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24.02.2024 11:40 The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of a 13th package of sanctions against Russia. Two years since Russia brutally invaded Ukraine, EU's support for Ukraine and its people remains as strong as ever. Europe is united and determined to continue defending its values and founding principles.

24.02.2024 11:40 The Netherlands and Ukraine are to sign a security agreement covering the next ten years. The agreement signals the Dutch government's commitment to provide enduring support to Ukraine in the areas of security, reconstruction and justice. The agreement means that the Netherlands will help Ukraine defend itself against Russia and achieve further integration into the EU and NATO.

24.02.2024 11:40 U.S. and European Union sanctions announced Friday on hundreds of people and companies for supporting Russia's war in Ukraine included several companies from China.

24.02.2024 11:40 Iran has officially outlawed the use of tools such as virtual private networks designed to bypass Internet censorship following a directive from the country's Supreme Council of Cyberspace that was endorsed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

24.02.2024 11:40 On February 22, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' Investigation and Identification Team released a report concluding that there are reasonable grounds to believe that on September 1, 2015, during sustained attacks aimed at capturing the town of Marea, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant deployed sulfur mustard.

24.02.2024 11:40 The UK will spend £245 million throughout the next year to procure and invigorate supply chains to produce urgently needed artillery ammunition for Ukraine.

24.02.2024 11:40 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control is taking action to responsibly reduce Russia's revenue from oil sales by targeting Joint Stock Company Sovcomflot , Russia's state-owned shipping company and fleet operator. In addition to designating Sovcomflot, OFAC is identifying 14 crude oil tankers as property in which Sovcomflot has an interest.

24.02.2024 11:40 U.S. President Joe Biden has announced a fresh package of more than 500 sanctions against Russia for its war on Ukraine and for the death of Kremlin opponent Aleksei Navalny, while urging the House of Representatives to pass a desperately needed aid package for Kyiv.

24.02.2024 11:40 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has said his country has frozen its membership in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization as Yerevan continues to distance itself from Moscow amid a souring of bilateral relations.

24.02.2024 11:40 Postwar principles for Gaza outlined in a document Friday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stand in stark contrast to Washington's vision for the war-torn territory, a sign of the deepening divide between his government and the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden.

24.02.2024 11:40 The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry reported Friday more than 100 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours.

24.02.2024 11:40 "Here are the choices: ethnic cleansing, apartheid or genocide," said Palestine's foreign minister at the opening of public hearings at the International Court of Justice this week, with a record 52 States and three international organizations providing comments and presentations on a case based on the UN General Assembly's request for an advisory opinion on legal consequences arising from Israel's policies and practices

24.02.2024 11:40 The UN's top human rights official on Friday made a strong call for accountability for serious violations committed by all parties in Gaza, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.

24.02.2024 11:40 The armed conflict in Sudan has resulted in thousands of civilians killed, millions displaced, property looted and children conscripted, as fighting has spread to more regions of the country since the conflict began last April, according to a wide-ranging report from the UN Human Rights Office released on Friday.

24.02.2024 11:40 Hungary continues to buy billions of dollars of Russian oil and gas annually, despite most other Western nations' cutting of economic ties with Russia after its invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022. Budapest also has sought to strengthen ties with Beijing, bucking Western efforts to reduce dependence on China.