US has imposed sanctions against North Korea that also target Chinese companies

REUTERS/KCNA The US has imposed sanctions against 13 Chinese and North Korean organizations. The Trump administration is trying to hurt trade between China and North Korea, in hopes of putting pressure on Pyongyang to denuclearize. The sanctions were announced the day after the Trump administration put North Korea back on the state sponsors of terrorism list.   […]

Rouhani: Iran could quit the nuclear deal in ‘hours’ if new US sanctions are imposed

AP/Ebrahim Noroozi DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran could abandon its nuclear agreement with world powers “within hours” if the United States imposes any more new sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday. “If America wants to go back to the experience (of imposing sanctions), Iran would certainly return in a short time — not a week or a month but […]

The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Saturday

Thomson Reuters China’s foreign minister said on Sunday new U.N. Security Council sanctions on North Korea were an appropriate response to a series of recent missile tests but talks were necessary to resolve an issue now at a critical juncture. Speaking on the sidelines of a regional foreign ministers’ meeting in Manila, China’s Foreign Minister […]