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The EU’s sanctions list must be renewed twice a year with unanimous support from all 27 member states. More than 2,600 people and entities have been sanctioned. The names that were removed were not disclosed. Slovakia had called for the removal of prominent tycoons Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the list. However, two of the diplomats said, neither was among those de-listed. Envoys had been unable to secure an agreement during all-day talks on Friday, launching a written procedure on Saturday to finalize the terms of the rollover. Capitals are hoping for a breakthrough on the EU’s forthcoming package…
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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that Lebanon was ready to “engage in direct talks” with Israel, offering to host the two sides in Paris for negotiations. “The Lebanese government has signaled its willingness to engage in direct talks with Israel,” the French leader said on social media platform X, adding that he had spoken to Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, and the country’s House Speaker Nabih Berri. “All components of the country must be represented in these discussions,” Macron said. “Israel must seize this opportunity to initiate talks and declare a ceasefire, find a lasting solution, and…
Published on 14/03/2026 – 12:50 GMT+1•Updated 13:04 Qatar’s armed forces intercepted missiles targeting the country in two waves early on Saturday, the defence ministry said. Euronews journalists in Doha reported air raid alerts followed by interceptors in the city repelling Iranian missiles, generating loud blasts and shaking the city around 2:00 am and then 5:45am, jolting the capital awake. Precautionary evacuations announced The interior ministry announced temporary precautionary evacuation measures applying to residents in specific areas who received notifications through the National Alert System. The ministry said safe alternative accommodation has been provided for affected residents, while some people chose…
Agence France-Presse reported the damage had been caused by a drone strike, not a missile. Several videos, circulated by the AP and the BBC, show pillars of smoke rising from inside the facility. There was no immediate comment from the embassy. Saturday’s strike in Baghdad came after a drone attack in northern Iraq on Thursday killed a French soldier and wounded several others stationed there as part of an international counterterrorism training exercise.
The United Arab Emirates’ Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh launched an appeal to the world to force Iran lift its stranglehold of the Strait of Hormuz vital shipping waterway. In wide-ranging interview with Euronews in Abu Dhabi, the UAE Minister of State at the UAE Foreign Ministry said “Iran must not be allowed to hold the global economy hostage by its rogue state behaviour.” As the Iran war keeps escalating, Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman which carries roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply, is sending shockwaves around the world both…
He later told the New York Times that Kyiv had deployed interceptor drones and a team of drone specialists to help protect U.S. military bases in Jordan. POLITICO reported last week that Ukrainian officials were in talks with Persian Gulf countries and the U.S. to offer their anti-drone expertise and drone tech against Iranian attacks, in exchange for financial support and to boost Zelenskyy’s leverage with the White House. In the same Fox News interview, Trump vowed to hit Iran “very hard over the next week.” “We are decimating them. We’ve knocked out most of their missiles. We’ve knocked out…
Iran’s Fars news agency, citing sources on Kharg Island, a crucial hub for Tehran, said there had been no damage to oil facilities after US President Donald Trump said US strikes had destroyed only military targets there. According to Fars, the US operation “tried to damage the army’s defences, the Joshan naval base, the airport control tower and the helicopter hangar of the Iran Continental Shelf Oil Company.” Kharg Island, a scrubby stretch of land in the northern Gulf around 30 kilometres off the Iranian mainland, handles roughly 90% of Iran’s crude oil exports. Trump said US forces had “totally…
U.S. President Donald Trump late Friday said the U.S. had launched air strikes on Kharg Island, targeting only military assets in what he called one of the “most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East.” The island, a 5-mile strip of land, is home to Iran’s most important oil facility, where roughly 90 percent of the country’s crude is processed. Trump said the U.S. attack spared vital oil infrastructure on the island. But “should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will…
Published on 14/03/2026 – 9:30 GMT+1 An explosion at a Jewish school in Amsterdam overnight on Saturday damaged its exterior wall. Police and firefighters arrived at the scene quickly and there were no injuries reported. Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema called the incident a “cowardly act of aggression against the Jewish community.” “I understand the fear and anger of Amsterdam’s Jewish community,” Halsema said, adding that “they increasingly face antisemitism and that is unacceptable.” Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten called the attack “horrible” and said “there should be no place for antisemitism in the Netherlands.” The police said they have CCTV…