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There is “no path to a military victory for Ukraine,” and further aid packages will have virtually no effect on the conflict’s outcome, according to retired Army Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, who warned that American influence is waning as the Russia-Ukraine war enters its third year.

During an interview aired on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland responded to a question about whether the new set of sanctions on Russia it announced today is an admission that prior sanctions weren’t effective by

During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) responded to a question on how the U.S. will keep Russia from evading the sanctions announced by President Joe Biden earlier in

New sanctions by the United States against Israelis accused of so-called “settler violence” are “extreme,” and don’t “make sense,” according to an Israeli government spokesman who briefed journalists on Thursday.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has “taken delivery of sophisticated homegrown kamikaze and combat unmanned aerial vehicles,” Iran state media said.

Russian officials are reportedly refusing to release the body of opposition leader Alexei Navalny to his family after his sudden death in an Arctic prison camp on February 16.

During an interview with Bloomberg on Friday, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) acknowledged that sanctions against Russian energy are not being enforced as aggressively as they can and that Chinese entities are helping Russia evade sanctions. Co-host Annmarie Hordern asked, [relevant

Venezuela’s María Corina Machado said that a mob of socialists attacked her campaign event, beating her supporters “with sticks and stones.”

European Union lawmakers have called for Brussels to impose sanctions on American journalist Tucker Carlson for interviewing Vladimir Putin.

The leader of Iran’s agency responsible for managing foreign investments asserted the country has documented a ten-fold increase in the amount of Chinese money flowing into Iran in the past year, the regime-linked Tasnim News Agency reported on Tuesday.

The United States is urging Venezuela’s neighboring countries to help build bridges between socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and the Venezuelan opposition after Maduro torched a dubious deal brokered by the White House, Bloomberg reported this weekend.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) urged President Joe Biden to push for the Senate to finally act on legislation to crack down on Iranian oil sales to China. Lawler stated, [relevant

On Tuesday, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) stated that there’s “a lot more we can do” on sanctioning Iran, called for the Senate to move legislation on sanctioning Iran, and argued that there are “lots of things” we can do that

NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby gave socialist Venezuela a deadline of April to commit to a “free and fair” presidential election in remarks on Monday, threatening the restoration of oil and gas sanctions lifted by U.S. President Joe Biden.

Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro ordered the activation on Tuesday of a security operation branded “Bolivarian Fury.”

The U.S. State Department imposed sanctions on former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Wednesday, banning him and his sons from entering the United States because of his alleged “involvement in significant corruption.”

The Ukrainian National Agency of Corruption Prevention (known by its Ukrainian acronym NAZK) on Wednesday added the Subway chain of sandwich shops to its list of “International Sponsors of the War” list, accusing Subway of helping to fund the Russian invasion because it has over 500 restaurants selling food in the “aggressor’s market.”

On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Last Call,” CNBC Contributor and Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Strategy for RBC Capital Markets Helima Croft and host Brian Sullivan noted that sanctions on Iranian oil aren’t really being enforced with Croft

The BRICS economic group dealt with some internal oil drama this week, as Iran withheld oil shipments from China to demand higher prices and India cut back on its heavy purchases of Russian oil because Russia was no longer peddling crude at fire-sale discounts.

The Treasury Department announced a series of new sanctions on Thursday against companies accused of helping finance Yemen’s Houthi terrorist group, an attempt to limit the windfall of funding made available to the Houthis after President Joe Biden chose to delist them as a terror organization in 2021.

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister says the country has largely completed the process of shifting its oil exports from Europe to China and India.

China’s state-owned Sinochem Corporation purchased a million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil for delivery in December.

CARACAS, Venezuela – Indian Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced India will resume purchasing Venezuelan oil since the Biden administration lifted sanctions.

CARACAS, Venezuela — The socialist Maduro regime is foreseeing a 27-percent increase in its income after the Biden Administration lifted sanctions on the state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) oil company, according to a report published by Reuters on Tuesday.

The Venezuelan socialist regime arrested opposition members, along with an American, accusing them of “treason” and “conspiracy.”

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping told his underlings to “create law-based governance conditions and a favorable external environment for advancing Chinese modernization.”

On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” co-host Becky Quick stated that while the U.S. has sanctions on Iran, the Biden administration has “acknowledged that they’re going to continue to allow” Iranian oil to be sold elsewhere because they don’t

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) called on the Biden administration to reverse its decision to remove the Houthis from the foreign terrorist organization list and to start putting every sanction we have

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” guest host David Asman stated that the $10 billion in sanctions relief announced by the Biden administration this week so they can sell energy to Iraq with the justification that the

Chinese state media on Friday played up dictator Xi Jinping’s meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday as an “epochal” event.

The China National Narcotics Control Commission announced on Friday that the Biden administration has lifted sanctions against the Institute of Forensic Science (IFS) at China’s Ministry of Public Security.

On Thursday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) stated that the Biden administration’s $10 billion sanctions waiver to allow Iraq to receive Iranian energy will free up money for terrorist activities by Iran and is completely

France has frozen the financial assets of two top Hamas terrorist commanders in response to the murderous October 7th attacks on Israel.

Iran claimed that its crude oil production output reached 3.115 million barrels per day (bpd) in October.

Tasnim News reported on Tuesday that President Joe Biden is likely to “agree with Iran’s getting access to $10 billion” currently sanctioned.

Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal issued a ruling that suspends “all of the effects” of the “opposition” primary election on October 22.