The European Union extends sanctions, including a weapons ban, against Myanmar over the Myanmarese military’s deadly crackdown on minority Muslims in the country.

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The UAE says an embargo on Qatar still stands after reports suggested that the ban has been relaxed.

Germany has called for a European ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

An academic says the EU should take concrete action to end Saudi war on Yemen and that condemnation alone cannot save Yemenis' lives.

The European Parliament has passed a resolution through which it has called for an urgent ban on all sales of weapons to a Saudi-led coalition which is pressing ahead a deadly war on Yemen since 2015.  

An analyst says more pressure is needed to hold Riyadh accountable for its war crimes in Yemen given the support it enjoys from the US and UK.

An analyst says Saudi Arabia is committing crimes in Yemen's Hudaydah port city and the US, UK and France are complicit in the country's humanitarian crisis.

Qatar bans the products made by the four Arab states that have placed embargo against the country.

Doha tells the United Nations that an Emirati vessel hijacked a Qatari fishing boat with eight crewmen in January.