Tag: Sanctions
US slaps sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack
The United States imposed new sanctions on North Korea in retaliation for a cyber attack on Hollywood studio Sony Pictures.
In an executive order on...
G7 agrees to impose more sanctions on Russia
SEOUL
The Group of Seven rich countries have agreed to impose new sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, a statement read on Saturday,...
IP pipeline project should be linked to lifting of sanctions: Abbasi
ISLAMABAD
Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday underlined the need for linking Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project to lifting of sanctions on the latter, adding...
EU imposes sanctions after Crimea vote
SIMFEROPOL
The European Union on Monday sanctioned nearly two dozen Russians and Ukrainians deemed responsible for the breakaway referendum in Crimea that has fanned the...
White House steps up bid to thwart new Iran sanctions
The White House warned Congress Tuesday that passing new sanctions on Iran – even with a delayed launch date – would give Tehran an...
US threatens of sanctions over gas pipeline project with Iran
Pakistan could face tough US sanctions if it goes ahead with the multi-billion gas pipeline project with Iran, a top American diplomat has said.
The...
US slams sanctions on Pak-based terrorist Bahawal Khan
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Pakistan-based terrorist leader Bahawal Khan for being involved in terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Khan, designated...
Pakistan not to budge on IP plan despite threat of US...
Pakistan is determined to build a gas pipeline with Iran despite the threat of US sanctions said Advisor to the prime minister on Petroleum...
US warning Pak on IP gas project: State Department
The United States (US) has once again warned Pakistan that Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline deal would raise serious concerns under the Iran Sanctions Act.
Replying to...
US crashes Pakistan-Iran party
In its latest and most outright opposition of the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project, the US State Department on Wednesday said it was in Pakistan’s...
Possible sanctions on Pakistan over IP gas deal
A US newspaper reported that Washington may impose sanctions on Islamabad over its decision to import gas from Iran to meet its increasing energy...
UN imposes sanctions on Haqqani network
The UN committee that oversees sanctions against the Taliban imposed global sanctions Monday on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, a fierce militant group considered a...
Bilour shows concern over British govt’s sanctions against him
Reaffirming his stance on head money on the US moviemaker for a blasphemous film he produced, Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has shown concern...
‘Friends of Syria’ seek to sharpen sanctions
Diplomats from over 60 nations and the Arab League met in The Hague on Thursday to toughen and improve coordination of sanctions against the...
Sanctions, UN reform top Tehran summit agenda
Condemnation of “unilateral” actions — particularly sanctions on Iran and other nations — and a demand for greater say in UN decision-making dominated talks...
Tweak to US bill on Iran sanctions opens door to damages
A little-noticed provision tucked into the latest Iran sanctions bill may have done just that for American victims of a 1983 bombing of the...
Sanctions soap opera: TOW Iran looks to Armenia to skirt bank...
Iran’s growing interest in its neighbor Armenia, a mountainous, landlocked country of about 3.3 million people, comes at a time of rising international isolation...
