European Union

EU recognition of Palestine inevitable if Israel 'steals' West Bank: Luxembourg

Jun 15, 2020 02:38

Luxembourg has decried Israel’s controversial plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank as “stealing”, stressing that such a move would make the EU's recognition of the state of Palestine "inevitable".
Spain says will reopen EU borders, barring Portugal, on June 21

Jun 14, 2020 09:11

Spain, one of the world's leading tourist destinations, will next Sunday re-establish free travel with fellow EU countries, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced.
EU diplomacy chief voices "serious concern" at US ICC sanctions

Jun 12, 2020 04:05

The EU's foreign policy chief has expressed "serious concern" over US President Donald Trump's order to impose sanctions on any International Criminal Court (ICC) officials investigating US troops, as it conducts a probe into wartime atrocities into Afghanistan.
EU human rights court rebukes France over fines for BDS activists

Jun 12, 2020 02:33

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that French judges were wrong to take penal action against members of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, who staged demonstrations against Israeli-made products, stating the protests did not amount to incitement to discrimination.
Barnier accuses UK of 'cherry picking' at talks

Jun 11, 2020 03:27

In the latest blow to post-Brexit trade talks, the European Union’s chief negotiator has accused the UK of making excessive demands on the bloc.
EU concerned over Israel’s annexation plan in West Bank, German FM says

Jun 11, 2020 00:32

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, where he is going to express the European Union’s “concern” over the Tel Aviv regime’s controversial plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.
American police shoot, kill, imprison more people than other developed countries

Jun 10, 2020 11:13

US Police officers are more likely to use force on black Americans – and, according to a 2016 study published in the American Journal of Health, black men are nearly three times more likely than white men to be killed by police intervention. Comparable figures for other countries are not readily available. In general, more Americans are subjected to the cogs of the criminal justice system than in many other countries; and more end up in prison, too.
Top EU diplomat: US no longer party to Iran deal, can’t invoke JCPOA

Jun 10, 2020 01:14

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell says the US has already pulled out of an international 2015 nuclear agreement signed between Iran and major world powers and cannot currently use its former membership of the deal to seek a permanent arms embargo on Tehran.
Judiciary chief: No escape from justice for fugitive corruption suspects

Jun 08, 2020 09:42

Iran's Judiciary chief has ordered the serious pursuit of financial corruption suspects who have fled the country, warning that they will not be spared prosecution no matter where they have run to.
Some European states provide refuge for criminals fleeing Iran: Judiciary official

Jun 08, 2020 09:20

A high-ranking Iranian judiciary official says some European countries provide refuge for those people who are prosecuted in Iran on security or economic charges, instead of cooperating with Tehran for their extradition.