EU agrees not to extend sanctions on Belarus, leaves arms embargo

The European Union will not extend its economic sanctions on 170 Belarusians, including those on authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, but will maintain its arms embargo, the bloc's foreign ministers agreed on Monday. The sanctions were already lifted for four months at the end of October in a gesture to Lukashenko, as the European Union seeks to improve ties with the man whom the United States once said runs Europe's last "dictatorship." Officials said the EU will keep sanctions for ano