US sanctions

While key issues like US sanctions on chip exports remain unresolved, Chinese state media is now striking a different tone, analysts say.

Linda, a Russian-flagged crude oil tanker targeted by US sanctions, will not be allowed to call at Malaysia's Kuala Linggi port.

The destination of the oil was not known but it could be transferred to another ship off Malaysian or Singapore waters, Jungman said.

The US government on Friday joined European countries in slapping sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

China reaffirmed its opposition to unilateral sanctions by the United States against Iran.

The Taliban drew from its inner high echelons to fill top posts in Afghanistan's new government.

The Iranian govt's kidnapping plot is another example of its continued attempt to silence critical voices, wherever they may be, Gacki said.

The police found 62 cases of forced labour last year, mostly in the service and manufacturing sector, and less than 10 so far this year.

Aung Pyae Sone and Khin Thiri Thet Mon respectively, are being blacklisted for having "directly benefitted from their father's position.

The sanctions add to U.S. pressure on Beijing over Xinjiang, where the ruling Communist Party is accused of mass detentions, forced labor and other abuses against Muslim minorities.

The Coronavirus pandemic demands action. And many have acted to demonstrate global solidarity.

Iran says new sanctions that the United States has imposed on it breach the agreement it reached in 2015 with the United States, Russia, China and three European powers.

The United States on Thursday blacklisted nine companies and government institutions, including two Russian firms, and three people for their support of North Korea's weapons programs.

North Korea has nothing to fear from any US move to broaden sanctions aimed at cutting it off from the global financial system, a North Korean envoy said.

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The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.