The United States on Friday imposed fresh sanctions on Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and several other officials, citing Tehran’s violent response to recent anti-government protests.

US President Donald Trump on Friday noted that progress was being made toward ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict, while acknowledging that strained relations between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin continue to make peace efforts “difficult”.

Clearing mines from the sea is a perilous operation and doing so in an active conflict is even more dangerous. 

​Clearing mines from the sea is a perilous operation and doing so in an active conflict is even more dangerous.