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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration has blacklisted virtually all of Iran’s financial sector, dealing another blow to an economy that is already reeling under U.S. sanctions. The move will deepen tensions with European nations and others over Iran.
Thursday’s move hits 18 Iranian banks that had thus far escaped …
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A cold, uneasy peace flared into a hot war when Azerbaijani and Armenian forces clashed once again late last month over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave within Azerbaijani territory that has been a source of constant tension since the two countries were formed …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. Security Council met in its chamber at U.N. headquarters in New York for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York in March on Thursday, and despite wearing masks and being separated by plexiglass dividers, U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft said “It was …
President Trump announced via Twitter a sharply accelerated schedule for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from the 19-year conflict in Afghanistan by Christmas, even as peace talks with the Taliban have barely gotten off the ground and Pentagon officials scrambled in the face of the surprise new timeline.
Mr. …
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – China, which has at least four coronavirus vaccine candidates in the last stage of clinical trials, said Friday it is joining the COVID-19 vaccine alliance known as COVAX.
The country signed an agreement with Gavi, the co-leader of the alliance, on Thursday, China’s foreign ministry …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. envoy for Mali urged people in the West African nation, who just lived through another military coup, to use a recently agreed to 18-month transition “to pull their country out of the hellish cycle” of coups that has left the country in crisis.
Mahamat …
The Trump administration on Thursday announced a sweeping new round of sanctions on Iran, a financial blockade that cuts off virtually all of the few remaining Iranian lenders able to work with international banks to finance deals.
The move comes less than a month after U.S. allies and adversaries alike …
BEIJING (AP) – China says Iran’s foreign minister will visit the country from Friday to Saturday, a day after the Trump administration blacklisted virtually all of Iran’s financial sector in the latest step aimed at the oil-rich country’s economy.
In a brief announcement, China’s foreign ministry said only that …
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghan peace negotiator Fawzia Koofi says her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize demonstrates global support for the women of Afghanistan amid historic talks between the country’s warring sides.
One of four women representing the Afghan government, Koofi has been sitting down at the negotiating table …
ROME (AP) — The United Nations’ World Food Program on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity in regions of conflict and hardship around the globe.
The Rome-based organization provided assistance to almost 100 million people in 88 countries around the world …