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N. Korea scraps peace pacts as sanctions toughened An enraged North Korea responded to new UN sanctions with fresh threats of nuclear war on Friday, vowing to scrap peace pacts with South Korea as it upped the ante yet again after its recent atomic test.
11 March 2013
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. ©REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Sanctions against N. Korea not 'fundamental': China Sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear programme are not "the fundamental way" to resolve the crisis, China's foreign minister said Saturday, days after the UN tightened measures against Pyongyang.
09 March 2013
US, China to increase nuclear sanctions on N. Korea The United States and China will on Thursday seek to tighten the UN sanctions screws on North Korea after its widely condemned nuclear bomb test last month.
07 March 2013
Sudan attacks in Darfur breach sanctions: UN Sudan breached UN sanctions by using warplanes and rockets bought from Belarus and Russia in the Darfur conflict, according to UN experts who have called for a tightened embargo.
04 March 2013
Iran, world powers respond to counter-offers World powers and Iran were due Wednesday to respond to offers presented by both sides in a final day of talks aimed at breaking a decade of deadlock over Tehran's nuclear drive.
27 February 2013
Japanese Prime Minsiter Shinzo Abe. Obama vows to defend Japan with US nuclear umbrella President Barack Obama pledged Wednesday a "steadfast" commitment to defend Japan, including preventing nuclear attacks on its ally in the wake of North Korea's third nuclear test.
14 February 2013
US expands sanctions on Iran to press nuclear case The United States on Wednesday tightened sanctions on Iran to further choke off its oil income, saying it was necessary to increase pressure on Tehran over its suspected nuclear weapons program.
08 February 2013
©REUTERS RBS bank says to pay 'significant penalties' over Libor Royal Bank of Scotland on Wednesday said it expected to pay "significant penalties" and face other sanctions from British and US financial regulators over its role in the Libor rate-rigging scandal.
06 February 2013
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt. ©REUTERS Schmidt book labels China online menace: report The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that in his coming book, Google chairman Eric Schmidt brands China an Internet menace that sanctions cyber crime for economic and political gain.
02 February 2013
North Korea says plans nuclear test aimed at US North Korea said Thursday it planned to carry out a third nuclear test and more rocket launches aimed at its "arch-enemy" the United States in response to tightened UN sanctions, but offered no timeframe.
25 January 2013
N. Korea hints at nuclear test after UN sanctions A defiant North Korea on Wednesday condemned a new round of UN sanctions and hinted it might carry out a nuclear test, while ruling out a resumption of talks on denuclearising the Korean peninsula.
24 January 2013
©REUTERS UN to sanction N. Korea space agency: diplomat The UN Security Council will order sanctions against North Korea's space agency in a resolution to be passed this week condemning a ballistic launch.
23 January 2013
North Korea is nuclear test-ready: US think-tank North Korea has repaired extensive rain damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a detonation on two weeks notice, a US think-tank said Friday, citing satellite imagery analysis.
29 December 2012
UN sanctions two Iran firms over Syria arms supplies The UN Security Council on Thursday slapped sanctions on two Iranian firms accused of supplying arms to the Syrian government.
21 December 2012
China resists moves to sanction N. Korea: diplomats China is resisting US-led efforts to order new sanctions against North Korea over its rocket launch and the UN Security Council could take weeks to decide a formal move, diplomats said.
18 December 2012
©REUTERS Mitsubishi Bank fined $8.6 mn for flouting US sanctions Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan's biggest bank, must pay US authorities a fine totaling some 8.6 million dollars for flouting US sanctions on Iran, Sudan, Myanmar and Cuba.
14 December 2012
Limited options to punish N. Korea rocket launch With North Korea seemingly intent on going ahead with its planned rocket launch, the international community must decide how it can punish a country that has proved largely impervious to past sanctions.
12 December 2012
Photo courtesy of defenddemocracy.org UN sanctions Al-Qaeda linked Mali Islamists The UN Security Council on Wednesday ordered sanctions against an Al-Qaeda linked Islamist group in a new sign of the tougher line being taken with militants who have taken over much of the Mali.
06 December 2012
IAEA says key Iran nuclear site fully equipped Iran is ready to significantly boost output at its most controversial nuclear plant, a new UN nuclear agency report showed Friday, taking Tehran closer in theory to being able to develop a nuclear weapon.
19 November 2012
N. Korea shipped missile parts to Syria: media North Korea tried to export ballistic missile parts to Syria in May in violation of UN sanctions, Japanese media said Wednesday, citing diplomats who have seen a classified UN report.
14 November 2012
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