Discover what economic sanctions are, how they function, and their impact on countries and international relations.

Sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) are often described ...

President Trump’s new sanctions finally target the heart of Russia’s war machine, but only aggressive, disciplined ...

A raft of UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, lifted under a landmark 2015 deal, went back into force late Saturday. The sanctions were reimposed because the “E3” European group — Britain, ...

The sanctions were intended to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and bring an end to the war ...

The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Russia, targeting the country's two largest oil companies. The move comes as Russian air attacks have killed at least seven people in the last two days and after ...

Igor Sechin, one of the most influential men in Russia's energy sector, said on Tuesday that sanctions imposed by the United ...

The International Criminal Court, or ICC, only intervenes when national courts can't or won't prosecute crimes like genocide and crimes against humanity. But after the Trump administration sanctioned ...

The European Union, Britain and the U.S. have imposed a raft of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine. In October, the U.S. targeted Russia's two top oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil .

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces new sanctions against Russia will be coming on FOX Business Network's "Kudlow." "These are sanctions, not secondary tariffs," Bessent told host Larry ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Here is a look at how U.S. sanctions on Russian oil firms Rosneft and Lukoil, which take effect at 1701 GMT ...