A tanker that was carrying crude oil to Syria has been detained in Gibraltar.
Government officials in the British overseas territory say they have grounds to believe the vessel was heading to the Banyas refinery.
That facility is the property of an entity that is subject to European Union sanctions.
Experts say the move is likely to be a signal to Syria that the EU takes it's sanctions seriously.
Russian air strikes kill 10, injure more than 50 in Ukraine's Kyiv
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 50, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings in what Russia said was a retaliation for recent attacks on its civil infrastructure.
Firefighters battle wildfire in southern France
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US, Iran talks conclude in Doha, focused on Strait of Hormuz
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Trump honours Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota, debuts new Air Force One
President Donald Trump dedicated a museum honouring Theodore Roosevelt on Wednesday, invoking the Republican president's legacy and linking it to his own vision for America ahead of the country's 250th anniversary.
Kenyan court charges 8 schoolgirls with fellow students' murder
A Kenyan court charged eight schoolgirls on Wednesday with murder for the deaths of 16 of their fellow students in a dormitory fire at a school in late May.
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