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The Biden administration on Tuesday sanctioned two members of Irans elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on accusations of having tortured political prisoners.

He also owns stakes in three airlines -- Ukraine International Airlines, WindRose, and Dniproaero. Depending on his level of control, that could prevent Boeing and other leading U.S. aerospace industry companies from doing business with them. Airline industry sanctions are a "huge problem" because navigation systems and airplane parts often come from U.S. companies or are considered U.S.-controlled goods, said OToole, pointing to the impact of U.S. sanctions on U.S. financial sanctions against...

Today at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, we made clear our concerns about the abuses the Iranian government continues to perpetrate against its...

Two-time Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled, a member of a designated terrorist group, is scheduled to speak on April 23 at... They represent a growing segment of the US population, as well as legislators and staffers, who are estranged from the 400-year-old historical, cultural, moral and civic foundations of the US-Israel kinship, unfamiliar with Israel’s role as a unique force-multiplier for the United States and its contribution to the US defense industries, high tech sector, armed forces,...

Ashley Quarcoo Ashley Quarcoo is the Senior Research Manager with the Aspen Institute’s Citizenship and American Identity Program, where she leads “Who Is Us? A Project on American Identity.”  Quarcoo is also senior fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Democracy, Conflict and Governance Program. Her research focus is on threats to democracy, social and political polarization, and comparative approaches toward building social cohesion and democratic renewal. Qua...

  “The Biden Administration should ensure that repercussions for the brutal murder of Khashoggi go beyond those who carried it out, to the one who ordered it. The blood of an American resident and journalist. We must have accountability, congressman Adam Shiff said. He was referring to the unclassified documents release implicating the Saudi Prince. Congressman Adam Schiff of the Intel Committee is demanding action. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s release today gave the details: In O...

Former general prosecutor banned from entering the US His son is banned too. Dobroslav Trnka (Source: Sme) The U.S Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, announced that Trnka is ineligible to enter the United States due to his involvement in significant corruption. This designation is made under the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act. “In his official capacity as the Prosecutor General of Slovakia, Trnka was involved in corrupt acts that undermined t...

The Supreme Court has annulled the resolution of the Specialized Criminal Court from February 11 to release the accused former head of the State Material Reserves Administration (SSHR SR) Kajetán Kičura from custody. In the second wave of the pandemic, Slovakia is the only country in Europe where entire Roma communities continue to be quarantined. Ombudswoman Mária Patakyová pointed to the findings of the European Union Agency (EU) for Fundamental Human Rights. Spokesperson Dáša Račkov...

February 22, 2021 By John Ariale, Principal, Husch Blackwell Strategies and Global Health Council Board Member Recently, Global Health Council’s President and Executive Director, Loyce Pace, shared her thoughts on the new 2021 Global Health Briefing Book (GHBB). Today, I want to share my own experience as someone who has benefited from this material in the past—and continues to benefit from it today. After a 25-year career on Capitol Hill, and having served as the Chief of Staff and Approp...

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