The top U.N. expert on Palestinian rights said on Friday that the U.S. decision to place her under sanctions could have a ...

Embargoes often have serious, negative effects on a country's economy. An embargo is an official ban issued by a government ...

Cuba's Deputy Director of U.S. Affairs, Johana Tablada, criticizes current U.S. policy and calls on Americans to consider the impact of sanctions.

China is studying ways to soon lift its ban on imports of chicken meat from Brazil, in place since the South American nation ...

Luis Arce pointed out that his country supports "the call by most states demanding the immediate and unconditional lifting" of the trade embargo against Cuba, which the US ignores ...

The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces control much of the island’s economy through a conglomerate known as GAESA.

A group of around 150 harebrained anti-Israel protesters accidentally wrecked a cache of military equipment headed for Ukraine. Wearing white overalls and masks, the protesters, members of […] ...

A deal signed in Washington has been touted as a major step toward peace in Congo following decades of conflict that has killed millions, including thousands this year.

Around 20 percent of global oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman, and the countries most dependent on those shipments are China, India, Japan and South Korea ...

The two countries last month in Geneva reached an agreement to de-escalate hefty tariffs that had resulted in a de-facto trade embargo, but that agreement quickly fell apart due to the Trump ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill banning cellphone use at school, the latest in a trend growing nationally and worldwide.

Tornado outbreak live updates: 40 dead in cross-country storm system A new tornado watch was issued Sunday for parts of West Virginia, Ohio and PA.