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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at a press conference, as Tehran responds to a new US sanctions campaign

Araghchi Says Every US Sanctions Campaign Failed. The Numbers Say Something Worse.

Iran's foreign minister answered Washington's new economic campaign with a list of four American pressure efforts he says all failed. Each did fail to force Iranian capitulation, and each left Iranians measurably

August 22, 2026

by Arab Desk

Iranians walk in front of an anti-Trump billboard in Tehran as Washington escalates its sanctions campaign

Iran Calls Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ a Crime Against Humanity

Tehran's foreign ministry called Washington's new sanctions campaign economic terrorism and a crime against humanity, a day after Trump promised the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country.

August 20, 2026

by Arab Desk

An LNG terminal with storage tanks, illustrating a liquefied natural gas story

Fair Work Sides With Ichthys Gas Workers, Rejecting Inpex’s Bid to Halt Their Strike

The Fair Work Commission has rejected Inpex's bid to shut down a strike by about 400

The United States imposes sanctions against the Russian Federation because of Navalny

The US Department of Commerce has imposed additional sanctions on Russian companies and officials in connection with the Alexei Navalny case. “We are adding 14 parties to our list of organizations,” a

March 2, 2021

News

Russian Foreign Ministry promises a response to sanctions “for Navalny”

Russia will react to new sanctions from the European Union due to the situation around opposition leader Alexei Navalny. This said the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander

March 1, 2021

Government and Politics·News

Myanmar coup and the civilian government

On 31 January, the Myanmar military took control of the government with a bloodless coup d’etat just hours before the commencement of the new parliament session claiming gross electoral irregularities and inaction

February 28, 2021

Government and Politics·News·Opinion

Human development: What and how?

The concept of development broadly indicates successive states of growth or advancement of any entity. Successive states of growth essentially involve the existence of a latent germ of being — a potentiality

February 27, 2021

Economy·Government and Politics·News·Opinion

The EU agreed to expand sanctions against Russia

The foreign ministers of the European Union countries at the summit in Brussels agreed in principle on the extension of personal sanctions against Russia due to the situation with Alexei Navalny. “The

February 23, 2021

First killing in Myanmar due to repression of protests against the army coup

The victim, Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing, had been shot in the head on February 9, at a demonstration in the city of Naipyidó, the administrative capital of Myanmar, former Burma. That day,

February 20, 2021

Government and Politics·News

The European Union is preparing new sanctions against Russia

The European Union is ready to introduce a travel ban and freeze the funds of the ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin in March, European officials said. They said sanctions are likely

February 19, 2021

France calls for effective sanctions against Russia

France has proposed to introduce anti-Russian sanctions in connection with the case of Alexei Navalny. This was stated by the head of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Jean-Yves Le Drian.

January 25, 2021

News

CDU head Armin Laschet will not lift anti-Russian sanctions

The new leader of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Armin Laschet, said that there is currently no reason to lift the anti-Russian sanctions. According to Laschet, “there are still covert

January 23, 2021

News

Report – Trump administration prepares to designate the Houthis a “terrorist organization”

Foreign Policy magazine, citing “diplomatic sources,” said that the administration of US President Donald Trump “is preparing to classify the Houthi group (Ansar Allah) in Yemen as a“ terrorist organization ”before leaving

January 11, 2021

Government and Politics·News