Tag: U.S. Economic Sanctions

U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to end sanctions on Syria is welcome news. When the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad fell in December, the country was one of the most heavily ...

In January 2021, the U.S. government declared that China was committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. The U.K. Parliament and the French National Assembly soon followed ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the latest in the Ukraine-Russia war, Israeli airstrikes on Yemen, and the ASEAN-GCC-China summit in Malaysia. “We’re Going to Find Out” ...

Although U.S. President Donald Trump suggested last week that a nuclear deal with Iran was “close,” that doesn’t actually seem to be the case as both sides are digging in ...

For a brief moment, it seemed as though U.S. President Donald Trump were finally willing to get tough on Russia. In an April 26 post on his Truth Social platform, ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East priorities, the fragile cease-fire between India and Pakistan, and voting allegations surrounding Albania’s parliamentary election. ...

U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off his three-day Persian Gulf tour in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday with a sweeping foreign-policy address that heralded an optimistic future for the Middle East. ...

For people in Washington who focus on Iran and can tune out the rest of the Trump-induced chaos, the city feels kind of like it did a decade ago when ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Iran nuclear talks in Beijing, Canada’s new prime minister being sworn in, and former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appearing before the ...

The diplomatic relationship between the United States and South Africa has reached its lowest point since the transition to democracy in 1994. On Feb. 7, U.S. President Donald Trump signed ...