On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) argued that President Joe Biden didn’t learn from his mistakes in Afghanistan and that by “piecemealing” sanctions, Biden has responded “exactly the way Putin
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said that “one of the most important sanctions we can impose” on Russia is to remove “all these silly Green New Deal restrictions” and ramp
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Deputy National Security Adviser Daleep Singh responded to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba’s call for harsher sanctions against Russia by stating that he wonders “if there’s almost a bloodlust out there for sanctions
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki struggled to explain how sanctions against Russia are a “deterrent” after the threat of sanctions failed to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from “invading” two separatist areas in eastern Ukraine.
Canada’s authoritarian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, flush with new “emergency powers” that enable him to crush political dissent without due process, promised on Tuesday that Canada would stand against imported Russian authoritarianism in Ukraine.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stated that President Joe Biden’s actions against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are “a quarter-measure,” that comes after the Biden administration spent a day debating whether to
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) stated that U.S. intelligence said that Russia decided to invade Ukraine “several weeks ago,” and the Biden administration’s plans to deter Russia with the threat of
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) stated that the sanctions against Russia announced by President Joe Biden “cannot be the end of it” and called for the sanctioning of
On Monday, Putin sent additional troops into the Ukrainian region for “peacekeeping” but the White House was initially cautious about whether or not his actions triggered the full weight of economic sanctions against Russia.
Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed President Biden for imposing “weak sanctions” on Russia while allowing it to become “very very rich” with “tripling and quadrupling” oil prices.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to send more troops into Ukraine would not trigger the sanctions prepared by the United States and European allies, the White House said Monday.
On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) said President Joe Biden’s plans to prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by Americans to, from, or in areas of Ukraine that Russia has recognized as independent are “a half-step” that are
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) argued that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is “not potential anymore. It has begun in its early phases.” And sanctions “should have begun months
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said that Vladimir Putin is “acting in a way consistent with a man who has decided that he wants to invade Ukraine” and “Every indication
A renewed Iran nuclear deal agreement will cast the “sellout” Biden administration as responsible for the resulting “blood of Americans, Israelis, and Iranians,” charged Iranian advocacy group Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL) in a recent statement, declaring the “bad deal for America” another “act of weakness” on the part of the current administration.
The former top editor of the Chinese government propaganda newspaper Global Times, Hu Xijin, threatened sanctions on Thursday on President Joe Biden and the entirety of the U.S. Congress in response to a Breitbart News exclusive revealing a Congressional bill that would sanction thousands of Communist Party officials and their families.
Top U.S. House conservatives have introduced a legislative proposal to formally sanction thousands of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, including Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and his entire family, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
North Korea has maintained the development of its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in defiance of all promises made to the United Nations, a report released Saturday reveals.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin held a summit with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which Putin is technically banned from, on Friday.
Johnson said the UK should lead Western sanctions against Russia, even if his approach is at odds with Zelensky’s advice on handling Russia.
Boris Johnson flew to Ukraine Tuesday afternoon, pledging support to Kyiv including an £88 million giveaway to the Ukrainian government.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” White House Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer argued that if the U.S. sanctions Russia before it invades Ukraine, “the deterrent effect of the sanctions is reduced. Because they’ve already assumed the cost.
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Tuesday that her government is considering tougher economic sanctions against Russians involved in escalating tensions with Ukraine.
The Biden administration on Sunday once again rejected pleas from the Ukrainian government to impose sanctions on Russia before an invasion begins.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday asked for the Biden administration to impose sanctions on Russia immediately, rather than waiting for a Russian attack on his country. Zelensky made a similar request of President Joe Biden personally during a phone conference in December, without success.
China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday celebrated the inauguration of leftist dictator Daniel Ortega – beginning his fourth term as president of Nicaragua after a rigged election denounced by worldwide democracy activists and the Organization of American States – as a big victory for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Chinese Communist officials and state media responded angrily on Thursday to U.S. sanctions against Chinese firms for their alleged role in the fentanyl drug crisis.
The “foreign ministry” of the Taliban urged the United States Congress in an open letter published Wednesday to unfreeze Afghan government assets to allow them to govern effectively, asserting that they are a “united, responsible and non-corrupt government.”
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde has said migrants trying to force their way into the EU via Poland should attempt to claim asylum in Belarus, or be helped to return to their home countries if they do not have a valid asylum claim.
The EU imposed sanctions on four ministers recently appointed to the Syrian government, blaming them for continued repression on civilians.
Belarusian state-owned airline Belavia has announced it will no longer accept Iraqi, Syrian, or Yemeni nationals aboard flights to Belarus after the European Union threatened the airline with sanctions.
Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to influence the Belarusian government to stop the migrant crisis unfolding along the Polish border.
European Commissioner Ylva Johansson has called for more sanctions to be imposed on Belarus after a large group of violent migrants attempted to storm the Polish border.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid held a joint press conference Wednesday at which they said Iran is running out of time to return to compliance with the nuclear deal.
(AFP) — Afghanistan’s new Taliban government has warned U.S. and European envoys that continued attempts to pressure them through sanctions will undermine security and could trigger a wave of economic migrants.
Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, which is also the most powerful political party in Lebanon, brought its first promised shipment of Iranian fuel into Lebanon on Thursday, transporting it by truck from a port in Syria. The move was applauded by Hezbollah supporters but could trigger U.S. sanctions against the already fragile Lebanese economy.
The use of cryptocurrency surged in Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal began, and the impoverished country is now one of the top 20 cryptocurrency markets in the world, according to the 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index.
The U.S. Treasury Department reportedly gave humanitarian organizations its approval to provide aid for Afghanistan this week, despite sanctions against the Taliban that would make many of the needed financial transactions technically illegal.
Multiple senior Chinese officials warned on Tuesday against any proposed “wanton sanctions” on the Taliban, a jihadist terrorist organization, by the United States in the aftermath of the group’s takeover of Afghanistan.
The EU brought sanctions on Nicaraguan senior officials accused of serious human rights violations or undermining democracy.
