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Venezuela’s María Corina Machado said that a mob of socialists attacked her campaign event, beating her supporters “with sticks and stones.”

The leader of Iran’s agency responsible for managing foreign investments asserted the country has documented a ten-fold increase in the amount of Chinese money flowing into Iran in the past year, the regime-linked Tasnim News Agency reported on Tuesday.

The United States is urging Venezuela’s neighboring countries to help build bridges between socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and the Venezuelan opposition after Maduro torched a dubious deal brokered by the White House, Bloomberg reported this weekend.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) urged President Joe Biden to push for the Senate to finally act on legislation to crack down on Iranian oil sales to China. Lawler stated, [relevant

NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby gave socialist Venezuela a deadline of April to commit to a “free and fair” presidential election in remarks on Monday, threatening the restoration of oil and gas sanctions lifted by U.S. President Joe Biden.

Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro ordered the activation on Tuesday of a security operation branded “Bolivarian Fury.”

The U.S. State Department imposed sanctions on former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Wednesday, banning him and his sons from entering the United States because of his alleged “involvement in significant corruption.”

On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Last Call,” CNBC Contributor and Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Strategy for RBC Capital Markets Helima Croft and host Brian Sullivan noted that sanctions on Iranian oil aren’t really being enforced with Croft

The BRICS economic group dealt with some internal oil drama this week, as Iran withheld oil shipments from China to demand higher prices and India cut back on its heavy purchases of Russian oil because Russia was no longer peddling crude at fire-sale discounts.

The Treasury Department announced a series of new sanctions on Thursday against companies accused of helping finance Yemen’s Houthi terrorist group, an attempt to limit the windfall of funding made available to the Houthis after President Joe Biden chose to delist them as a terror organization in 2021.

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister says the country has largely completed the process of shifting its oil exports from Europe to China and India.

China’s state-owned Sinochem Corporation purchased a million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil for delivery in December.

CARACAS, Venezuela – Indian Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced India will resume purchasing Venezuelan oil since the Biden administration lifted sanctions.

CARACAS, Venezuela — The socialist Maduro regime is foreseeing a 27-percent increase in its income after the Biden Administration lifted sanctions on the state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) oil company, according to a report published by Reuters on Tuesday.

The Venezuelan socialist regime arrested opposition members, along with an American, accusing them of “treason” and “conspiracy.”

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping told his underlings to “create law-based governance conditions and a favorable external environment for advancing Chinese modernization.”

On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” co-host Becky Quick stated that while the U.S. has sanctions on Iran, the Biden administration has “acknowledged that they’re going to continue to allow” Iranian oil to be sold elsewhere because they don’t

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) called on the Biden administration to reverse its decision to remove the Houthis from the foreign terrorist organization list and to start putting every sanction we have

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” guest host David Asman stated that the $10 billion in sanctions relief announced by the Biden administration this week so they can sell energy to Iraq with the justification that the

Chinese state media on Friday played up dictator Xi Jinping’s meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday as an “epochal” event.

The China National Narcotics Control Commission announced on Friday that the Biden administration has lifted sanctions against the Institute of Forensic Science (IFS) at China’s Ministry of Public Security.

On Thursday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) stated that the Biden administration’s $10 billion sanctions waiver to allow Iraq to receive Iranian energy will free up money for terrorist activities by Iran and is completely

France has frozen the financial assets of two top Hamas terrorist commanders in response to the murderous October 7th attacks on Israel.

Iran claimed that its crude oil production output reached 3.115 million barrels per day (bpd) in October.

Tasnim News reported on Tuesday that President Joe Biden is likely to “agree with Iran’s getting access to $10 billion” currently sanctioned.

Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal issued a ruling that suspends “all of the effects” of the “opposition” primary election on October 22.

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo responded to questions on expanding oil sanctions on Iran by stating that he won’t preview actions and “we’ve put in place more than 300 sanctions against Iran, including

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo responded to a question on the U.S. not sanctioning charities for Palestine that have been labeled as terror groups by stating that “The most important thing we can

The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Washington, DC, this week at the invitation of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, to discuss the Israel-Hamas war.

The government of Spain announced on Monday that it is planning to urge the European Union to lift sanctions on socialist Venezuela during the next E.U. ministerial meeting, a response to leftist American President Joe Biden doing the same.

Socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro declared on Monday that the primary election held by the Venezuelan opposition on Sunday was a “fraud” and part of a “coup” plot against him.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday for a two-day summit between top Russian and North Korean officials, plus an hour-long meeting between Lavrov and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

The Biden administration temporarily lifted oil and gas sanctions on Iran’s ally Venezuela on Wednesday evening.

Ali Baqeri, the lead Iranian negotiator on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal, announced on Wednesday that U.N. restrictions on Iran’s missile program have lapsed.

During an interview with NBC News released on Monday, 2024 GOP presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stated that he prefers his 2024 Republican rival former President Donald Trump’s approach to the Middle East over President Joe Biden’s, but “Donald

The administration of President Joe Biden and the socialist regime of Venezuela are in talks that could lead to Washington lifting more oil sanctions, according to a report published by Reuters on Monday.