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A fifth round of European Union sanctions on Russia, including a ban on coal imports, could be agreed by the bloc on Thursday or on Friday, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said.

The U.S. acted against two of Russia’s largest banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank.

EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urges bloc to send more arms to Ukraine to help end the war

The European Union wants the war in Ukraine to end as soon as possible, but how that happens is important too, its chief diplomat said on Wednesday, calling for the bloc to send more arms to Kyiv.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell will travel to Kyiv this week for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, an EU spokesman said on Tuesday.

Bloc urgently working on new round of sanctions against Moscow after claims of mass civilian killings

The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said sanctions were being prepared "as a matter of urgency."

Bloc pressed to threaten sanctions at summit on bilateral relations amid concern about authoritarian alliance

Talks between world powers and Iran on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal are stuck, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday. He accused Russia of wanting to prevent sanctions on Iranian oil being lifted “because if Iran started producing oil there will be more supply in the markets,…

Iran informed the European mediator at the Vienna talks that the “political decision” in Washington was the “last obstacle” to reaching an agreement, calling for US “realism.” However, US Special Representative for Iran Robert Malley expressed doubts about reaching an agreement, stressing that sanctions will be kept on Iran’s elite…

The U.S. said the revival of a nuclear deal with Iran may not happen soon following recent requests from Tehran, including that Washington removes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from its list of terrorist organizations.