BRUSSELS, April 23 (UPI) -- EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel said Thursday's conference in Brussels helped raise nearly $250 million to combat Somali piracy.

HAVANA, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The European Union and Cuba have restored ties and have said the EU will send millions of dollars in aid to assist the Caribbean nation.

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt, June 30 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the African Union to tell Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe the African country needs a new government.

HAVANA, March 10 (UPI) -- An official of the European Union is calling for an end to EU sanctions imposed in 2003 against Cuba.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Hopes are growing that a new government in Mogadishu may be able to reach a peace deal with the opposition Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Heavy fighting erupted near the base of the weak Somali interim government in Baidoa, after a deadline calling for Ethiopian troop withdrawal passed.

BRUSSELS, May 10 (UPI) -- The European Commission has allocated $30.6 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians living in the occupied territories and Lebanon.

BRUSSELS, March 18 (UPI) -- The European Commission Friday welcomed the Group of Eight industrialized nations' promise to put Africa and development high on its agenda.

BRUSSELS, March 18 (UPI) -- European Commissioner Louis Michel Friday invited Paul Wolfowitz, the U.S. nominee to head the World Bank, to Brussels to discuss development plans.