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Sanctions backfire
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/03/2022
» Re: "Sanctions aren't new, ask the Romans", (Opinion, March 19).
Sanctions threaten Afghan trade
News, Published on 22/05/2018
» US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear accord and re-impose sanctions on Tehran threatens to derail a project to help build Afghanistan's economy, endangering a key goal of the US strategy to end America's longest war.
UK sanctions Myanmar conglomerate
Reuters, Published on 01/04/2021
» LONDON: Britain sanctioned a Myanmar conglomerate on Thursday for its close links to the military leadership which Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said was wantonly killing innocent people including children.
Superyachts on sanctions radar
Published on 22/02/2023
» Luxurious superyachts owned by Russian oligarchs reportedly close to the Kremlin have proved difficult to seize under Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Sanctions need global governance
Oped, Published on 12/04/2024
» As Russia's war against Ukraine has entered its third year, Western governments are finding it increasingly difficult to muster the funding Ukraine needs to defend itself. The European Union struggled to reach a €50 billion (1.9 trillion baht) aid deal in February, and the United States remains deadlocked over its own US$60 billion (about 2.2 trillion baht) funding package. Now, calls to use Russia's own assets to fund the Ukrainian war effort are growing louder.
Koreas wrangle over UN sanctions
Reuters, Published on 28/02/2018
» GENEVA: Sanctions on North Korea aim to pressure it to abandon its nuclear ambitions, not to "bring down" the country, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha told the UN Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday.
Putin: US sanctions 'counterproductive, senseless'
AFP, Published on 23/08/2018
» SOCHI, Russia: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called US sanctions against Moscow "counterproductive and senseless" after Washington warned that more "economic pain" was to come.
US sanctions Iran's foreign minister
AFP, Published on 01/08/2019
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions against Iran's foreign minister, Mohammed Javad Zarif, effectively slamming the door on the country's top diplomat.
Iran braces for new sanctions
Published on 03/11/2018
» TEHRAN: Iran is bracing for the restoration of US sanctions on its vital oil industry on Monday, as it grapples with an economic crisis that has sparked sporadic protests over rising prices, corruption and unemployment.
G7 considers new Russia sanctions
AFP, Published on 23/02/2023
» KYIV: G7 ministers on Thursday discussed imposing fresh sanctions on Russia on the eve of the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, as the UN General Assembly prepared to vote on a motion calling for "lasting" peace.