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Pakistan imposes more restrictions on 88 Taliban leaders and groups

23 Aug 2020

Tariq Butt / Associated Press Pakistan issued sweeping financial sanctions against Afghanistan’s Taliban, just as the militant group is in the midst of US-led peace process in the neighboring...

US demands restoration of UN sanctions against Iran

20 Aug 2020

The Trump administration is set to demand the restoration of all international sanctions on Iran in a move that will further isolate the US at the United Nations, test...

China opposes ‘barbarous’ Hong Kong sanctions by US

08 Aug 2020

China's office in Hong Kong on Saturday denounced Washington's decision to sanction key officials over sliding freedoms in the business hub, calling the move "barbarous and rude". "The ill...

Iran to develop oil industry despite US sanctions

11 Jul 2020

Iran is determined to develop its oil industry in spite of US sanctions imposed on the country, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in a televised speech on Saturday....

US senators seek to sanction Chinese officials over Hong Kong

22 May 2020

Republican and Democratic US senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for violating Hong Kong's independence, after Beijing moved to impose a...

Pandemic calls for a humane US approach

17 May 2020

The use of punitive sanctions to exert “maximum pressure” on Iran to capitulate to Trump administration demands has failed miserably. Iran not only refuses to renegotiate the 2015 nuclear deal...

US mounds on more sanctions against Iran

11 Jan 2020

The United States piled new sanctions on Iran's already crippled economy Friday and defended the killing of a top Iranian leader, saying he had been planning an "imminent" attack...

Trump warns of sanctions if Iraq tries to expel US troops

06 Jan 2020

President Donald Trump insists that Iranian cultural sites are fair game for the US military, dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing so could constitute a war crime...

China slaps sanctions on US over Hong Kong unrest

02 Dec 2019

China suspended US warship visits and sanctioned American NGOs on Monday in retaliation for the passage of a bill backing pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The financial hub has...

North Korean vice foreign minister Choe headed to Moscow: Kyodo

18 Nov 2019

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui travelled to Moscow on Monday, possibly to discuss North Korea’s efforts to negotiate an agreement with the United States, Japan’s Kyodo...

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