Suicide bombers killed at least 70 people near the Kabul airport, President Joe Biden addresses the nation about the deadly Kabul airport attacks, and Beijing is opposing current sanctions against the Taliban.
US Hits Russian Entities With Sanctions over Nord Stream 2
U.S. authorities have announced sanctions on one Russian vessel and two Russians involved in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which the Biden administration opposes, fearing it could be exploited by Moscow to weaponize energy deliveries against European allies. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an Aug. 20 statement that a report has been submitted…
UK Sanctions 7 Russian Intelligence Agents Over Navalny Poisoning
LONDON—Britain on Friday slapped sanctions on seven men it said were Russian intelligence operatives responsible for the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. It also issued a joint statement together with the United States warning Russia over chemical weapons. It did not outline any specific new actions taken by Washington but again condemned what it…
Belarus Retaliates Against US Sanctions
The authoritarian regime in Belarus retaliated against U.S. sanctions on Wednesday by withdrawing its approval for the appointment of the U.S. ambassador and telling Washington to reduce its embassy staff. The administration of President Joe Biden imposed new sanctions on Belarus on Monday, the one-year anniversary of widespread protests in response to an election the…
Radio Station May Face Sanctions After Airing ‘Jihadi Lyrics’
A community radio station may face sanctions after it broadcast a chant that contained “jihadi lyrics” that were an “indirect call to action,” a broadcast watchdog has said. Link FM, which is based in Sheffield, broadcast a chant—known as a “Nasheed”—twice during two breakfast shows in December last year. Following the airing, four complaints were…
US Sets New Cuba Sanctions as Biden Meets Cuban-Americans
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Friday against Cuba’s national revolutionary police and its top two officials as the United States looks to increase pressure on the communist regime following this month’s protests on the island. The Police Nacional Revolcionaria (PNR) and the agency’s director and deputy director, Oscar Callejas Valcarce and Eddie Sierra…
US Imposes Sanctions on Syrian Prisons, Officials
WASHINGTON—The United States on Wednesday said it imposed sanctions on eight prisons run by Syria’s intelligence apparatus, some of which featured in graphic images by a former Syrian military photographer codenamed “Caesar” that show brutal torture. The Treasury Department also slapped sanctions on five Syrian officials who directed the prisons, Syrian armed rebel group Ahrar…
Beijing Accuses the US of ‘Wrongdoings’ in High-Level Meeting in China
The Chinese regime bombarded U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman with complaints and accusations during her in-person visit to China on July 26. The talks were reminiscent of the brazen tone of Chinese officials during the first high-level meeting in Alaska in March as the Biden administration attempts a new round of “engaging” with…
Beijing Imposes Retaliatory Sanctions on Former US Commerce Secretary Ross, Others
The Chinese regime on July 23 imposed retaliatory sanctions against several American individuals, including former U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, in response to U.S. sanctions on Chinese officials involved in Beijing’s clampdown in Hong Kong. The sanctions are the first imposed by Beijing under its new anti-foreign sanction law, passed in June, and come days…
Britain Sanctions Venezuelan President Maduro’s Envoy Saab
LONDON—Britain on Thursday sanctioned one of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s envoys, Alex Saab, in connection with an allegedly corrupt deal to obtain supplies for Maduro’s government-run food subsidy programme. Saab, a Colombian national, is currently detained in Cape Verde facing extradition to the United States, which accuses him of helping Maduro’s government skirt U.S. sanctions…
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