Tag: Sanctions

The White House did not dismiss the idea that Obama possesses the authority to unilaterally suspend sanctions -- a move Republicans think would be a disaster. (Getty images/Olivier Douliery)

National Security

White House denies plan to work around Congress on Iran deal

Brian Hughes · October 20, 2014 8:55 pm

FILE - In this Monday, July 14, 2014 file photo, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, foreground left, holds a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, background right, on the second day of talks, in Vienna, Austria. With differences still unresolved and a Nov. 24 deadline for a deal nearing, Iran and the United States have a choice to make: Extend nuclear talks for the second time or face the risk of renewed confrontation and armed conflict. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool-File)

National Security

Analysis: Iran nuclear talks extension possible

George Jahn · October 14, 2014 3:02 pm

US urges UN sanctions in South Sudan

US urges UN sanctions in South Sudan

Lara Jakes · October 9, 2014 4:32 pm

North Korea's current leader, Kim Jong-un, continues the totalitarian path led by his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, and father, Kim Jong-il. (AP Photo)

A hidden threat

Linda Chavez · October 3, 2014 5:04 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds during an investment conference Russia Calling in Moscow on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Putin shrugs off damage from Western sanctions

Vladimir Isachenkov · October 2, 2014 5:10 pm

Netanyahu to Obama: ‘I Fervently Hope’ Iran Will Not Get Nukes ‘Under Your Leadership’

Jeryl Bier · October 2, 2014 9:34 am

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Getty images/Andrew Burton)

Obama’s post-American world is taking shape with the rise of Iran

Arthur Herman · October 1, 2014 9:00 am

U.S., world leaders target foreign fighters

National Security

U.S., world leaders target foreign fighters

Susan Crabtree · September 24, 2014 8:40 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, during the Security Council meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014.(AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Russian ruble drops to historic low amid sanctions

Nataliya Vasilyeva · September 16, 2014 9:45 am

FILE - In this March 4, 2014 file photo, a monument to Ukrainian poet and writer Taras Shevchenko is silhouetted against an apartment building with a sign advertising Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom, in Moscow, Russia. Unsatisfied with a fragile cease-fire in Ukraine, the United States and the European Union levied new sanctions Friday against major Russian banks and defense companies, as well as penalties aimed at curtailing Russia's ability to develop oil and gas projects. But the restrictions on Russia's energy sector were carefully crafted to avoid impacting the country's current production of oil and gas, a move that would raise global energy prices at time of weak economic growth. Russia is the largest oil exporter outside of OPEC and the most important supplier of natural gas to Europe. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

US, EU levy sanctions on Russia despite cease-fire

JULIE PACEJONATHAN FAHEY · September 13, 2014 2:50 am

Obama administration sanctions Russia’s largest bank

Obama administration sanctions Russia’s largest bank

Brian Hughes · September 12, 2014 2:12 pm

President Obama announced Thursday that the U.S. would "intensify" sanctions against Russia's financial, energy and defense sectors, as western powers ratchet up their showdown with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his incursions in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Obama: U.S. placing tougher sanctions on Russia

Brian Hughes · September 11, 2014 5:14 pm