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Analysis: Trump sanctions could give Biden a bargaining chip in deal talks with Iran
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The Trump administration’s imposition of new sanctions on Iran may have been intended to forestall a new nuclear deal with Tehran if Joe Biden is elected president, but it cou...
By Peter Harrell
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Venezuelan coal exports rise as U.S. escalates oil sanctions
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Venezuela is ramping up its production and export of coal to European nations, according to export figures and vessel tracking data, as it seeks new sources of foreign currenc...
By Peter Harrell
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Exclusive: U.S. to slap sanctions on over two dozen targets tied to Iran arms
The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran’s nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, a senior U.S. official sa...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump steps up Iran fight in final election stretch
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President Trump is ramping up a fight with both Iran and U.S. allies with just weeks to go before the presidential election.The Trump administration insists all United Nations...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S. imposes sanctions on Hong Kong's Lam, other officials over crackdown
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The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the territory’s current and former police chiefs and eight other top officials for what ...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese company over abuse of Uighurs
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The United States intensified its economic pressure on China’s Xinjiang province on Friday, imposing sanctions on a powerful Chinese company and two officials for what it said...
By Peter Harrell
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How Covid-19 Could Give Kim Jong Un a Doomsday Weapon
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North Korea recently surprised the world by announcing it is developing a Covid-19 vaccine, joining a high-stakes race to show off its scientific chops. But experts increasing...
By Peter Harrell
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China says it will hit back against new U.S. sanctions over Uighur rights
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China said on Friday it would take “reciprocal measures” against the United States after Washington imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights abu...
By Peter Harrell
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Market analysts react to China's new Hong Kong law
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Beijing unveiled national security legislation tailor-made for Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony’s way of life ...
By Peter Harrell
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Special Report: How China got shipments of Venezuelan oil despite U.S. sanctions
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The United States had imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company as part of a bid to topple that country’s socialist president, Nicolas Maduro. U.S. refineries s...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S.-China Disputes Growing Harder to Solve
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President Donald Trump’s decision to downgrade relations with Hong Kong shows how his clashes with China increasingly feature ideological differences that are harder to resolv...
By Peter Harrell
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FBI probes Mexican, European firms over Venezuela oil trading-sources
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The FBI is probing several Mexican and European companies allegedly involved in trading Venezuelan oil as it gathers information for a U.S. Treasury Department inquiry into po...
By Peter Harrell
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Russian Fund Behind Coronavirus Aid Shipment Is on U.S. Lending Blacklist
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A Russian state-owned fund that says it footed half the bill of a coronavirus aid shipment delivered to the U.S. on Wednesday has been on a U.S. Treasury restricted lending li...
By Peter Harrell
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Iran, Venezuela and other U.S. foes fight coronavirus amid American sanctions
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Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Islamic faction in Lebanon deemed a terrorist group by the U.S., has decades of experience fighting wars. But not the kind it launched this week. Ar...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S. ignores calls to suspend Venezuela and Iran sanctions amid coronavirus pandemic
At a time when all of humanity is facing a common, invisible, enemy, world leaders have called for a suspension of economic sanctions that have increasingly become the pursuit...
By Peter Harrell
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Coronavirus: The Deadly New U.S.-Iran Standoff
The official COVlD-19 death toll in Iran has risen to 237 people today as the U.S.-Iranian diplomatic standoff continues to slow down international cooperation to fight the ne...
By Peter Harrell
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Huawei or the Highway
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“Huawei” — The name at the center of the trade war between the United States and China, and the foremost player in the battle over 5G. Recently becoming the second-largest sel...
By Peter Harrell
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Latest Rosneft sanctions ratchet up U.S. threats for foreign firms dealing with Venezuela
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Washington’s move this week to sanction a trading unit of Russian oil giant Rosneft for its ties with Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA escalated threats facing non-U.S. firms and w...
By Peter Harrell
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Prospective buyers for Russian S-400s proliferate as U.S. fails to sanction Turkey
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Turkey appears adamant that it will activate its Russian-supplied S-400 missile systems in April. Russian media reported on Monday that 120 surface-to-air missiles f...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S. Unsuccessfully Tried Killing a Second Iranian Military Official
The American military unsuccessfully tried to kill a senior Iranian military official in Yemen on the same day a drone strike killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s most po...
By Peter Harrell
