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Tourists ride on a vintage American car in front of the US embassy in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
November 1, 2017, 8:25 pm
Israel, US oppose UN condemnation of embargo on Cuba
US Ambassador Nikki Haley dismisses attempt by Havana to ‘distract the world’s attention from the destruction it has inflicted on its own people’
By AFP
Cuban President Fidel Castro speaks during the 6th Session of the Cuban Parliament at the Conventions Palace in Havana on December 22, 2005. (AFP PHOTO/Antonio LEVI)
November 26, 2016, 7:44 am
Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro dies at 90
Rebel chief who took power at 32 in 1959, becoming youngest leader in Latin America, handed over half-century later to brother Raul
By Michael Weissenstein and Peter Orsi
United States Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power during a United Nations Security Council emergency meeting on the situation in Syria, at the UN in New York, September 25, 2016. (AFP/Bryan R. Smith)
October 26, 2016, 8:30 pm
In first, US, Israel abstain on UN vote against Cuba embargo
Following American rapprochement with communist nation, Washington and Jerusalem don’t oppose resolution in first time in 25 years
By Agencies and TOI staff
Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons)
May 4, 2016, 7:17 pm
UK councils face court challenge over Israel boycotts
Jewish Human Rights Watch files suit against local municipalities for passing ‘anti-Semitic’ BDS motions
By AP and TOI staff
Russian servicemen prepare a Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet before a departure for a mission at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, Syria, on December 16, 2015. (AFP/Paul Gypteau)
February 19, 2016, 3:45 am
US: Russian fighter jet sale to Iran would violate arms ban
Transfer of Su-30 aircraft to Tehran would require Security Council approval; Washington to discuss issue with Moscow
By Bradley Klapper
Members of the Security Council vote at United Nations headquarters in New York, July 20, 2015. (AP/Seth Wenig, File)
September 21, 2015, 1:17 pm
US mulls abstention on Cuba embargo vote at UN
By not actively opposing resolution, Obama administration would be effectively siding with international community against Congress
By Matthew Lee and Bradley Klapper
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the Friends of Syria conference in Paris in July. (photo credit: Brendan Smialowski/AP)
August 10, 2012, 7:22 pm
US imposes new sanctions on Assad regime and Hezbollah
Move underscores Iran’s role in propping up Bashar Assad; penalties follow Syria’s delivery of $36 million in gasoline to Iran in April
By Bradley Klapper and Matthew Lee
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (photo credit: Vahid Salemi/AP)
From the WebJuly 5, 2012, 6:02 am
Stuck with oil it can’t sell, Iran sends ships in circles
New York Times report claims 65 Iranian tankers are serving as floating storage facilities for embargoed oil
The OPEC meeting in Vienna on Thursday. (photo credit: AP/Ronald Zak)
June 17, 2012, 3:31 am
As EU embargo looms, Iran and Saudi Arabia tussle over oil output
Tehran seeking to lower production to make embargo felt, while Riyadh is expected to overproduce to make up difference
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