EU’s Kaja Kallas Condemns Hamas Israeli Hostage Videos as ‘Appalling’

Brussels (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – European Union foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas described the recent videos published by Hamas and Islamic Jihad showing Israeli hostages as “appalling” and barbaric, which she shared on her X account on Sunday.
On Saturday, the Palestinian group releases the second video of the Israeli hostage and declares it will not demilitarize until a Palestinian sta

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The NABU and the SAPO identified a scheme involving a serving member of parliament, regional officials, the head of a National Guard unit, and a director of a drone-supplying company, though they were not named in the report.
The corruption involved purchasing equipment at inflated prices, allowing participants to illicitly receive 30% of the contract value, according to the agencies. A similar ta

Moscow (Eurotoday Newspaper) – The Russian Pacific Fleet reported on Sunday that the Russian and Chinese navies are engaged in artillery and anti-submarine exercises in the Sea of Japan as part of their scheduled joint drills. 
China and Russia began naval drills in the Sea of Japan in support of each other, as both militaries oppose what they see as a U.S.-led world order. Over the last few yea

The Supreme Court largely favored banks in a significant ruling on Friday regarding whether consumers were misled on car finance as banks paid large commissions to motor brokers. However, judges sustained the appeal of a consumer due to the commission’s size and its disclosure by the bank to the motor dealer.
The regulator stated, “Where consumers have lost out, they should be appropri

London (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – During a Sunday meeting, eight OPEC+ nations agreed to increase oil output by 548,000 barrels per day in September, according to three OPEC+ sources. The group is scheduled to hold its next meeting on September 7, one of the sources added, Reuters reported.

Why is OPEC+ increasing oil production in September?What impact could rising output have on prices?

“Art often possesses a dual nature,” Sholette remarked. “On one hand, it functions as a business, but it’s also crucial for supporting, maintaining, collecting, and preserving culture, which somehow rises above capitalism and mere commerce.”
Sholette noted that Art Basel’s collaboration with Qatar highlighted how deeply art’s perceived timelessness is inte

Damascus (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in Sweida, attacked by armed groups, resulting in one death and multiple wounds. They also fired shells at several villages in the southern province, according to state-run Ekhbariya TV on Sunday.

What triggered the latest violence in the Sweida province?How successful was the ceasefire that the U.S. brokere

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The chairman of the European Parliament’s Palestine delegation has attached the decision to impose sanctions against the UN Special Rapporteur.  
The Left  Group in the assembly said it “condemns in the strongest terms” the decision by the Donald Trump administration to sanction UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
The Group has called for the implementation of the EU’s ‘blocking statute’ t