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Cuba Decries Decades-Old United States’ Economic Sanctions
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, spoke at the United Nations 69th General Assembly on Saturday, slamming the United States for its unilateral application of economic sanctions as an implement of foreign policy, decrying the five decades-old embargo the United States has on Cuban goods. The extraterritorial implementation of the US laws […]
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Europe
International Relations
Russia Bans Food Imports from the European Union and the United States
In a counter to Western sanctions against its economy, Russia announced a retaliatory ban for all food imports into the Russian Federation from the European Union member states and the United States. Russia’s annexation of the Crimea region in the Ukraine and its alleged involved in the Donetsk civil war have led to strained diplomatic […]
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News
News Headlines March 19, 2014: Russian Actions in Crimea Spur Sanction Proposals, China Cuts Power to DPRK Island
Over 900 Workers Have Died Since Construction Began on Qatar World Cup Stadiums Collapse of Civilization Difficult to Avoid Concludes NASA-Funded Study Putin Repudiates Western Claims Russian Annexation of Crimea Violates International Law Israeli Defense Minister Advocates Unilateral Action Against Iran by Israel Russia Decries Proposed Western Sanctions France Bans Sale of GMO-Maize Russian Government […]
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Iran’s Rial Hits All-Time Low
Iran’s currency the rial has fallen 20% in value over the last two weeks in trade against the US dollar. The devaluation indicates the Islamic Republic of Iran is increasingly struggling against international sanctions that have limited its ability to obtain foreign currency. The sanctions placed on Iran are intended to reduce its […]
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Beijing and Washington Announce ‘Strong Consensus’ About North Korea
- January 26, 2013
- Asia
- Beijing
- Chinese Economic Bubble
- December 2012 rocket tests
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- DPRK
- East Asia
- Glyn Davies
- Korea
- Korean Peninsula
- National Defense Commission
- North Korea
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- Russia
- Sanctions
- South Korea
- special envoy for policy on North Korea
- United Nations
- United Nations Security Council
- United States
- UNSC Resolution 2087
- US
- Washington
Pyongyang may have alienated its strongest regional ally with its announcement of further nuclear tests, specifically directed at its avowed enemy the United States. An announcement by Glyn Davies, Washington’s special envoy for policy on North Korea, declared that a ‘strong consensus’ was reached with his PRC counterparts. In a meeting Friday, January 25 […]
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State Media in the People’s Republic of China Warns DPRK Over Planned Nuclear Test
- January 25, 2013
- 2011
- Asia
- Beijing
- China
- Chinese aid to North Korea
- East Asia
- Hong Lei
- International Relations
- Kim Jong-il
- Kim Jong-Un
- North Korea
- nuclear tests
- Nuclear Weapons
- Nuclear Weapons Development
- nuclear weapons proliferation
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- PRC Foreign Ministry
- ROK
- Sanctions
- South Korea
- UN
- United Nations
- United Nations Security Council
- United States
- UNSC resolution
- USA
In a change of tone, official state media outlets in the PRC are criticizing North Korea’s latest round of bellicose posturing, threatening aid cuts if the DPRK proceeds with yet another nuclear test. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s main ally, China, has criticized the regime through official media outlets after North Korea threatened the United […]
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Movement of New Generation of North Korean Missiles Concerns Analysts
- January 18, 2013
- 2016
- Alliance
- AN TYP-2
- Asia
- Communism
- Dictatorship
- DPRK
- East Asia
- ICBM
- Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- Kim Jong-il
- Kim Jong-Un
- KN-08 Missile
- Korea
- missile defense
- North Korea
- nuclear proliferation
- Reform
- Republic of Korea
- ROK
- Sanctions
- Socialism
- South Korea
- Treaties
- UN
- Unha
- United Nations
- United States
- US
- US Foreign Policy
- US Japan Alliance
- USA
- X-Band Radar
American intelligence agencies discovered North Korea (DPRK) is currently in the process of transferring many mobile missile launching pads to different locations across the country, many of which are capable of launching a new generation of mobile missile, the North Korean KN–08. The reports suggest that North Korea’s missile capabilities are advancing at a more rapid pace […]
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Iranian Sanctions Hurt Medical Imports
Medicines used for chemotherapy and the treatment of cancer are in increasingly short supply in Iran as the sanctions leveled against it by the international community begin to have collateral effects perhaps unforeseen by those seeking to stop Iran’s march to a nuclear weapon. [New York Times]
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