Sanctions

Relations between Washington and Pyongyang look far less promising than they did one year ago, with denuclearization negotiations stalled since the collapse of the Hanoi summit.

"The more the U.S. hostile acts towards the DPRK grow, the stronger our countermeasures will become," the nation's foreign ministry warned.

The North Korean foreign ministry demanded the U.S. abandon its "current way of calculation" if it wished to revive bilateral talks.

The Wise Honest was seized in Indonesia earlier this month.

The legislation would force the government to seize financial assets and revoke or deny visas of individuals involved in expansionary Chinese policy.

"The unabated oppression that the Uyghur community faces at the hands of China is a stain on the conscience of the world," Nancy Pelosi told Newsweek.

Washington's demand that Turkey kill a deal for Russia's S-400 anti-aircraft system was "unacceptable," a Kremlin spokesman said.

Economic pressure on the company comes as the trade battle between the U.S. and China continues to escalate.

"I hope that the Iranian people demand better leadership, but we'll have to wait and see," the senator told Fox News.

As The Century Foundation's Dina Esfandiary argued, however, "I don't think they're worried about not having international support."

Iran ultimately "intended to achieve absolute security, defined as the ability to thwart its adversaries' ability to overturn its regime or invade Iran militarily," according to a new report.

"We'll see what happens with Iran. If they do anything, it will be a big mistake," President Donald Trump warned at a White House press conference..

The Revolutionary Guard's political deputy said, "Americans are in a state of turmoil and anger, and because of their desperation, they have done whatever they can to break the Iranian nation's 40-year-old resistance."

Washington has been at odds with Europe over Iran since the Trump administration abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal.

"War with Iran is playing with fire, and it will burn all, and not just Iran," said Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi.

"They have all shown an interest in dragging the United States into a conflict," Javad Zarif told Fox News Sunday. "I do not believe that President Trump wants to do that. I believe that President Trump ran on a campaign promise of not bringing the United States into another war."

"The rest of the world sees perfectly well that Washington's policy is getting increasingly aggressive and reckless," a Russian Foreign Ministry statement said.

Gas prices in the U.S. have risen for nine straight weeks.

Iran's General Amir Hatami said President Donald Trump's policies have promoted "such traits as selfishness, cruelty and violation of humanitarian principles and international rules."

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the new measures are illegal.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's warning came despite President Donald Trump's previously expressed optimism about the "great economic potential" of North Korea.

Analysts are questioning the Trump administration's decision to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a "terrorist group."

House Democrats can and should expose Trump's failed North Korea policy by questioning Mike Pompeo, John Bolton and Pentagon and intelligence agency officials on national TV.

The president "rejoices over the misery that he thinks he has imposed on ordinary Iranians," Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter.

"Other tools have somehow disappeared from U.S. diplomacy's arsenal," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Pyongyang had been hoping for a reduction of sanctions after the summit.

Russian troops will remain in the country "as long as they need it, and as long as the Venezuelan government needs them," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told reporters.

"President Trump likes Chairman Kim and he doesn't think these sanctions will be necessary," the Sanders said.

"This is a sure sign of your successful work in Russia," Russian President Vladimir Putin told a director from the country's Ministry of Energy.

"No one can defeat a nation which pursues resistance," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised address, claiming the U.S. and its allies were to blame for the country's poor economy.