Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric emphasized that the UN always feels the best way to resolve any conflict "is through negotiations"

The Slovak National Party, which is a member of the government coalition in the country, initiated the measure

Trump officials and their Venezuelan allies have promised a new era of accountability to unlock Venezuela’s immense oil wealth. But the country’s oil industry remains a black hole.

The Biden administration called Dimitri Simes, a former Trump adviser, a Russian propagandist. He says the charges against him violate free speech.

China told its independent refineries to disregard U.S. sanctions over their purchases of Iranian crude.

In front of the American Embassy in Havana, the Cuban government held its annual International Worker’s Day celebration as the United States sought to end the communist ruling system.

The Israeli military boarded multiple boats in a flotilla that was sailing from Barcelona to Gaza, the protest group behind the mission said. The group has repeatedly challenged Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

The measures aim to crack down on Iran’s shadow banking system and Chinese purchases of Iranian oil.

With Cuba in dire economic crisis, people whose properties were seized by its government decades ago say it’s time to resolve thorny compensation claims.

President Trump withdrew from the Obama-era nuclear accord in 2018, saying it was the worst deal ever. But Iran responded with an enrichment spree that haunts the negotiations to this day.

The Treasury Department also targeted a top independent Chinese refinery that it said was a major buyer of Iranian petroleum.

Two daughters of a Russian oligarch once considered part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle have lost their court appeal to be removed from Canada’s sanctions list, a punishment in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Read More