#sanctions

Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday that threatened Syrian authorities ...

U.N.-Arab League joint special envoy Kofi Annan on Syria will come to Moscow and meet Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the UN Security Council to take strong action to halt the Syria war, warning ...

Russia rejected calls for sanctions against Syria on Thursday, while the United States warned the UN mission to the ...

Southeast Asian nations on Thursday welcomed a US decision to ease sanctions on Myanmar in reward for democratic ...

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday eased sanctions on Myanmar, allowing American companies to do business in the ...

The chairman of Iran`s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Iran will close Hormuz Strait if threatened, Press TV reported on ...

Islamic HAMAS movement on Sunday said the victory of Mohammed Moursi of the Muslim Brotherhood as Egypt`s president ...

Israel has responded to the failure of the latest nuclear talks between world powers and Iran with a familiar refrain: ...

The US military said Tuesday that Russia is preparing to deploy three naval ships to Syria for a mission that Moscow ...

Myanmar`s government is planning to free more political prisoners as early as next month, a minister said Monday in ...

World powers will seek to avert a collapse of diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme at talks starting in ...

At least 16 people, including women and children, were killed on Thursday in clashes in Yemen`s southern province of ...

The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution threatening sanctions against groups seen ...

Turkish security forces discovered a homemade bomb weighing 100 kg in the Lice district of southeastern Hakkari ...