Tag: Sanctions

Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey. Brunson, 50, was let out of jail to serve home detention because of "health problems," Turkey's official Anadolu news agency said.

Trump rejects Turkey’s attempt to link pastor’s release to bank sanctions

Pete Kasperowicz · August 20, 2018 7:02 am

"M" sits in her shelter, as she carries her crying baby boy who had awoken from his sleep, in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh.

Beltway Confidential

US right to sanction Myanmar’s military but should have done so sooner

Erin Dunne · August 18, 2018 1:23 pm

In this June 24, 2014 photo, seven-years old Mubari Khuson stands in Dar Paing, a camp for Rohingya Muslims in north of Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar. Naked boys and girls run barefoot on the muddy, narrow pathways, or play in pools of raw sewage, exposing them to potential waterborne diseases that kill. Some have black hair tinged with patches of red or blond, a tell-tale sign of nutrient deficiency commonly seen in places experiencing famine.

US imposes sanctions over Rakhine massacre, but stops short of calling it ‘genocide’

Joel Gehrke · August 17, 2018 3:49 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., spoke out against arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain, telling the Senate Thursday, "They don't like us."

Rand Paul will ask Trump to lift sanctions against two Russian leaders

Diana Stancy Correll · August 17, 2018 11:32 am

U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Sunday, July 22, 2018, in Simi Valley, Calif.

Mike Pompeo unveils group to ‘change the Iranian regime’s behavior’

Joel Gehrke · August 16, 2018 7:25 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders reads a statement from President Donald Trump announcing that he will remove the security clearance from former CIA Director John Brennan during the daily press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Washington. Sanders said the president will be reviewing the security clearances for a number of other former officials.

White House: Turkey’s tariff retaliation ‘regrettable’

Pete Kasperowicz · August 15, 2018 7:16 pm

The escalating tensions between Washington and Pyongyang could offer Trump a chance to demonstrate the tough but nimble leadership he promised on the campaign trail. (AP)

National Security

Trump admin ramps up pressure on North Korea, imposes new sanctions

Robert Donachie · August 15, 2018 5:31 pm

National security adviser John Bolton arrives for a news conference in Palm Beach, Fla.

Beltway Confidential

Trump sends John Bolton to read between the Russian lines

Tom Rogan · August 15, 2018 4:59 pm

"January 29 was the start date for this," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters. "It was not a deadline to impose new sanctions on Russia."

State Department: Don’t blame US for Turkey’s economic problems

Pete Kasperowicz · August 14, 2018 8:16 pm

In this May 26, 2018 photo provided on May 27, 2018, by South Korea Presidential Blue House via Yonhap News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, shake hands before their meeting at the northern side of Panmunjom in North Korea. Kim and Moon met Saturday, May 26, for the second time in a month, exchanging a huge bear hug and broad smiles in a surprise summit at a border village to discuss Kim's potential meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and ways to follow through on the peace initiatives of the rivals' earlier summit.

Beltway Confidential

Now is the wrong time for a North Korea-South Korea summit

Tom Rogan · August 14, 2018 3:00 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gestures as he delivers a speech to Turkish ambassadors at the Presidential Palace in Turkey, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Erdogan says his country is under an economic "siege" that has nothing to do with its economic indicators. He insisted that Turkey's economic dynamic remain strong and said the Turkish currency would soon settle "at the most reasonable level."

Recep Tayyip Erdogan: ‘Turkey is under siege’ economically

Joel Gehrke · August 13, 2018 5:15 pm

In this Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, photo, a teargas canister explodes as riot police charge using canon to clear the square during protests outside the government headquarters in Bucharest, Romania. Romanian authorities say hundreds of people including two dozen riot police have received medical treatment after an anti-government protest turned violent and two weapons were stolen from riot police officers.

Beltway Confidential

Time to clean up Romania with sanctions (and hurt Putin’s influence, too)

Tom Rogan · August 13, 2018 4:02 pm