Bloomberg The European Union’s Baltic members agreed to coordinate a visa ban for most Russian citizens at their borders and will aim to pass national measures by mid-September. The move would further complicate access to the EU for Russian holders of Schengen visas to travel throughout the bloc’s visa-free travel zone. Latvia and Estonia are finalizing the details of ...

  Bloomberg Iraq’s top court rejected a bid by influential cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr to dissolve parliament in the OPEC member state, a move that could spark further unrest after last month’s deadly clashes over the political standoff in Baghdad. The Federal Supreme Court rebuffed the demand on Wednesday, Iraq’s state news agency said. Iraq has been at a political impasse ...

Bloomberg Greece accused Turkey of “extremely aggressive rhetoric” that risks destabilizing the region and weakening Nato, the latest bout in an escalating war of words between the two Nato allies over tensions in the Aegean Sea. “We risk witnessing again a situation similar to that currently unfolding in some other part of our Continent,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias wrote ...