Learn about our editorial policies Economic sanctions are penalties levied against a country, its officials, or private citizens to provide disincentives for the targeted policies and actions.

The issue of granting sanction to prosecute a public servant has once again come to the fore, following Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot’s approval to open an investigation against Chief ...

Western nations purchased $2 billion worth of Russian oil indirectly through Turkey, signaling glaring loopholes in the current sanctions' regime. A new report found crude oil arrived at Turkish ...

For centuries, sanctions were a primary tool for European governments to manage their relationships with their Jewish population. The sanctions, sometimes against a subset of Jews or even ...

Aug. 23 (UPI) --The U.S. Treasury Department Friday added nearly 400 people and entities to sanctions already imposed on ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk after he failed to appear for court-ordered testimony for the regulator's probe ...

The US Treasury and State Department has issued new sanctions against entities still helping Russia. Foreign entities have become a lifeline for Russia, supplying it with needed equipment.

Sanctions on Venezuela are more necessary now than ever. In the wake of Venezuela’s fraudulent election that resulted in Nicolás Maduro’s illicit retention of power, hundreds of government ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on more than 400 entities and individuals for supporting Russia's war effort in Ukraine, the State Department said, including ...

The Biden administration periodically promulgates new sanctions against Iran and its proxies. That is a sound policy. But sanctions without enforcement are easy to circumvent. Case in point ...

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday announced sanctions on American companies selling arms to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory and threatens to annex by ...