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Key US panel approves new Iran sanctions

AFP American Edition 27 days ago

Iran's main gasoline suppliers, including British, French, Swiss and Indian firms, may face tough US sanctions under a bill that sailed through a key House of Representatives panel Wednesday. By a voice vote, the House Foreign Affairs Committee approved legislation aimed at ...

Myanmar says senior US official to visit next week

AP News 34 days ago

Myanmar says senior US official to visit next week, in line with new engagement policy A senior U.S. official will visit Myanmar next week in line with Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation, a Foreign Ministry official said ...

U.S. plans fact-finding mission to Myanmar: official

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 34 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will soon send a fact-finding delegation to Myanmar as part of an exploratory dialogue with that country's military junta, the top U.S. diplomat for Asia said on Wednesday. "We intend to go to Burma in the ...

US lawmakers urge Obama to use Iran sanctions powers

AFP American Edition 35 days ago

Fifty US lawmakers urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to slap sanctions on foreign firms with investments of more than 20 million dollars in Iran's energy sector as called for under US law. The group's letter to Obama came as talks between ...

China committed to NKorea sanctions: US envoy

AFP American Edition 36 days ago

A top US diplomat said Tuesday that China had expressed its commitment to implementing UN sanctions on North Korea aimed at getting the isolated nation to return to six-nation denuclearisation talks. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, the US envoy charged with North Korean sanctions, ...

Experts doubt effectiveness of US sanctions on Iran

AFP American Edition 38 days ago

A flurry of congressional measures aimed at toughening US sanctions on Iran to pressure the Islamic republic to abandon its suspect nuclear program will likely have little to no impact, experts say. Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation on Thursday that bars ...

U.S. Congress oks sanctions on Iran's fuel suppliers

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 40 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved legislation to punish foreign oil companies that export gasoline to Iran, marking the first time both chambers of Congress have cleared the same bill imposing economic sanctions on Iran to protest its nuclear ...

China aid could mar efforts to rid NKorea of nukes

AP News 41 days ago

Ex-US negotiator says China's aid to NKorea could hinder efforts to end its nuclear program China's recent offer of aid to North Korea could undermine U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang and help feed a cycle of failed negotiations aimed at ending the isolated ...

Clinton, Russia seek to show unity on Iran

AFP Global Edition 42 days ago

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday sought to present a united front with Russia on the Iranian nuclear crisis but Moscow stopped short of supporting tougher action if talks failed. On her first trip to Russia as chief US diplomat, Clinton ...

Clinton tells Russia no Iran sanctions yet

AFP American Edition 43 days ago

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday sought to present a united front with Russia on the Iranian nuclear crisis, saying there was not yet any hurry for new sanctions against Tehran. On her first trip to Russia as chief US ...

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