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In this aerial view people walk past portraits of people who were taken hostage or killed in the Hamas attack on the Supernova music festival on October 7, at the site of the festival near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel on April 10, 2024. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

EU sanctions Hamas over sexual violence during 7 October attack

The bloc said fighters from the two Palestinian groups -- already on the EU's terrorism blacklist -- "committed widespread sexual and gender-based violence in a systematic manner, using...

European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium 20 September 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

EU parliament 'looking into' claims members were paid to spread Russian propaganda

This photo taken on February 12, 2023 in Brussels shows reflexions on a smartphone screen of logos of online platforms google, facebook, linkedin, Amazon, Apple store and Tiktok. Photo: Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP

EU probes Apple, Google, Meta under new digital law

Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney. Photo: UNB

Bangladesh should see Ireland as a friend in European Union: Irish trade minister

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell speaks to members of the media as he attends a European Union Foreign Ministers' meeting in Brussels, Belgium March 18, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

EU agrees on sanctions on Hamas, violent West Bank settlers

Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, 5 March 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

EU's Borrell says Israel is provoking famine in Gaza

FILE PHOTO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, November 18, 2023. The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

EU to bolster Egypt ties with billions of euros in funding

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Stakeholders summit marks successful conclusion of 'Informed Opinions for Better Decisions' project

An Apple logo is pictured outside an Apple store in Lille, France, September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo

Apple hit with over 1.8 billion euro EU antitrust fine in Spotify case

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and her husband Bo Tengberg, center, lay wreaths during a memorial ceremony at the Field of Mars at Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, Friday Feb. 23, 2024. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

US, EU pile new sanctions on Russia for Ukraine war's 2nd anniversary, Navalny's death

Israel has bombarded the Gaza Strip in response to Hamas's October 7 attacks. Photo: MOHAMMED ABED / AFP

26 EU countries call for 'immediate' halt in Gaza fighting

EU flag and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken, 2 June 2, 2023. Illustration: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic//File Photo

EU launches formal probe into TikTok over child protection

File Photo: A person throws eggs towards the police officers as Belgian farmers use their tractors to block the European Union headquarters, as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, on the day of the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman

EU unveils 2040 climate goal under pressure from farmer protests