(PTI): The European Union is considering imposing political sanctions on Iran by placing travel bans on certain Iranian officials after Tehran arrested local British Embassy staff in post-election events.
The Financial Times Deutschland, citing European diplomats meeting in Sweden, reported that the decision (more…)
(PTI): Moscow opposes imposing sanctions on Iran over what the West describes as a crackdown on protesters who illegally took to the streets following the country’s presidential election.
“We believe that sanctions against Iran over its internal political problems would be unlawful and counter-productive,” Xinhua quoted Russia’s Foreign (more…)
(PTI): North Korea’s economy has experienced a ’significant’ growth despite the UN Security Council’s recent financial measures against the country.
Pyongyang’s central bank said agricultural production rose nearly 11 percent in 2008 compared with 2007 (more…)
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