EU Commission vice president Teresa Ribera voiced lone criticism of reports that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu plans to take full control of the Gaza Strip, as a top UN official warned of "catastrophic consequences”. Meanwhile, some within the EU are growing increasingly impatient.

African leaders are likely to look to China and the EU when the dust settles on the new trade tariffs they will face from the United States from Friday.  

With a quarter of Gaza’s population facing famine, UN experts are urging Israel to allow more aid and restore UN-led deliveries, while calling on all countries to act to stop what they call Israel’s “endless war on humanity” in the Gaza Strip.

Legal scholars have dubbed it a "sleeping beauty" — a potent yet practically unused EU Parliament instrument akin to the EU's own Article 7, designed to safeguard the rule of law and the integrity of its institutions.

Today, we kick off an anniversary campaign to convince new supporting members to join EUobserver's mission of providing the information citizens need to safeguard EU democracy.

Russian spies are still active in the EU capital and have a "higher risk appetite" than before the Ukraine war — despite Belgium's efforts to push back against their plots.