Brazil’s Bolsonaro welcomes Chinese investment, trade
Brazilian right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that China is welcome to invest in Brazil and that trade between the two countries could grow.
U.S. reimposes Iran sanctions, Tehran decries ‘bullying’
The United States on Monday restored sanctions targeting Iran’s oil, banking and transportation sectors and threatened more action to stop its “outlaw” policies, steps the Islamic Republic called economic warfare and vowed to defy.
U.S. will allow three Iranian civil nuclear projects to continue
The United States will allow non-proliferation civil nuclear projects at Arak, Bushehr and Fordow in Iran “under the strictest scrutiny,” the State Department said on Monday, as the country began reimposing strict sanctions on Iran.
Trump says he wants to go slower on sanctions for Iran’s oil
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he wants to impose sanctions on Iran’s oil gradually, citing concerns about shocking energy markets and causing global price spikes.
Trump unsure if he will meet with Putin in Paris, to meet at G20
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was unsure if he would meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a visit to Paris this month, but he will meet him at the Nov. 30-Dec. 1 summit of the Group of 20 nations in Argentina.
Iran says actions taken to continue trade after U.S. sanctions
Iran said on Monday it has taken necessary banking measures to continue trade with its partners after the United States reimposed sanctions on Tehran’s energy and financial sectors, Iranian state TV quoted the head of the country’s Central Bank Abdolna…
London police close square near British parliament in ‘ongoing incident’
London police have closed Parliament Square near Britain’s parliament due to an “ongoing incident,” it said on Monday.
Oil sanctions already costing Iran billions since May, U.S. official says
Sanctions have already cost Iran billions of dollars in oil revenue since May when U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal, U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook told reporters on a call on Monday.
Chile protests French asylum approval for killer of Pinochet ally
Chile has formally protested to France over its decision to grant political asylum to a longtime fugitive leftist guerilla who escaped prison after being convicted for the killing of a politician, the government said on Monday.
Armed men in Cameroon kidnap 79 school children
Armed men kidnapped 79 children from a school in western Cameroon on Monday and a local pastor said separatist militias were responsible.
