Bloomberg Congress isn’t expected to pass legislation ordering new US sanctions on Russia before the end of the year, as lawmakers focus instead on government spending measures, judicial nominations and a farm bill, key senators said. A bipartisan group of senators moved swiftly over the summer to assemble new proposals for Russia sanctions following President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian ...

Bloomberg Vice President Mike Pence told Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi that the US had concerns about human rights abuses in the Southeast Asian nation, saying there was no excuse for the violent crackdown on its minority Rohingya Muslim population. “This is a tragedy that has touched the hearts of millions of Americans,” Pence told Suu Kyi in a tense ...

Bloomberg The United Nations lifted almost decade-old sanctions on Eritrea, potentially boosting the once-isolated Red Sea nation’s economy as it rebuilds relations with long-time foe Ethiopia. The UN Security Council’s move ends restrictions first imposed in 2009 on accusations Eritrea backed armed groups including al-Shabaab in Somalia. Eritrea has long decried the claims as baseless and politically motivated, while UN ...