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Berset Warns Europe Needs Legal Unity as Middle East War Spreads
Europe
Strasbourg, 1 March 2026 — As hostilities intensify across Iran, Israel and the wider Gulf, Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset is urging Europe to move beyond improvised crisis…
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A convoy of more than forty civilian boats that set sail for Gaza under the banner of the Global Sumud Flotilla has reignited international debate about Israel’s maritime blockade and…
Europe
ABU DHABI — In a significant step toward strengthening diplomatic and economic cooperation between Europe and the Gulf, the European Union and the United Arab Emirates concluded their Fourth High-Level…
Human Rights
In May 2025, an influential group of French Jewish public figures, including Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur and prominent journalist Anne Sinclair, broke their silence to publicly denounce the ongoing humanitarian crisis…
Middle East
Paris, France – A delegation from the Emirates Scholar Center for Research and Studies, subsidiary of Emirates Science and Research Foundation, visited the UAE Embassy in Paris and met with…
Europe
Lebanon has ushered in a new era of governance with the formation of a long-awaited government led by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. The announcement has sparked reactions from the international…
Europe
“The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) should be recognized by the EU as a terrorist group” was the main message of a conference hosted at the European Parliament by MEP…
Food
In a rebuke highlighting the European Union's dedication to humanitarian values and international law the EU High Representative expressed serious concern about the controversial comments made by Israeli Finance Minister,…
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August 3, 2024 marks the remembrance of the Yazidi tragedy, commemorating a chapter, in Iraq's past. A decade ago, on this date in 2014, Da’esh (ISIS) terrorists perpetrated atrocities against…
Africa
The European Union takes good note of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice in respect of the “Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel…
