South Korean Envoys Fly to North Korea to Meet Kim Jong-un Top aides of President Moon Jae-in of South Korea flew to North Korea on Monday to meet its leader, Kim Jong-un, moving to improve inter-Korean relations and help start a dialogue between the North and the United States. Mr. […]
Embargoes and Sanctions
North Korean Banks and Citizens Added to U.S. Sanctions List North Korean Banks and Citizens Added to U.S. Sanctions List:- The United States added eight North Korean banks and 26 individuals operating in four countries to its sanctions blacklist on Tuesday, part of an intensified effort to starve North Korea […]
Trump Pushes to Revisit Iran Nuclear Deal, and Asks Allies to Help Trump Pushes to Revisit Iran Nuclear Deal, and Asks Allies to Help:- President Trump is seeking to revisit the nuclear agreement with Iran to toughen its provisions rather than scrap it right away as he has threatened, enlisting […]
Putin Rejects Cutting Off Oil to North Korea Putin Rejects Cutting Off Oil to North Korea:- President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said his country opposed cutting off oil supplies to North Korea as part of new sanctions being considered in the wake of the country’s latest nuclear test, according […]
Russia Seizes 2 U.S. Properties and Orders Embassy to Cut Staff Russia took its first steps on Friday to retaliate against proposed American sanctions for Moscow’s suspected meddling in last year’s election, seizing two American diplomatic properties and ordering the United States Embassy to reduce staff by September. The moves, […]
For Trump and Putin, Sanctions Are a Setback Both Sought to Avoid Throughout 2016, both Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin complained that American-led sanctions against Russia were the biggest irritant in the plummeting relations between the two superpowers. And the current investigations, which have cast a shadow […]
Michael Flynn Resigns as National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Resigns as National Security Adviser:- Michael T. Flynn, the national security adviser, resigned on Monday night after it was revealed that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other top White House officials about his conversations with the Russian ambassador […]
Israel Halts Yacht Trying to Break Its Blockade of Gaza Strip Israel Halts Yacht Trying to Break Its Blockade of Gaza Strip : JERUSALEM — Their chances of reaching the shores of Gaza were never high: Thirteen women on a yacht hoping to breach the years-old sea blockade of the […]
