The fresh sanctions target 'anyone doing business with the Assad regime' anywhere in world as Syria's economy falls. ( read original story ...)
Trump administration sanctions Syria’s Assad as well as his family and close associates
The measures are designed to prevent outside investors from doing business with the government or underwriting reconstruction. ( read original story ...)
US hits Syria’s elite with new economic and travel sanctions
The Trump administration on Wednesday ramped up pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad and his inner circle with a raft of new economic and travel sanctions for human ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. hits Syria with toughest sanctions yet to push Assad to end war
The United States on Wednesday imposed its toughest sanctions ever targeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to choke off revenue for his government in a bid to force it back to United Nations-led ... ( read original story ...)
As the US rolls out new sanctions on Assad, Syria braces for economic devastation
The United States has rolled out fresh sanctions that aim to drive Syrian President Bashar al-Assad back to a UN-led negotiating table and threaten to devastate Syria's already floundering economy. ( read original story ...)
President Trump’s North Korea Summits Gave Kim Jong Un ‘de Facto Nuclear State Status,’ Ban Ki-moon Says
Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that Kim Jong Un played to President Donald Trump’s “ego and penchant for pageantry” during their three one-on-one high-profile summits in ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s Moon was once given VIP welcome by the North. He’s now mocked as Korean crisis deepens.
Kim Jong Un’s younger sister leads the attack with a volley of vitriol aimed at South Korean President Moon Jae-in. ( read original story ...)
Divers in Thailand attempt to free whale shark entangled in rope – video
A group of divers try – and fail – to save an injured shark whose tail was tied by rope ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s underground church surfaces, offering aid during coronavirus spike: report
Christians in Iran say they are risking their lives to aid their neighbors in an already hostile environment known for exporting radical Islamic terrorism, a religious freedom watchdog told Fox News. ( read original story ...)
Turkey launches major attack on Kurdish militants in Iraq
Ground and air operation targets 150 suspected PKK positions, Ankara says ... ( read original story ...)