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2/22/2023 11:54:25 AM
China on Wednesday sharply criticized a visit to Taiwan by a senior Pentagon official and reaffirmed it has sanctioned Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying military equipment to the self-governing island democracy.
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2/21/2023 11:35:16 AM
Russia showed up in force Monday at an arms fair in the United Arab Emirates, displaying combat-tested weapons up for export, including rifles and air defence systems.
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2/20/2023 7:21:14 PM
The Russian economy contracted by 2.1 percent last year, the government's statistics agency Rosstat said Monday, absorbing Western sanctions over Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine better than expected.
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2/20/2023 5:33:14 PM
Iran's currency plunged to new lows Monday amid fresh European Union sanctions, crossing the psychologically important rate of 500,000 rials to a dollar in foreign exchange markets.
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2/16/2023 10:21:50 AM
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the arms embargo on Yemen's Houthi rebels and an asset freeze and travel ban on Houthi leaders and top officials until Nov. 15.
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2/15/2023 5:24:08 PM
The European Union's executive arm proposed Wednesday new sanctions on Russia that would cut off goods worth 11 billion euros and target Iran's drone producers over the war in Ukraine.
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2/14/2023 3:55:24 PM
Chinese leader Xi Jinping expressed support for Iran during a visit by its president on Tuesday as Tehran tries to expand relations with Beijing and Moscow to offset Western sanctions over its nuclear development.
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2/10/2023 6:18:57 PM
Mikel Arteta says Arsenal need to earn the right to become Premier League champions, rather than rely on any possible sanctions imposed on title rivals Manchester City.
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2/9/2023 7:08:01 PM
The United States and Britain announced sanctions Thursday on the Russian intelligence-linked Trickbot group known for hacking hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic and stealing financial data.
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2/9/2023 4:45:22 PM
Syria's politically isolated President Bashar al-Assad has received calls and aid from Arab leaders since a devastating earthquake Monday, a momentum analysts say he could leverage to bolster regional support.
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2/8/2023 8:33:18 PM
The US State Department has dismissed claims that sanctions against Syria are obstructing aid efforts following a recent earthquake.
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2/8/2023 3:08:19 PM
The British government on Wednesday announced a fresh round of sanctions targeting Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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2/8/2023 2:36:00 PM
Syria on Wednesday made an official plea to the EU for help after the deadly earthquake that struck it and Turkey this week, the bloc's commissioner for crisis management said.
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2/7/2023 9:35:58 PM
Even before Monday's devastating earthquake, getting aid to all parts of war-battered Syria was fraught with daunting political and logistical challenges.
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2/7/2023 1:59:20 PM
The Syrian Red Crescent on Tuesday appealed to Western countries to lift sanctions and provide aid after a powerful earthquake has killed more than 1,600 people across the war-torn country.
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1/31/2023 9:59:19 PM
Iran and Russia have taken a key step toward linking their banking systems in a move that further boosts their cooperation in the face of Western sanctions, an Iranian official said.
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1/31/2023 8:59:48 PM
The United States slapped fresh sanctions on Myanmar Tuesday, a day before the Southeast Asian country marks the second anniversary of a military coup that launched a violent campaign against democracy activists.
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1/30/2023 3:53:22 PM
Name it, act on it, sanction it. That is the focus of a new plan announced on Monday by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to defeat long-standing racism, anti-Semitism and discrimination of all kinds.
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1/28/2023 9:56:16 PM
The EU is not adding Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to its list of terrorist organisations as part of the sanctions announced this week, leaving the way open for further talks with Tehran, writes Manal Lotfy
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1/26/2023 5:33:13 PM
Lebanon's central bank said Thursday it has frozen the accounts of a foreign exchange trader and his sons, after the US sanctioned them this week over links to Hezbollah.
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