In a coordinated move with the United States and the Israeli regime, European foreign ministers issued threats against Iran over the nuclear issue, despite years of failing to uphold their own commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

European Union countries on Friday approved an 18th sanctions package against Russia over its war in Ukraine, aimed at dealing further blows to Russia's oil and energy industry.

If implemented, the sanctions against supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes would dramatically escalate a widening feud between the United States and Brazil.

The 27 EU member states have agreed an 18th sanctions package targeting Russia for invading Ukraine after being blocked for weeks by Slovakia. The sanctions are intended to further reduce Russian revenues from the export of oil to non-EU countries and impact the Russian financial sector.

The UK has imposed sanctions on several Russian spy units and military intelligence officers in response to Moscow’s hybrid warfare against western states.

Secretary Rubio and European foreign ministers set an August deadline for Iran's nuclear deal, which could trigger the snapback mechanism reimposing all U.N. sanctions.

France, Britain and Germany told Iran on Thursday that they wanted Tehran to resume diplomacy immediately over its nuclear programme and warned if there were no concrete steps by the end of the summer they would restore U.

A U.S. diplomat briefed U.N. member states on a recent report by an international North Korea sanctions monitoring team at the U.N. in New York on Thursday, focusing on military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang,