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UK, France and Germany tell Tehran deadline for 'concrete progress' on new agreement is end of summer, otherwise it will face major 'snapback' of UN sanctions

UK, France, and Germany threaten to reinstate UN sanctions against Iran if there is no progress in nuclear negotiations.

The 27 EU member states have agreed an 18th sanctions package targeting Russia for invading Ukraine after being blocked for weeks by Slovakia. The sanctions are intended to further reduce Russian revenues from the export of oil to non-EU countries and impact the Russian financial sector.

Secretary Rubio and European foreign ministers set an August deadline for Iran's nuclear deal, which could trigger the snapback mechanism reimposing all U.N. sanctions.

As Russia delays peace negotiations with Ukraine, U.S. elected officials in Congress are considering a new sanctions bill to force Russia to end its war.

The ICC, which has a mandate to investigate and prosecute some of the most serious crimes under international law, is the world's first and only permanent international criminal court. It acts as a court of last resort and is an essential component of the international peace and security architecture.

A U.S. diplomat briefed U.N. member states on a recent report by an international North Korea sanctions monitoring team at the U.N. in New York on Thursday, focusing on military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang,