US sanctions

US sanctions

Chinese and US flags flutter near The Bund, before US trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019/ Reuters

Blacklisted Chinese firms eye lawsuits after Xiaomi win against Trump ban

Xiaomi and 43 other companies were added in the waning months of the Trump administration to the blacklist, which was mandated by a 1999 law requiring the Defense Department to publish a...

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China hopes US will remove 'unreasonable' restrictions on cooperation

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Moscow accuses US of 'anti-Russian lunge' after imposition of new sanctions

FILE PHOTO: A still image taken from video footage shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is accused of flouting the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement, inside a defendant dock during the announcement of a court verdict in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021. Press service of Simonovsky District Court/Handout via REUTERS

US, EU impose sanctions on Russia for Navalny poisoning, jailing

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks speaks during a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden to the State Department in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

US Secretary of State vows 'firm action' against Myanmar military

UN Special Rapporteur on Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on Human Rights, Alena Douhan, speaks during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

US-led sanctions on Venezuela "devastating" to human rights, says UN report

Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar Kyaw Tint Swe listens as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) speaks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China August 27, 2019. How Hwee Young/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Suu Kyi aide among new wave of arrests in Myanmar as Biden approves sanctions

FILE PHOTO: Democratic US presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, US, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Biden threatened Myanmar sanctions. What are his options?

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia January 26, 2021. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

Iran says it will not reverse nuclear steps before US sanctions are lifted

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, US, January 12, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran in final days of Trump presidency

The Cuban flag flies in Havana April 14, 2015. Reuters/Enrique de la Osa

Cuba slams ‘political opportunism’ of new US sanctions

Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary, Department of the Treasury during the Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing examining the quarterly CARES Act report to Congress, in Washington, DC, US, September 24, 2020. Toni L. Sandys/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

US imposes sanctions on Ukrainians over election interference

The North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017/ Reuters

North Korea's economy struggles as sanctions, Covid-19 weigh