Two U.S. senators have urged President Joe Biden to waive sanctions against India over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense system, saying such a punitive measure would endanger growing cooperation. India signed a $5.5…
The United States Treasury issued economic sanctions Tuesday against a Libyan national for alleged “human rights abuses against migrants in Libya,” the agency announced.”
The Biden administration has removed sanctions against two Iranian companies. The action was announced Friday regarding Mammut Industrial Group (Mammut Industries) and its subsidiary Mammut Diesel….
Despite the presence of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Washington for 10 days, White House correspondents were never sure whether the former Belarus presidential candidate and opposition leader would get a much-hoped-for meeting with President Joe Biden.
China said on Friday that it has imposed counter-sanctions on U.S. individuals including former U.S. commerce secretary Wilbur Ross in response to recent U.S. sanctions on Chinese officials in Hong Kong.The sanctions are the first…
The Biden administration is reportedly considering lifting sanctions against Iran’s Supreme Leader as part of a concessions package to restore a landmark 2015 Iranian nuclear development agreement, reports NBC News.
Two leading U.S. senators have called on President Joe Biden to use powers under a bill they authored to impose sanctions on those responsible for forcing the closure of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper, suggesting…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is a “real weapon” and expressed surprise and disappointment in U.S. President Joe Biden’s approval of the project.
Sanctions on Iran could only be lifted if the country comes back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement, the White House said Friday.
A U.S. senator urged the Biden administration Tuesday to lift a ban on diesel fuel swaps with Venezuela, adding to pressure from some Democrats and aid workers who argue sanctions are worsening the South American…
The United States on Monday announced sanctions on two more Chinese officials linked to China’s Xinjiang region, where Washington says Uyghur Muslims have been the victims of “serious human rights abuse.”
The U.S. sanctioned an additional 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing’s ongoing crackdown on political freedoms in the semi-autonomous city, just ahead of the Biden administration’s first face-to-face talks with China…
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asked President Joe Biden to maintain sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on the International Criminal Court.In their first phone conversation since Biden took office, Netanyahu made the request…
The United States on Friday called for other U.N. member states to join it in holding Myanmar coup leaders to account, including through targeted sanctions such as those it imposed on Thursday. “We ask all…
The Biden administration is reportedly considering the imposition of so-called “Magnitsky sanctions” targeted against top Kremlin officials, Newsmax’s John Gizzi reported Saturday.