Venezuela's parliament calls for the expulsion of the European Union (EU)'s ambassador to Caracas in response to the bloc's imposition of new sanctions against dozens of officials in President Nicolas Maduro’s government.

Russia calls on the West to deal with its own issues, after the US and European countries decried the arrest of opposition figure Alexey Navalny.

The US and EU expect Iran to accept a new deal after all the promises they have broken; however, Iran has strongly refused their request.

The European Union extends sanctions against Russia, by another six months,.

Turkey is planning to send its research ship back for the resumption of exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean amid an energy row with Greece.

Minsk says it is introducing counter sanctions after the European Union adopted measures against members of the Belarus government following President Alexander Lukashenko's landslide re-election.

Moscow says Germany has failed to provide Russian prosecutors with Alexi Navalny’s medical records.

Greece says Turkey is attempting to encroach on its territorial waters and threatening the cohesion of NATO through “illegal and provocative behavior” in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.