Sections

Sanctions

Economic pressure campaigns and the states caught in them.

A large plume of black smoke rises over a coastal UAE city as a delivery rider on a motorbike passes in the foreground.

Sanctions

UAE Cuts Off Iran With Sudden Trade and Financial Embargo

By Foreign Time Newsroom

Two men use ATMs outside Bank Melli Iran branches on a street in Tehran.

Sanctions

Iran Vows 'Devastating' Retaliation as Bessent Presses China to Cut Ties

Tehran is promising a crushing response to Washington's threatened new sanctions package, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly pressures China, Iran's largest oil buyer, to fall in line. Beijing is refusing.

By Foreign Time Newsroom

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Sanctions

US Export Controls on Nvidia, AMD and Intel Are Costing More Than Sales, Analysts Say

By Foreign Time Newsroom