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BRUSSELS—France and Germany called on June 24 for a European Union summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin but met firm resistance from Poland and Baltic countries that distrust the Kremlin. French ...

BRUSSELS—The European Union imposed wide-ranging economic sanctions on Belarus for the first time on June 24, focusing on ...

The Australian government is facing renewed calls to place new sanctions on Burma’s (also known as Myanmar) military ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday they charged the president of a New York cosmetics company for his alleged ...

The Opposition Conservatives are urging the federal government to push back on U.S. President Joe Biden's protectionist Buy ...

The ASX is poised to drop in early trade after reports the Trump administration is weighing economic sanctions ...

As the attacks on Saudi oil facilities push the Middle East back into the limelight, President Donald Trump faces ...

The Turkish and Russian foreign ministers are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of an Organization for Security ...

North Korea threatens 'pre-emptive' nuclear attack in response to UN sanctions.

India has considerably cut down its import of crude oil from Iran. This is following US pressure of ...

The UN sanctions on Iran are very effective.

Iranian police have clashed with protesters who are demonstrating over the recent collapse of the rial currency in ...

After weeks of calls for boycott from European governments, the West has increased the pressure on Ukraine with ...

Australia is set to lift sanctions against Burmese President Thein Sein and at least 260 others who had ...

Just five years ago, Burma’s largest city of Yangon was the stage of a vicious crackdown on tens ...

U.S. State Department will remove some of its longstanding sanctions against Burma in light of the by-elections that ...

The European Union on Monday agreed to place more sanctions on Syria, citing the “regime’s continued use of ...

Sanctions from the U.S., the European Union, and the United Nations will likely affect Iran’s economy, according to ...

European Union foreign ministers agreed on sanctions targeting Iranian oil exports and an assets freeze on its central ...

The United States, Canada, and Britain all announced fresh sanctions against Iran on Monday.

The Belarus government is in a state of upheaval following protests and demonstrations against President Alexander Lukashenko, following ...

The European Union approved new restrictive measures against Iran on Thursday.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao showed no intention of supporting sanctions against North Korea for its attack.

General Thein Sein, head of Burma's military junta, complained from economic sanctions in his speech at the U.N.