The EU's parliament approved a non-binding resolution to create a safe haven in Iraq's Nineveh Plains vulnerable minority groups.
The governing parties, considered Eurosceptical, had long considered dropping the EU bid.
Leaders of European countries have rejected the idea of a standing European army to counter Russian hostility.
The EU's foreign minister, Federica Mogherini, said there could be a fourth round of Russian sanctions if fighting persists.
UKIP hopes to tap into public frustration about rising immigration, and to focus more on attracting skilled immigrants.
The current agreement gives Greece a four-month extension of its loans.
The arrangement will extend the country's bailout program for four months.
EU governments are not convinced that President Mugabe’s record of human rights abuses and electoral fraud has improved.
Greece is set to enter a crucial round of talks with finance ministers from the eurozone in Brussels on Friday.
The request was met with strong opposition from Germany, but the deal could save the country from bankruptcy and a Greek exit from the EU.
Economic sanctions have done little to sway Vladimir Putin, but remain the West's response to the Ukraine conflict.
Following the government's announcement, yields on Greek and other lower-rated eurozone bonds fell on Wednesday.
Time is running out as Greece's bailout program ends on Feb. 28, igniting fears of a possible Greek exit from the eurozone.
Apparently, quite a bit. With time running out on Greece's bailout, there are few advantages if the country leaves the eurozone.
Hungary has seen 23,000 migrants, mostly Kosovar Albanians, cross from Serbia in hopes of receiving asylum.
Greece's attempts to renegotiate its bailout would likely be resolved only by the country leaving the eurozone, Alan Greenspan says.
Germany would be able to prosecute ayone who travel abroad to fight for terror groups or fund them.
The Gulf airline said it would look to strengthen commercial ties with the European carrier and may consider increasing its stake over time.
Syriza, Greece’s extreme left-wing party, appears poised to win the largest share of seats in legislative elections Sunday.
Foreign ministers from 28 EU nations have gathered in Brussels for a summit being held in the wake of the attacks in Paris.
Over the weekend, European Central Bank members debated "quantitative easing" in the EU.
The European Commission ordered the struggling airline to pay back over 65 million euros in illegal state aid.