maldives’ democratic transition under threat

Concerned governments that have congratulated Maldives for what appeared to be free orderly election need keep up their vigil and remind Yameen that any attempt to stall the transition or annul the results can in targeted sanctions against him and other senior officials.. ..

syria could face tough sanctions if it blocks political

NEW YORK - The United States will pursue strategy of isolation, including sanctions, with its allies U.S for Syria told Reuters on Friday.. Jim Jeffrey, U.S special representative for Syria, said Washington would work with countries Europe, Asia and Middle East to impose tough international..

philippines: mandatory college drug tests imperil students

the order requires that educational authorities keep confidential the results of students who test positive for drug use, schools are empowered to impose sanctions on those students or school applicants, including expulsion or admission denial. The order also allows schools to penalize students..

prisoners of saddam hussein

France and Russia are on record for lifting sanctions if Iraq is found to be compliance with U.N demands for scrapping weapons of mass destruction... U.S., backed by Britain and other countries, wants sanctions kept on to deter further aggression, with allowance of oil sale for..

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putin accuses nato of making ukraine a political puppet

President Obama and his counterparts Europe said that they would now begin to consider strengthening regime of sanctions on Russian economy.. By driving the value of the, The markets responded Monday to the potential of more sanctions Russian ruble even lower. ..

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5 takeaways on president trump’s foreign policy from the u.n.

European Union's top policy, Federica Mogherini, said this week that European, China and Russia working with Iran to set up special payments system that will allow the countries to avoid economic sanctions that Trump administration seeks to impose on Iran. Trump announced May that United States..

welcome to iran focus

Now, just six weeks European diplomats are admitting that he was right, noting that EU has failed to create workable legal shield for its companies Iran that will evade US sanctions.. Indeed, many companies including Total, Moller-Maersk, Peugeot, Renault, Air France, British Airways, Deutsche..

trump follows, dprk-iran lead

By contrast, his hostility to Iran is unremitting more sanctions are coming on stream, Trump's two speeches at the UN this week focused on the threat from Tehran, theme also of John Bolton. ... This combines with anger that JCPOA's western European signatories are now trying to subvert the US..

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