Sanctions

Sanctions are punitive economic or trade measures imposed by one country or group of countries on another to exert political pressure or punish specific actions, often targeting individuals, entities, or entire sectors.

Why it’s in the news: Sanctions are in the news due to the U.S. imposing measures on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and lifting others on Russia and Myanmar, sparking international debate.

Latest on Sanctions

• Rubio cites ‘necessity’ of U.S. sanctions on ICC in call with Japanese counterpart
• Nobel peace laureate says US sanctions on ICC 'unacceptable'
• Russian attack on Ukrainian city kills 20, a day after Trump eases diesel sanctions on Moscow
• Trump sanctions will not break the ICC, court's special adviser declares
• U.S. sanctions ICC after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
• U.S. lifts sanctions on daughter of Myanmar military-linked businessman
• Iran's economy has faced repeated sanctions since the 2015 nuclear deal withdrawal by the Trump administration in 2018
• Russian ship defies sanctions to send military vehicles to Mali

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