The US State Department approves the sale of bombs and missiles to would-be NATO member Finland.

Finland says it plans to build a separating fence on its border with Russia.

A United Nations rights watchdog has rebuked Finland for violating the rights of Finnish children who were abandoned in Syrian prison camps.

Iran denounces the rioters and terrorists, who tried to hijack recent peaceful demonstrations across the country.

Iran's President Raeisi says the country has managed to make great success in various fields despite the US's illegal and oppressive sanctions.

Macron has signed the ratification protocols approving Finland and Sweden's NATO membership.

US President Joe Biden has signed documents backing the membership of Sweden and Finland in the NATO military alliance. 

Gazprom has stopped sending gas to Latvia, adding the country to the list of countries which had already been excluded from Russian energy supplies.

The French parliament has voted to ratify the accession of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), following the two Nordic countries' bid to join the Western military alliance amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Turkey has summoned the Swedish charges d'affaires in Ankara in protest at a demonstration by a Kurdish group in Sweden.