"Europe had to react against this violation of basic principles," Merkel said.
Senior U.S administration officials said the sanctions would be partly "symbolic" but hope that naming mid-level officials may make functionaries...
More EU politicians are now urging a softer stance toward Russia, a key trade partner and energy provider
The EU is looking to review its broader policy toward Moscow in the second half of the year.
At current rates of spending, it has been clear for some time that the Reserve Fund - which at the start of 2014 stood at...
"What we shouldn't do now is to inflame the situation by loud sabre-rattling and shrill war cries," German...
"From the perspective of the state, it's good - they can tell their people that their living standards have improved."
The new sanctions threaten to ban from the global financial system anyone who does business with broad swaths of North...
South Korea said Tuesday it would impose new sanctions against 40 individuals and 30 entities because of suspected links to...
"The more sanctions will bring about tougher reaction," North Korea's Ambassador Se Pyong So said
"Both leaders affirmed their commitment to achieving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
The ship was found to have no contraband on board.
The ships were among 31 vessels sanctioned by the 15-member council on March 2 because they were owned by...
