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The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Burma’s most lucrative state-owned enterprise, the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), in a bid to stifle funding for the military junta’s arms supply. The sanctions, which will take effect on Dec. 15, prohibit Americans from “providing, exporting, or reexporting, directly or indirectly, financial services” to MOGE, […]

New legislation introduced by GOP lawmakers would penalize China in the event of an invasion of Taiwan, amid escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing over a planned meeting between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Taiwan’s president next week. The bill, called the STAND with Taiwan Act, is sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and […]

The United States has sanctioned five Chinese companies over their alleged role in the repression of the Uyghur Muslim minority in China’s Xinjiang region, the U.S. Commerce Department said on March 28. The companies were accused of implicating human rights abuses in “China’s campaign of repression, arbitrary mass detention and high-technology surveillance against the Uyghur […]

TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other Group of Seven (G-7) leaders adopted a set of additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine at an online G-7 summit Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the invasion. The leaders renewed their commitment to “intensifying our diplomatic, financial, and military support […]

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Select China Committee, has called on the U.S. Treasury Department to take a much more active role in the thwarting of Chinese firms involved with the espionage sector responsible for the deployment of the spy balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina in early February. […]

WASHINGTON—The United States on Thursday stepped up sanctions against the Wagner Group, labeling the Russian mercenary company fighting in Ukraine as a transnational criminal organization responsible for widespread human rights abuses. Wagner has been locked in a battle to take the towns of Bakhmut and Soledar in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Western and Ukrainian […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iran on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting more than 30 European individuals and entities, portraying the move as a response to recent European sanctions against officials linked to a crackdown on nationwide protests. Those targeted with sanctions include Britain’s attorney general and army chief of staff, several European parliamentarians, and European military officials. […]

The United States has sanctioned a Chinese official for his role in persecuting the faith group Falun Gong, which the communist party ruling China has targeted in an unrelenting eradication campaign for more than 23 years. Tang Yong, formerly a deputy director of the Chongqing Area Prisons in southwestern China, is now designated a gross […]

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration on Friday imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Russia over its declared annexation of parts of Ukraine, targeting hundreds of people and companies, including those in Russia’s military-industrial complex and lawmakers. Washington acted after Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proclaimed the biggest annexation in Europe since World War II, declaring Russian rule over […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government on Thursday imposed sanctions on Iran’s morality police and leaders of other government agencies after the death of a woman who’d been detained over an accusation she violated the country’s dress code by wearing her Islamic headgear too loosely. The sanctions come after at least nine protesters have been killed in clashes […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran’s intelligence agency and its leadership in response to malicious cyberattacks on Albanian government computer systems in July. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Esmail Khatib, who heads the ministry, for what it said were cyber-related activities […]

KYIV, Ukraine—The U.N. atomic watchdog agency urged Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday to establish a “nuclear safety and security protection zone” around the Zaporizhzhia power plant amid mounting fears the fighting could trigger a catastrophe in a country still scarred by the Chernobyl disaster. “We are playing with fire, and something very, veary catastrophic could […]

Russia imposed personal sanctions Monday on 25 Americans, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in response to U.S. sanctions against Russians stemming from the conflict in Ukraine. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was on the new sanctions list, as were several American senators: Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike […]

BEIJING—The Chinese regime imposed visa bans and other sanctions Tuesday on Taiwanese political figures as it raises pressure on the self-governing island and the United States in response to successive congressional visits. The sanctions come a day after the Chinese communist regime announced more military exercises in the seas and skies surrounding Taiwan because of […]

The United States on Wednesday sanctioned an international network of companies for having allegedly violated oil sanctions on Iran by selling Iranian oil to China and other countries in east Asia. The Treasury Department said in a release it imposed sanctions on the companies that are accused of having facilitated the sale of hundreds of […]

LONDON—Russia defaulted on its international bonds for the first time in more than a century, the White House said, as sweeping sanctions have effectively cut the country off from the global financial system, rendering its assets untouchable. The Kremlin, which has the money to make payments thanks to oil and gas revenues, swiftly rejected the […]

Hong Kong’s incoming chief executive, who is sanctioned by the United States, has unveiled a new cabinet ahead of his July 1 inauguration ceremony, which includes three pro-Beijing lawmakers also under sanctions for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy. Washington sanctioned several Hong Kong’s officials in 2020 after they helped pass laws that have expanded Beijing’s influence over […]