The European Union adopted fresh sanctions against Russian oil interests on Monday, targeting traders Murtaza Lakhani and Etibar Eyyub for helping Moscow to circumvent Western sanctions on crude exports that help to fund Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Four people are facing conspiracy charges after they were apprehended while planning to test explosives in the desert. 

​Four people are facing conspiracy charges after they were apprehended while planning to test explosives in the desert.  

US President Donald Trump said Monday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul’s conviction.