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The European Union announced on Friday that it was adding the neo-Nazi group 'The Base' to the EU Terrorist List.The group, founded in 2018 by Rinaldo Nazzaro, has been responsible for multiple terrorist attacks, the EU stated in a release on the matter.Nazzaro is an American who is now based in Russia. Through designating the group, the EU is now able to freeze its funds and other financial assets or economic resources in EU member states. The group is also now unable to acquire funds in those countries. The group...

The United Nations fears that a US decision to return Yemen's Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups could harm the war-torn country's economy, particularly commercial imports of essential items, a senior UN aid official said on Wednesday.The US move, announced last month, takes effect on Friday and hits the Iran-aligned group with harsh sanctions that aim to cut off funding and weapons the Houthis have used in their stepped-up attacks on ships in vital Red Sea shipping lanes.The UN aid operations director, Edem Wosornu, said that while...

The US recently signed on a special presidential order against four Israeli settlers involved in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank: Shalom Zicherman, Yinon Levi, David Chai Chasdai, and Einan Tanjile. According to the order, the four were involved in arson that led to harm to human life, threats against Palestinian farmers who abandoned their homes, and physical harm to Palestinians.The order is considered unusually severe and is mainly given to exclusively to terrorists in times of war or to impede their economic activities. This blacklist, which is...