December 3, 2019 House passes Uighur human rights bill to sanction Chinese officials The House of Representatives Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill requiring the Trump administration to toughen its response to China’s persecution of its Muslim minority, demanding sanctions on Chinese officials and export bans.
November 5, 2019 US sanctions 9 in Iran supreme leader's inner circle for 'repression, torture, terrorism' The U.S. Treasury announced Monday that it had sanctioned nine Iranians who are among supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's inner circle for "advancing Iran's radical agenda," a move that seeks to block funds to those who "oppressed the Iranian people, exported terrorism and advanced destabilizing policies around the world."
October 30, 2019 US, Gulf allies sanction 25 targets affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Hezbollah The Treasury Department and six Persian Gulf nations announced Wednesday that they had jointly sanctioned 25 individuals, corporations and banks they say are affiliated with Iran's terror-supporting networks.
October 25, 2019 US to ban American flights to all Cuban cities except Havana The Trump administration on Friday banned U.S. flights to all Cuban destinations except for Havana, which will become effective in December.
October 18, 2019 US slaps new sanctions on Cuba over human rights record, support of Venezuela The U.S. Commerce Department announced Friday it will impose new sanctions on Cuba over its human rights record and its support of the Venezuelan government.
October 15, 2019 Turkish bank charged in $20B scheme to skirt US sanctions on Iran Federal prosecutors in New York charged Turkish bank Halkbank Tuesday with participating in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran.
September 26, 2019 Trump administration sanctions Cuba's Castro for backing Venezuela, human rights violations The Trump administration Thursday imposed new sanctions on Cuba’s Communist Party leader Raul Castro due to “gross violations of human rights” as the U.S. seeks to ramp up pressure on Castro over his support of Venezuela’s socialist president Nicolás Maduro.
September 13, 2019 US sanctions North Korean hacking groups it says stole millions around the world The U.S. Treasury on Friday sanctioned three hacking groups it says have links to North Korea's intelligence bureau and have stolen millions from banks and other entities around the world.
September 7, 2019 Iran threatens higher uranium enrichment as stockpile ‘quickly increasing,’ official says Iran continued to antagonize the U.S. and Europe on Saturday by publicly threatening to push uranium levels beyond what the country has previously reached – possibly even to weapons-grade levels, an official said.
September 4, 2019 Rouhani announces 'third step' in backing out of nuclear deal-- developing centrifuges President Hassan Rouhani announced Wednesday that Iran will take its "third step" in scaling back commitments it made to the 2015 nuclear deal by developing centrifuges to speed up the enrichment of Uranium.
