The European Union decided on Friday to extend by six months the sanctions against Russia for starting the war in Ukraine and is preparing new measures against Moscow
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An Iranian journalist who had been arrested after an interview with the father of the young Mahsa Amini, whose death in detention triggered widespread protests in Iran, said on Saturday that she was sentenced without a hearing, AFP reports.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sacked the minister without portfolio and Conservative Party leader Nadhim Zahawi.
Outgoing New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday expressed her gratitude for her time at the helm of the government, on the eve of the inauguration of her successor Chris Hipkins.
A ministerial meeting between France and Germany, which was postponed last autumn amid reports of a cooling in bilateral relations, is to take place this Sunday
The head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, acknowledged on Friday a decrease in tensions with China.
Mihailo Podoliak, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Saturday asked Kiev’s allies to “think faster” about stepping up their military support
The recent strikes in protest against plans to raise the retirement age in France are unlikely to affect the country’s economy, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told Bloomberg TV on Friday
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will meet with his American counterpart, Joe Biden, in Washington on February 10, the Brazilian presidency announced on Thursday.