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EU to provide funding to Armenian military for first time

The European Union will financially support Armenia’s armed forces for the first time through an injection of €10 million.

Armed Israeli settler in West Bank (L) and Palestinian Hamas militants (R). Photos: MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES; Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

EU diplomats agree on sanctions on Hamas and violent Israeli settlers in West Bank

European Union foreign ministers agreed in principle on Monday to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers for attacking Palestinians in the West Bank, and to add further sanctions on members of the Palestinian Islamist terror group Hamas.