says it is “ready to welcome the EU team” to continue protracted negotiations.
European legislators want downgrade of EU presence at G20 Saudi-hosted summit

Oct 20, 2020 04:20

Dozens of lawmakers of the European Parliament have called on the European Union (EU) to downgrade its presence at the next month’s G20 summit in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh over human rights concerns, a document says.