Sanctions

"The Hong Kong question is a mirror of the U.S.' extreme arrogance," The Global Times wrote in an editorial.

Amazon was slapped with a modest fine for allegedly allowing hundreds of transactions to take place in violation of U.S. sanctions over the course of 7 years.

The bill condemns the Chinese government for human rights abuses against the Muslim indigenous Uighur people and other Muslims in China.

The Iranian leaders' use of Twitter had several GOP senators demanding a federal investigation into the California-based tech company.

"I'm convinced China will never cooperate with a serious investigation unless they are made to do so," Senator Lindsey Graham said.

One defendant is believed to be an associate of high-level officials in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force.

Politicians want to sound tough, but taking action against another country's economy can produce precisely the opposite of what they're hoping to accomplish.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Seyed Abbas Mousavi also suggested the U.S. should have spent more money on its healthcare system than overseas wars.

On legal merits, there is a solid case against Maduro and his associates. But the course of action pursued by the DOJ is unwise.

"I don't know how true it is. But when there's such an allegation, can a wise man trust you?" Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted.

Javad Zarif said that a "huge part" of Iran's struggles with coronavirus are a result of American sanctions.

Iranians headed to the polls Friday after a tumultuous year of internal unrest and growing tension with the U.S.

"The Kim regime has developed a model for using and exploiting the internet that is unique—it is a nation run like a criminal syndicate," the Recorded Future report said.

"The DPRK can be considered the safest country in the world. As long as you have a basic common-sense and respect for the culture," the conference website claims. The U.N. disagrees.

"Instead of caving, Iran is moving step by step out of the nuclear deal and in recent months it hit six ships, attacked Saudi oil facilities and set fire to the U.S. embassy in Baghdad," Chris Wallace pointed out.

All 176 passengers and crew of a Ukraine International Airways flight to Kiev were killed when a Boeing plane crashed near Tehran.

The Obama administration sanctioned Soleimani in 2011 over his involvement in a plan to assassinate a Saudi diplomat in Washington, D.C.

North Korea has set an end-of-year deadline for U.S. officials to break the deadlock in denuclearization talks, or receive a "Christmas gift."

The former national security advisor said he does not think North Korea will ever voluntarily surrender its nuclear weapons, regardless of what Kim Jong Un tells Trump.

Special envoy Stephen Biegun said that any new weapons tests or provocations by the North would be "most unhelpful" with negotiations stalled.

The U.S. urged fellow Security Council members to "act accordingly" in response to threats or provocation from Pyongyang amid stalled denuclearization talks.

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled heir to the now-defunct Iranian throne, tells Newsweek that the bloody unrest in his home country can only be solved by removing the regime in Tehran.

Chris Van Hollen said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is being allowed to cozy up to Putin "with impunity."

Little of note has been achieved in the 18 months since President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un signed a vague agreement on denuclearization in Singapore.

At least six people have so far been killed in the unrest, which erupted last week over increases in the price of gasoline.

After nearly three decades, the U.S. is considering removing Sudan from its list of terrorist sponsor states after a change in government.

Pyongyang warned that the planned aerial drill will "throw a wet blanket" on struggling negotiations.

North Korea fired two missiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Thursday as denuclearization negotiations with the U.S. remain stalled.

The latest round of sanctions marks a sinister step toward eviscerating any remaining humanitarian exemptions.

Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey expects its allies to support the country's invasion of northeastern Syria, but that it is willing to stand up to threats and condemnation if necessary.