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How did EU-founder member Italy go euro-sceptic?

What's next for Italy as populists take charge?

Maduro wins disputed vote as Venezuela mulls bleak future

Britain to intensify defence against space 'threats'

Britain will boost the number of defence personnel working in the space sector by a fifth over five years to counter "intensifying threats",

Japan-US trade surplus edges up in April

Japan's politically sensitive trade surplus with the US edged up in April, government data showed Monday, after Tokyo warned it may take retaliatory measures against US tariffs.

US denounces Venezuela vote as illegitimate

Iran's Zarif says EU efforts to save nuke deal 'not sufficient'

Proper safeguards needed to ensure personal data protection: IT experts

EU and Greece reach agreement on latest bailout review

Iran wary as EU presents plans to save nuclear deal

Iran wary as EU presents plans to save nuclear deal

Iran said Saturday it would wait to see whether Europe produces tangible results in overcoming US sanctions before it decides whether to stay in the nuclear deal, as a top EU official visited Tehran to present plans for maintaining trade ties

OIC holds Israel accountable for grave atrocities in occupied Palestinian territory, urges world bodies to intervene

EU commissioner in Iran in bid to protect trade ties

EU Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete arrived in Tehran on Saturday to present plans for continuing oil and gas purchases and protect European companies despite renewed US sanctions on Iran. Canete said preserving the 2015 nuclear deal, despite the US decision to withdraw, was "fundamental for peace in the region"

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) holds Israel accountable for grave atrocities in Occupied Palestinian territory, urges world bodies to intervene

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in its extraordinary summit, has strongly condemned the criminal actions of Israeli forces against the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in the Gaza Strip, where unarmed Palestinian civilians who were exercising their legitimate right of peaceful protest against this inhumane and absolutely illegal occupation

EU launches steps to fight US sanctions on Iran