HONG KONG, June 19 — China’s Commerce Ministry said today it had urged the United Kingdom to stop sanctioning Chinese firms, after Britain sanctioned five Chinese companies over their links to Russia.

TOKYO, June 12 — Japan is considering imposing sanctions on companies, including Chinese firms, supporting Russia’s war on Ukraine by supplying materials that can be used by Moscow’s military, public broadcaster NHK reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) will conduct an investigation following a report that the United States had sanctioned a Malaysian semiconductor-related company.

ATHENS, May 28 — The European Union (EU) is discussing possible sanctions on Israel if it refuses to comply with the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ruling, which ordered it to immediately halt its military campaign in the city of Rafah.

BEIJING, April 11 — China has banned the senior executives of two United States (US) defence companies from entering the country and froze their property in response to their arms sales to Taiwan, said its Foreign Ministry today.

BEIJING, Jan 7 — China will sanction five United States (US) military manufacturers in response to the latest round of US arms sales to Taiwan, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said today.

DAMASCUS, Feb 9 — The UN Resident Coordinator in Syria, Mostafa Benlamlih said the sanctions imposed on Syria hinder the humanitarian work in it, indicating that the situation now is very difficult and the humanitarian issue in it must not be politicised.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — The United States (US) will continue to pressure Myanmar’s regime until it ceases violence on its people and puts the country back on the democratic path.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — Malaysian students in the Russian Federation facing difficulties with regard to banking and financial transactions or in need of consular assistance should contact the Malaysian Embassy in Moscow.

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 — President Joe Biden announced a new set of US sanctions against Russia’s financial sector following Moscow's decision to recognise the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics (DPR and LPR).

YANGON, March 27 - The United States and Britain turned up the international pressure on Myanmar's ruling junta on Thursday by blacklisting military-controlled businesses, but troops reportedly shot dead nine more protesters in the generals' campaign to crush dissent.

REUTERS, March 23 — The European Union and the United States on Monday imposed sanctions on individuals and groups linked to last month's military coup in Myanmar as the repression of pro-democracy protesters by security forces reached what Germany's foreign minister called "an unbearable" level.

WASHINGTON, March 1 — The United States is preparing new measures against Myanmar in connection with the reported violence during the recent protests, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.