Sanctions News

The United States government has announced that American citizens, business and banks can send money to the ragtag rebel opposition in Syria that are currently undertaking an armed struggle to oust the Assad regime.

The United States Treasury is leveling new sanctions against North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank under the pretext that this institution is supporting North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

After weeks of threatening to end a peace pact with the South Koreans, the North Koreans have followed through with their threat, ending all non-aggression acts with the South.

U.N Security Council sanctions that are to be imposed on North Korea are to specifically target activities of North Korean diplomats deemed to be illicit. These include Pyongyang's global banking and business dealings.

The United Nations Security Council is to hold closed-door discussions over North Korea following indications that the United States and China have reached a deal on imposing sanctions on that country in response to its latest nuclear test.

Tehran - Press TV reports that it has been taken off the air in North America. It has been dropped from the Galaxy 19 satellite platform that allowed broadcasts both in Canada and the US.

In the wake of new sanctions imposed by the US-led Western coalition, Iranian leaders expect Russia to play a larger role in upcoming nuclear talks.

State College - "Doomed," "foolhardy," "disgusting" — are just a few of the words being used to describe Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's lawsuit asking the federal court to toss out NCAA penalties handed to Penn State for its role in protecting a pedophile.

Iran’s problems worsen as it claims that ‘dozens’ of its drones reached Israel, Iranians are beginning to panic amid rising costs, while Western officials assess that Iran’s economy is imploding quickly. A Mideast war may occur before 2013.

This month, Kissinger says a strike on Iran should be an American decision, the US rejected Iranian compromise, and 'Iranians protest over collapsing economy.' Ahmadinejad could be removed from power by assassination.