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Defying GOP-led Senate, White House defends allowing China's ZTE to buy U.S. parts
The White House on Wednesday defended President Donald Trump's decision to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE to resume buying component parts from the U.S. — a move the Republican-led Senate is working to reverse. In a statement, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley pointed to "massive ...
Treasury slaps sanctions on Russian firms and execs over cyberattacks
The Trump administration on Monday slapped sanctions on several Russian companies and businessmen for engaging in cyberattacks and assisting Russia's military and intelligence services with other malicious activities. The Treasury Department said it was imposing sanctions on five Russian firms and three executives from one ...
Iran delays hunt for airliner lost in mountain blizzard with 66 aboard
The hunt for a plane that disappeared with 66 people onboard in Iran's Zagros mountains was stopped until morning as blizzard conditions made progress impossible for rescue teams, state television said Sunday. "With the wind intensifying, and with snow, rain and darkness, it is not ...
North Korea shipped coal to Russia last year that was then delivered to South Korea and Japan in a likely violation of U.N. sanctions, three Western European intelligence sources said. The U.N. Security Council banned North Korean exports of coal last Aug. 5 under sanctions ...
Iran could quit nuclear deal in 'hours' and at higher level if U.S. levels new sanctions: Rouhani
Iran could abandon its nuclear agreement with world powers "within hours" if the United States imposes any more new sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday. "If America wants to go back to the experience (of imposing sanctions), Iran would certainly return in a ...
Fugitive Venezuelan mayor urges continued resistance to Maduro as U.S. ups sanctions
A Venezuelan mayor-turned-fugitive has called for anti-government protesters to keep defying leftist President Nicolas Maduro, who has grabbed increased powers through a new legislative superbody stacked with Socialist Party loyalists. Ramon Muchacho of the wealthy Chacao district of the capital Caracas appeared in a video ...
Maduro starts constitutional rewrite amid deadly clashes, threatened U.S. sanctions
Thousands of protesters were met with plumes of tear gas in Venezuela's capital Wednesday, just a short distance from where President Nicolas Maduro delivered a decree kicking off a process to rewrite the polarized nation's constitution. Surrounded by top-ranking socialist officials, a combative, riled-up Maduro ...
U.S. sanctions are a tragedy for Cuba, farce for Russians
Western leaders imposing sanctions on Russia need to ponder whether they really want to turn Vladimir Putin's Russia into something like Castro's Cuba — only far bigger and more dangerous.
U.S. weighs options, increased sanctions in response to Russian encroachment in Ukraine
The United States accused Russia on Thursday of actively fighting in eastern Ukraine in support of separatist forces and said it was considering a range of possible responses, including increased sanctions. "It is clear that Russia has not only stepped up its presence in eastern ...
