EU Adopts New Rules to Boost IS Sanctions

The European Union has adopted new rules allowing the bloc to impose travel bans and asset freezes on associates of the Islamic State extremist group.   The move by EU member nations on Tuesday also targets foreign fighters who train or work with IS.   Sanctions could be imposed on people who have planned or carried out attacks, as well as financed, recruited for or supported the group's activities.   IS sympathizers from outside Europe could be banned from entering,...

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