Russia vetoes U.S.-backed U.N. resolution to ban nuclear weapons in space

Russia on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations resolution that proposed a ban on the use of nuclear weapons in outer space amid US intelligence-backed concerns that Moscow is trying to develop a nuclear ... Read More

JPMorgan Chase is caught in U.S-Russia sanctions war after overseas court orders $440 million seized from bank

The escalation shows how American banks are struggling to navigate American sanctions rules more than two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Read More

U.S. Is Preparing To Sanction Chinese Banks Supporting Russia, Report Says

U.S. officials have expressed concerns that trade between China and Russia has allowed Moscow to rebuild its military-industrial capacity as it fights an attritional war in Ukraine. Read More

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By Alexandra Alter The visit came days after the U.S. threatened new sanctions ... Russia that Islamic State terrorists were plotting an attack on Crocus City Hall, a concert venue. By Julian E. Read More

Russia, China to partner on ‘counteracting’ U.S.-European alliance

CHINA — Russia and ... alliance led by the U.S. “We have a common goal of increasing security in Eurasia,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday at a news conference with ... Read More

US pushes back at Russia’s protest over South Korean sanctions

On Friday, Russia said it had summoned South Korea’s ambassador. The South Korean sanctions followed Russia’s veto of a U.N. Security Council ... and domestic set of legal authorities that ... Read More

U.S. and Canada turn to sanctions against Haitian politicians and businessmen accused of ties to gangs

The US and Canada are also looking to expand the sanctions with the help of the United Nations which adopted a U.S.-backed resolution to sanction Haitian gangs and their benefactors in October. Read More

U.S. to Impose Two-Person Crew Mandate on Freight Trains

Federal officials are planning to impose a mandate that freight railroads operate trains with two-person crews, adopting a policy that railroads have opposed and Congress failed to legislate. Read More

EU and US set to announce joint working on AI safety, standards & R&D

The TTC was set up a few years ago, post-Trump, to provide a forum where EU and U.S. lawmakers could meet to ... (where the EU has been developing an e-ID proposal for several years) that they ... Read More

US to Set Curbs on HK Officials After Security Law Is Passed

The US is set to impose new visa restrictions on some Hong Kong officials after the city fast-tracked into law domestic security legislation that Washington says muzzles open discussion in the ... Read More

Israel-Gaza updates: 22, including 18 children, reported dead in Rafah strikes

Israel's Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant held a discussion with IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi regarding the developing report on U.S. intentions to impose sanctions against ... Read More

US to impose new visa curbs on Hong Kong officials over rights crackdown

In November, Hong Kong condemned a U.S. bill calling for sanctions against ... Singh is a breaking news reporter for Reuters in Washington DC, who primarily covers US politics and national affairs ... Read More