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Top EU Diplomat Due in Tehran on Friday for Talks

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will arrive in Tehran on Friday night for talks, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said, according to state media. "Bilateral relations, regional and international issues, as well as the latest status of sanctions lifting will be discussed during the visit, which is part…

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Top EU diplomat due in Tehran on Friday for talks -Iran foreign ministry

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will arrive in Tehran on Friday night for talks, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said, according to state media.

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Why are some nations neutral on the Russia-Ukraine war?

Countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East have refused to isolate Moscow, despite the EU’s lobbying efforts.

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Ukraine Says Attacks Escalating, as Russia-EU Tensions Surge

Russia's blockade of Ukrainian grain exports sparked fresh tensions with Europe as fears grow of a global food crisis, while Kyiv accused Moscow of stepping up attacks in the east of the country. In New York, Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, auctioned off his…

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Colombia rebels open to talks with new president

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EU: Blame Russia, not sanctions, for global food crisis

The European Union’s top diplomat insisted Monday it’s not the bloc’s sanctions that are responsible for the looming global food crisis, and pledged to work out solutions to ensure exports of food and fertilizers could reach Africa

The Independent UK

Russia warns Lithuania over Kaliningrad goods restrictions

Moscow decries ‘hostile’ restrictions on flow of EU-sanctioned goods to Russian exclave, as Lithuania defends measures.

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'It's just hell there': Russia still pounds eastern Ukraine

Russia’s military machine is persevering in its ferocious effort to grind down Ukraine’s defenses

The Independent UK

Russia's Blockade of Ukrainian Grain Exports is a War Crime, Says Borrell

Russia's blockade of the export of millions of tons of Ukrainian grain is a war crime, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday. "We call on Russia to deblockade the (Ukrainian) ports...It is inconceivable, one cannot imagine that millions of tons of wheat remain blocked in Ukraine while…

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Russia's blockade of Ukrainian grain exports is a war crime - EU's top diplomat

Russia's blockade of the export of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain is a war crime, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday.

Reuters

Egypt, EU to Enhance Partnership

The ninth meeting of the EU-Egypt Association Council is set to kick off on Sunday in Luxembourg. The event will be co-chaired by Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. It will endorse the new EU-Egypt…

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The EU warns that Russian actions in Ukraine are putting the world at risk of famine

Despite it's reputation as the "breadbasket of the world", the war in Ukraine has stymied grain exports, which experts fear will have global consequences.

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Algeria’s Suspension of Trade with Spain Could Violate EU Trade Law, Top EU Officials

Algeria’s decision to block trade with Spain following a diplomatic row over Western Sahara could be a violation of European Union trade law, two senior EU officials said on Friday. “The European Union is ready to stand up against any type of coercive measures applied against an EU Member State,”…

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EU Warns it May Act to Defend Spain in Dispute with Algeria

Top European Union officials said Friday the bloc was treating the crisis between Algeria and Spain with the "utmost concern" and warned it was prepared to take action to defend the interests of its members. In a joint statement, European Commission executive vice president Valdis Dombrovskis and EU foreign affairs…

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EU Welcomes Extension of Truce in Yemen

The European Union welcomed on Friday the extension of the nationwide truce in Yemen. In a press statement, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell said since April 2, the truce has led to tangible benefits to the Yemeni people. The EU encourages the continuation of…

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Russian troops enter Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk as Ukraine fights to maintain control of strategic city

Shelling has killed two civilians and wounded five others as Russian troops advanced into the city's fringes, Luhansk region Governor Serhiy Gaidai says, with Ukraine determined to slow an offensive across the Donbas region.

The Guardian - UK

Cost of budget pasta, bread and beef mince surges; German inflation near 50-year high– as it happened

Prices of budget pasta, crisps, bread and mince products have surged in last year, pushing up cost of living for poorest families

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EU's Borrell hopeful of deal on Russian oil ban

European Union members should be able to reach an agreement on a next sanctions package against Russia, including restrictions on the imports of Russian oil, in talks currently held by officials, the bloc's foreign policy chief said on Monday.

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Iran denies ‘compromise’ in nuclear deal negotiations

The ball to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal is in the US’s court, Tehran says.

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Iran's President Meets Sultan of Oman on Monday

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is set to visit Oman on Monday at the invitation of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, according to the official media in Tehran. Raisi will travel to Muscat "at the head of a high-level delegation to follow the neighborhood diplomacy of the Popular Government and to expand…

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UN, Niger lament Mali’s withdrawal from G5 Sahel force

The decision to abandon the multinational effort may further isolate Bamako on the regional and global stage.

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Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 84 of the invasion

Kremlin says 694 Ukrainian fighters from Azovstal plant have surrendered; UK says Russia facing ‘resourcing problems’

Evening Standard

Ukraine is ‘winning’the war against Russia and will’ survive’, says top UK military officer

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin spoke as Putin’s forces have been pushed back but shelling has brought more civilian casualties

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Paris Warns of Consequences of Not Signing Nuclear Deal

Three days after European Union envoy Enrique Mora visited Tehran in a bid to help restart the 2015 nuclear deal, a French source expressed pessimism over the prospects of progress. Talks to revive the deal with world powers have been on hold since March, chiefly over Tehran’s insistence that Washington…

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EU’s Russia Sanctions Effort Slows over Oil Dependency

The European Union’s efforts to impose a new round of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine appeared to be bogged down on Monday, as a small group of countries opposed a ban on imports of Russian oil. Since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, the bloc has implemented five…

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