The United States on Wednesday dramatically broadened sanctions on Russia, including by targeting China-based companies selling semiconductors to Moscow, as part of its effort to undercut the Russian military machine waging war on Ukraine.

“​​The American Dream. They say it’s for all, but is it really?” So begins a 65-second, AI-generated animated video that touches on hot-button issues in the United States ranging from drug addiction and imprisonment rates to growing wealth inequality.

MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has condemned American officials COVID-19 related blame game against China, noting that these measures are being taken to divert attention from Trump administrations incompetency to fight the outbreak. Iran dismisses the recent American regime's #COVID19-related blame game & smears ...

RT | Darius Shahtahmasebi: Saudi Arabia was made nervous by a recent US decision to remove some of its military hardware from the kingdom. Is the US punishing Riyadh for its disastrous oil price war, or has it given up on its bid to confront Iran? After a decades-long, disturbingly cozy relationship, the Trump administration recently announced it ...

Sputnik - In May, the US extended key sanctions waivers on Tehrans civilian nuclear programme for 90 days, a year after Washington unilaterally withdrew from the 2018 Iran nuclear deal. The waivers stipulate the continuation of work at the Arak, Fordow and Bushehr power plants and facilities in the Islamic Republic. Washington may announce the renewal ...

Oil Price | Cyril Widdershoven: Chinas relationship with Iran is being put to the test after US president Trump slammed sanctions on Chinese state-run energy company Zhuhai Zhenrong for allegedly violating restrictions imposed on Irans oil sector. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that the sanctions were put in place as the company engaged ...

IRNA/Global Times - China on Wednesday night hit back at repeated threats by US officials to slap higher tariffs on billions of dollars' worth of Chinese goods, vowing that it will take 'necessary' countermeasures if forced. 'If the US side implements the tariff measures, the Chinese side will have no choice but to take necessary countermeasures,...

Tasnim - A spokesman at China's industry and information technology ministry said Tuesday that the US government indictment against Huawei is "unfair" and "immoral," Reuters reported. The US Department of Justice filed criminal charges Monday against Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China tech giant Huawei and the daughter of its founder ...

Tasnim - US negotiators on Monday headed into talks with Chinese counterparts as the two countries seek a deal to end a trade war that has raised fears of global economic turmoil. The visiting delegation, led by Deputy US Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish, left its hotel in Beijing without speaking to reporters, AFP reported. US President ...

Tasnim Oil rose to around $57 a barrel on Friday after China said it would hold trade talks with the United States and a survey showed Chinas services sector expanded in December, while signs of lower crude supply also lent support. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries cut crude output in December and the American Petroleum Institute ...

Alwaght - In exploring the most important issues of the international relations, matching the developments with dominant international order and cultivating an understanding of the influence of the interests and competition of the world powers in the course of developments is significant. Without this understanding, in fact, developing a correct ...

Press TV - The United States cannot pressure a great power like China to pursue the controversial American policy of sanctions on Iran, according to Myles Hoenig, an American political analyst and activist. Chinaon Friday rejected a US demand to cut Iranian oil imports despite Washingtons attempts to bringdown the Islamic Republic'soil sales ...

IRNA China's major oil giant has paused importing oil from the US due to escalation of trade war between the two countries, a Chinese daily reported on Saturday. Chinas largest refiner, Sinopec, is suspending new orders of US oil fearing the new tariffs on US energy products that will make the crude more expensive, South China Morning Post reported ...

RT- Chinas state-owned banks have reportedly been buying US dollars in forwards on behalf of the central bank (PBOC) and immediately selling them on the spot market for yuan to support the domestic currency. PBOC deputy governor and head of the foreign exchange regulator Pan Gongsheng said China was confident it could keep the yuan basically stable ...

RT- China has blasted wanton criticism from the US over religious freedom, saying that Washington confuses the facts and is itself far from perfect. The statement comes following a US State Department report on religious freedom worldwide. On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson commented on the 2016 International Religious Freedom Report ...

IRNA| Ali Torabi: For the first time Triangle diplomacy term was employed by Henry A. Kissinger for describing the relationship among Washington, Moscow, and Beijing in the early 1970s. At that time it meant dtente with the Soviet Union and rapprochement with China. In spite of China un-recognition by U.S before Richard Nixon coming to white house,...

Financial Tribune- China's state tabloid accused US president-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state of "rabble rousing" and warned of "war", after Rex Tillerson condemned Beijing's construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea during his Senate confirmation hearing. The Global Times editorial published on Friday called Tillerson's ...

US-China relations continue to sour, mainly because the US refuses to recognize China's status astherising economic powerhouse in the world. In an attempt to "contain" China, the US has facilitated a pivot to Asia. The pivot hassurrounded China with US military installations across the Asia Pacific. US allies such as Japan, South Korea, and Australia ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says a mutual understanding reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries in Switzerland will also help boost relations between China and the United States, China's Foreign Ministry saidin a statement. Speaking duringa phone call with US Secretary of State John Kerry, the top Chinese diplomatadded that the Lausanne ...