The United States has blocked a Russian-proposed statement at the United Nations Security Council that would have demanded the condemnation of a recent incursion into Venezuela as part of a plot to overthrow the government in Caracas. Deputy Russian Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy said the document, which denounced ...
China has blasted the United States for its sanctions on a Chinese company over cooperation with Iran’s Mahan Air, saying the bans violate international rules on beneficial cooperation between countries. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday that the US Treasury had committed an illegal act by banning ...