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An Israeli flag on the surrounding wall of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Migdalim near the Palestinian town of Nablus, Oct. 25, 2021.
Israel-Hamas war
US places rare visa travel restrictions on Israeli settlers implicated in West Bank violence
A member of auction house staff poses for a picture with a 19-carat pink diamond at Christie's auction house, in London, Oct. 18, 2017.
Ukraine
Belgium faces pressure to support sanctions on Russian diamonds
A train passes by Republika Power Plant in town of Pernik, Bulgaria, April 21, 2022. The only nuclear power plant, generating over a third of Bulgaria’s electricity, runs on uranium from Russia.
Ukraine
EU proposes oil ban after bloc’s largest economy drops opposition
Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany
Energy
The invasion in Ukraine could mean less reliance on energy from Russia, analyst says
US Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are shown standing near each other and wearing dark suits.
Global Politics
China sanctions Cruz, Rubio, Smith, Brownback for criticism
A Twitter logo seen in front of cyber code
Top of The World
Twitter purges state-backed disinformation accounts; US sanctions ICC staff, Syria
An aerial view shows a road-and-rail bridge
Borders
Is Russia’s new bridge to Crimea ‘primarily an image project’?
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is shown sitting in a chair with yellow fabric, speaking during an interview outside Moscow.
Russia tells Washington curbs on its banks would be act of economic war
A police officer is shown standing to the left of the photograph, wearing a fluorescent jacket guards a cordoned off area where former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned.
Russia reels, denounces new US sanctions as illegal, unfriendly
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a joint announcement with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 7, 2018.
Conflict
As Olympics draw near, US to unveil ‘toughest, most aggressive’ sanctions on North Korea
Donald Trump Jr. stands profile in the background watch his father exit the stage left.
Global Politics
Trump dictated his son’s statement on the Russia talks
A close up photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin
Global Politics
Putin says 755 US diplomats must leave Russia in response to new sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin
Global Politics
Russia orders the US to cut its diplomatic staff in retaliation for sanctions
North Korea missile test
Conflict
The Pentagon says North Korea could test another missile this week
Global Politics
Watch live: Trump hosts Lebanese prime minister at White House
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner in the East Room at the White House, June 22, 2017.
Global Politics
Jared Kushner says he met with Russians four times but denies collusion
Missile
Conflict
Iran hits back at US sanctions with ‘reciprocal actions with a high cost’
A military truck carrying a Qadr H missile drives past pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a parade marking the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran on September
Global Politics
As the old nuclear sanctions on Iran are lifted, the US slaps Tehran with new missile sanctions
A child plays at the Prado Boulevard in downtown Havana.
Business
When will Starbucks pop up all over Cuba? Don’t count on it