Senate passes Russia and Iran sanctions bill named for late Senator Graham
The US Senate passed a broad sanctions bill targeting Russia's energy industry and Iran, after the measure had been stuck in Congress for months.
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The US Senate passed a broad sanctions bill targeting Russia's energy industry and Iran, after the measure had been stuck in Congress for months.
The European Union has added five more people to its sanctions list over Russia's renewed missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
The European Commission has signed a contract to add 66 satellites to IRIS², a planned European satellite network for secure communications.
US intelligence believes Russian President Vladimir Putin might try a small military attack on a NATO country to test the alliance's response, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The EU's migration commissioner, Magnus Brunner, says Brussels should use trade deals and visa rules as leverage over Morocco to stop another mass crossing like the one a week earlier, when tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta, a Spanish territory on the coast of North Africa.
German officials found an explosive drone near a jet at Leipzig airport and are calling it a serious attack on Germany.
EasyJet's board has chosen a takeover offer from Apollo Global Management, a US investment firm, worth £5.7bn, after a rival bidder, Castlelake, withdrew.
Britain announced new sanctions on Russia, targeting Ozon Bank, a Russian online banking service, and ships from the 'shadow fleet,' a group of aging tankers with hidden owners that Russia uses to keep selling oil despite Western restrictions.
Kyiv had its worst night yet of Russian missile strikes, with air defenses failing to stop many missiles, including one that hit a resident's home.
Ukraine says it does not have enough Patriot air-defense missiles, called interceptors, to stop Russian missile attacks, and the shortage is costing lives after a deadly strike on Kyiv.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement that Israeli troops will not leave Gaza until Hamas gives up its weapons entirely, rejecting the terms of a Gaza ceasefire and disarmament deal that US President Donald Trump announced only days earlier.
China announced new measures against the United States, including putting American firms on a trade blacklist and tightening controls on drone exports.