Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said on Thursday that he hoped the new round of European Union (EU) sanctions against Russia will be short-dated.
The United States said on Tuesday that the ceasefire reached days ago is "mostly holding" in eastern Ukraine, but Washington will decide on new sanctions against Russia over the next few days.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated after an extraordinary Cabinet session on Thursday afternoon that the European Union (EU)'s sanctions against Russia have prompted him to "laugh a bit", local media reported.
Reaching a comprehensive agreement on Iran's nuclear issue is likely before the Nov. 24 deadline, Press TV reported on Wednesday quoting Iran's senior nuclear negotiator, Abbas Araqchi.
One of Russia's largest fish-processing factories in the northern port city of Murmansk has been forced to suspend operations lately due to newly imposed sanctions.
Iran has denied linking any future cooperation with the United States against terrorists in Iraq to the removal of western sanctions, Tasnim news agency reported on Friday.
South Korea has hinted at easing the so-called May 24 sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) when it comes to the humanitarian aid.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was not aiming for additional sanctions on Russia when he declared on Thursday that Moscow has only "hours" left to persuade insurgents in eastern Ukraine to lay down their arms, the State Department said.
Russia on Thursday vowed to retaliate upon new sanctions from the United States and Canada, but stressed it would not publicize those who were placed on the Russian blacklist.
Western sanctions have caused "agony and suffering" for Iranians, the Iranian president said here on Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday announced new sanctions against senior Russian officials and a bank in a move to "impose additional costs" on Russia.
Russia barred Thursday a list of U. S. politicians from entering the country as a tit-for-tat move over Washington's sanctions.
Russia's deputy foreign minister on Tuesday dismissed the expansion of U.S. sanctions against Iran as "illegitimate."
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday welcomed an agreement to start implementing an interim deal on Iran's nuclear program from Jan. 20, vowing to veto any legislation imposing new sanctions on the Islamic republic hereafter.
Iran warned against imposition of possible sanctions, saying that any new U.S. sanctions against the Islamic republic will scupper the nuclear talks, Press TV reported on Tuesday.
The U.S. government on Tuesday slapped sanctions on three companies and one person in Myanmar in its latest effort to choke off alleged arms trade between the Southeast Asian nation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The United States Senate has decided not to impose new sanctions on Iran, following Obama administration's efforts to defend a landmark interim nuclear deal.
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