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Diplomacy Watch: Trump turns the screws on Moscow
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Diplomacy Watch: Trump turns the screws on Moscow

In a sudden about-face, the president went from meeting with Putin to issuing sanctions on Russia’s top oil producers

iran, china, russia
Middle East

'Annulled'! Russia won't abide snapback sanctions on Iran

The US-led move to reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran has drawn Moscow's ire, and with it a bifurcation of international law

Senate votes to lift crippling sanctions on Syria
Washington Politics

Senate votes to lift crippling sanctions on Syria

Questions remain about whether the repeal is 'clean'—and whether the House will follow suit

Sanctions are strangling Syria’s new economy
Middle East

Sanctions are strangling Syria’s new economy

Our reporter details first hand how measures first designed to fight Assad now risk crippling his successor

Macron Merz Starmer
QiOSK

Europe uses Iran as pawn in transatlantic power play

The E3's push for formally 'snapback' sanctions on Tehran was not about getting limits on its nuclear program

Ursula von der Leyen Benjamin Netanyahu
Europe

Europe finally stands up to Israel — but only halfway

Sanctions are good but continued trade with illegal settlements and unchecked arms exports keep Brussels complicit in the genocide