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A group of lawmakers in the US Congress is set to introduce a bill this week for the US to consider sanctioning an array of different Azeri figures over their perceived repression of pro-democracy and opposition activists in Azerbaijan, as well as Azerbaijan's continued detention of Armenian prisoners. The Azerbaijan Sanctions Review Act of 2024 This week, a bipartisan group of...

On April 20, the U.S. Department of State announced that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the People's Republic of China (PRC) on April 24-26. He will meet senior PR officials in Shanghai and Beijing to “discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues” according to the announcement.  According to the announcement, key talking points are going...

A US judge has ruled that BNP Paribas, a French bank, is to face a lawsuit for allegedly assisting Sudan's previous dictatorship in carrying out the Darfur Genocide, as well as other abuses in Sudan and South Sudan. Violations and Complicity US Manhattan District Judge, Alvin Hellerstein, has ruled that BNP Paribas must face a lawsuit after he found "too many...

On April 19, the U.S. Department of State announced that the U.S. had imposed sanctions on several suppliers of Pakistan’s ballistic missile program.  In the announcement, the Department of State sanctioned four entities that were classified as “proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery”. The four entities are:  Belarus-based Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant, which supplied missile launch support...

On April 19, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns commented that without U.S. military assistance, Ukraine could lose its war against Russia by the end of 2024.  According to Director Burns, the Ukrainians are at a “tough moment on the battlefield right now”, however, with military aid from the U.S., “the Ukrainians are entirely capable of holding their...