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The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions against two Iranian officials for the 2007 abduction of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, authorities said.

More than 70 nations are voicing strong opposition to what they consider threats to the International Criminal Court and decrying sanctions on its top officials.

The Trump administration has blacklisted virtually all of Iran’s financial sector, dealing another blow to an economy that is already reeling under U.S. sanctions

The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions on Cuba Wednesday, which ban Americans from buying rum and tobacco as well as staying in government-owned hotels when traveling to the country. The action comes as Republican President Donald Trump reaffirmed his administration’s “ironclad solidarity” with the Cuban people, whose descendants in the U.S. often vote for the GOP. It also...

The new rules will keep U.S. citizens from staying in government hotels and ban certain items from being purchased.

The Trump administration has declared that all U.N. sanctions against Iran have been restored, a move most of the rest of the world rejects as illegal

The Trump administration has charged a Russian national in a sweeping plot to sow distrust in the American political process, And the government is imposing sanctions against a Ukrainian lawmaker accused of interfering in the U.S. presidential election in November

President Donald Trump announced at a press conference on Wednesday that he had instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to notify the United Nations that the U.S. will attempt to reinstate sanctions on Iran through what’s called a “snapback procedure.”

The U.N. Security Council has resoundingly defeated a U.S. resolution to indefinitely extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran, with the Trump administration getting support from only the Dominican Republic

China has announced unspecified sanctions against 11 U.S. politicians and heads of organizations promoting democratic causes, including Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who have already been singled out by Beijing

A new congressional report says Russian oligarchs are skirting U.S. sanctions through shady high-end art deals

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a bill and executive order that he says will hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong. “[Hong Kong’s] freedom’s been taken away, their rights have been taken away and with it goes Hong Kong in my opinion,” he said.

The Justice Department has accused a network of North Korean and Chinese citizens of secretly advancing North Korea’s nuclear weapons program by channeling at least $2.5 billion in illicit payments through hundreds of front companies

China demanded Monday that Washington withdraw export sanctions imposed on Chinese companies in the latest round of a worsening conflict over technology, security and human rights.

The U.S. government is imposing new restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei by limiting its ability to use American technology to produce semiconductors abroad

The Trump administration has designated a Russian white supremacist group a terrorist organization and hit its members with sanctions

The Trump administration is announcing new sanctions on Iran following this week’s missile strikes by the Islamic Republic on U.S. bases in Iraq.

Here is a look at some of the misleading statements made by President Donald Trump in a national address following Iran’s attack on two military bases in Iraq that house American troops.

President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday after Iran’s missile attack on two bases in Iraq that house U.S. and Iraqi troops.

President Trump’s national security advisor says the door is wide open for Iran to negotiate with the U.S., one day after the Trump administration announced new sanctions targeting the country’s top leaders.