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Tough US sanctions will endure in 2020

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UNITED STATES

International calls by aid groups for Washington to ease sanctions on Iran and to allow greater sales of goods to it, to help stem COVID-19, are growing. Under US law, countries…

Iran success may broaden global sanctions

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INTERNATIONAL

Agreement between Iran and the P5+1 (France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, China and the United States) on the former's nuclear programme in July 2015 has been heralded as…

New sanctions will return US-Russia ties to old ire

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US/INT

The White House has indicated that President Donald Trump will sign the legislation authorising the new measures, despite the fact it limits presidential discretion to waive the…

Myanmar will face more Western sanctions

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MYANMAR

Western response to Rohingya crisis.

North Korea heads for economic crisis

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NORTH KOREA

The impact of sanctions on North Korea's economy.

Russia will defer to China's policy on North Korea

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RUSSIA/NORTH KOREA

While Russia worries about the risk of instability triggered by a strict sanctions regime, its role in the North Korea crisis is limited to supporting China's calls for restraint…

Sanctions hurt North Korea, but Kim’s grip is strong

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NORTH KOREA

North Korea's worsening economic situation.

US sanctions put North Korea rapprochement at risk

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NORTH KOREA

NORTH KOREA: US sanctions put rapprochement at risk

Washington may eventually compromise with Pyongyang

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NORTH KOREA

North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

China's sanctions will have impact on North Korea

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NORTH KOREA

NORTH KOREA: China's sanctions will have impact