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World
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Africa
8/30/2024 6:17:50 PM
The United States on Friday announced visa sanctions on an unspecified number of individuals in South Sudan, including members of its government, whom it accused of obstructing the delivery of humanitarian aid to one of the world's poorest countries.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/29/2024 4:11:23 PM
Ireland’s foreign minister Micheál Martin says Israel is targeting Palestinian people and not just Hamas with its military campaign in Gaza, and he wants the European Union to review its ties with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/29/2024 3:00:08 PM
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Thursday he will urge the bloc's 27 member states Thursday to back sanctions on Israeli ministers accused of fomenting "hatred" towards Palestinians.
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World
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Region
8/28/2024 6:25:18 PM
The United States on Wednesday announced new sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank over violence against Palestinians, urging its ally Israel to bring greater accountability.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/26/2024 10:19:56 AM
Some 60 media and rights organizations on Monday urged the European Union to suspend a co-operation accord with Israel and impose sanctions, accusing it of "massacring journalists" in Gaza.
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World
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International
8/25/2024 7:15:59 PM
China on Sunday expressed its opposition to the latest US sanctions on Chinese companies over their alleged ties to Russia's war in Ukraine, saying it will adopt necessary measures to safeguard the rights and interests of the country's businesses.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/12/2024 4:25:19 PM
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese emphasized in an interview with Ahram Online the intentional Israeli genocide in Gaza with the support of Western weapons, stressing the need to impose sanctions on Israel.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/10/2024 1:04:00 PM
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Friday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and informed him that Washington decided to end its investigation into Israel's "Netzah Yehuda" battalion for human rights violations in the occupied West Bank and will not impose sanctions on the army unit, according to two senior US and Israeli officials speaking to Axios.
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Paris 2024
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News
8/8/2024 7:49:27 PM
North Korean Olympians have not received Samsung smartphones, unlike athletes from other countries, the IOC told AFP on Thursday, hours after Seoul suggested that providing them the phones could violate UN sanctions against the nuclear-armed North.
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World
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International
7/30/2024 8:39:12 PM
The United States sanctioned five people and seven companies in China and Iran on Tuesday, accusing them of aiding Tehran's ballistic missile and drone programs.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/25/2024 6:00:49 PM
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warned in Hong Kong on Thursday of Russia using the city to bypass sanctions levied by the West over its invasion of Ukraine.
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World
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Region
7/23/2024 3:21:37 PM
Yemen's government and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have agreed to halt tit-for-tat banking sanctions as they wrestle for control of the country's financial institutions, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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World
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International
7/18/2024 7:47:11 PM
A German court has convicted a German-Russian couple for smuggling thousands of drone components to Russia in contravention of EU sanctions, AFP learned Thursday.
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World
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Region
7/15/2024 8:49:10 PM
The European Union on Monday announced sanctions on five Israelis, including those termed "extremist settlers", and three organizations for abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank and blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/24/2024 2:52:05 PM
The European Union on Monday slapped new sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine, targeting Moscow’s shadow fleet of tankers moving liquefied natural gas through Europe as well as several companies.
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World
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Region
6/24/2024 2:18:08 PM
Iranians broadly deplore Western sanctions that have battered the economy, but the country's six presidential candidates offer differing solutions, assuming the winner gets a say on foreign policy.
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World
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International
6/18/2024 12:39:23 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for supporting his actions in Ukraine and said their countries will cooperate closely to overcome US-led sanctions as he headed to Pyongyang on Tuesday for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/13/2024 8:48:25 PM
The UK announced Thursday dozens of new sanctions aimed at constraining Russia's war in Ukraine, including targeting Moscow's main stock exchange, a day after Washington announced similar measures.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/12/2024 6:14:14 PM
The United States announced a raft of sanctions Wednesday aimed at constraining Moscow's war in Ukraine while raising the stakes for foreign banks that still deal with Russia, ahead of G7 leaders' talks this week.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
6/5/2024 9:53:16 AM
The US House of Representatives voted Tuesday to advance a largely symbolic bill calling for sanctions on the International Criminal Court after its prosecutor applied for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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