of Israeli goods . It also made France , in addition to Israel , the only country to penalize appeals not to buy Israeli goods . But the French law , which includes criminal penalties , is arguably harsher than Israel ’s , which allows boycott supporters to be pursued for financial damages , but not jailed .
Iran denied the allegations and insisted its nuclear activities were for civilian purposes . Last year , Iran and six leading world powers reached a deal , under which Iran made its nuclear program more transparent and accepted the imposition of safeguards . In exchange US and EU economic sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionand nuclear - related sanctions imposed by the UN will be lifted .
GLENN GREENWALD : What she ’s doing there is affirming one of the most vile slanders that currently exists . There is a campaign in the United States and in Israel to literally outlaw any advocacy of a boycott movement against Israel , similar to the boycott and divestment and sanctions campaign that brought down Israel and the United States ’s closest ally , which was the apartheid regime in South Africa . Now you can certainly raise objections to the tactic of boycotting Israel , and lots of people have , but to render it illegal depends upon this grotesque equating of an advocacy of a boycott of Israel with anti - Semitism and then saying that because anti - Semitism should be banned from universities or from private institutions , that it should be literally outlawed , to ban advocating the boycotttransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionof Israel , as well . And people in Europe are actually being arrested for advocating a boycott of Israel . Students in American universities are being sanctioned and punished for doing so .
There are all sorts of treaties that are ready to move forward . In fact the Soviets and the Chinese have been prime movers in expansion of treaties to prohibit weapons in space and to establish the rule of law in cyberspace . " We can actually begin to rein in the Saudis with a weapons embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionand by impounding their bank accounts . So , what would President Jill Stein do about ISIS ? She answered that question with no hesitation : " Number 1 : we do n't stop ISIS by doing more of what created ISIS .
As the president has famously said , " My job is to execute laws that are passed . " The Supreme Court has heard arguments . A 4 - 4 tie vote lets the Fifth Circuit 's approval of the district court 's injunctiontransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionagainst Obama stand . That would be satisfactory . It would be better if Justice Stephen Breyer votes with the four conservatives and the court decides 5 - 3 to stop the president from ruling like a king .
“ You have Obama there . And frankly , that whole part of the world is a mess under Obama , with all the strength that you ’re talking about and all of the power of NATO and all of this , in the meantime , he ’s going where – he takes – takes Crimea , he ’s sort of – I mean … ” It was a place Trump should not have gone , because Stephanopoulos then asked about a recent suggestion that he would recognize the Crimea as Russian territory and eliminate sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionimposed after Russia ’s invasion of the Ukrainian territory . “ I ’m going to take a look at it , ” he said . “ But , you know , the people of Crimea , from what I ’ve heard , would rather be with Russia than where they were . ”
( Alain Bachellier / Flickr ) A group of prominent intellectuals and activists is defying France ’s crackdown on the Palestine solidarity movement by publicly calling for the boycott of Israeli goods . This comes just as the French prime minister has announced that his government plans to intensify its restrictions on free speech targeting the boycotttransaction.transferownership.embargosanction, divestment and sanctions ( BDS ) movement . “ This boycott movement is enjoying growing success around the world as the only nonviolent means to put pressure on Israel , ” the public figures ’ statement in the independent online publication Médiapart says . “ It permits everyone who wishes to peacefully demonstrate their solidarity and to protest the favorable treatment [ Israel ] receives from a large part of the international community despite its constant violations of international law , ” it adds .
Three times over the past 20 years the Iranian reformists and moderates have tried to improve the relations between their nation and the United States , and in each case the Clintons have either prevented the rapprochement or , as it is happening now , try to scuttle it . In May 1995 former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , considered a pragmatist then but allied firmly with the reformists now , made a gesture of reconciliation toward the US by awarding the American oil company Conoco a major contract to develop a large offshore oil field in the Persian Gulf , although a European oil company had actually won the bidding for the contract . But , instead of responding in kind , Bill Clinton imposed total trade embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon Iran in 1996 as part of his absurd , and ultimately failed “ dual containment ” policy according to which both Iran and Iraq were supposed to be contained and put in a strategic box . Then , in 1998 former reformist President proposed “ dialogue among civilizations ” as a cautious approach to open dialogue between the two nations . Not only had Khatami won the presidential elections in 1997 in a landslide , his allies would sweep the first nationwide elections for city councils in fall of 1998 and for the Majles [ Iranian parliament ] in February 2000 .
( Times - Picayune ) Four companies , including Speedo , severed ties with Ryan Lochte after he fabricated a story about being robbed in Rio . Speedo will donate $ 50,000 that would have gone to the swimmer to Save the Children . ( Matt Bonesteel ) A federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunctiontransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionto block Obama ’s transgender bathroom policy , temporarily barring the policy from taking effect just as the public school year begins . ( Dallas Morning News ) Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe individually restored voting rights to 13,000 felons in Virginia after the state ’s Supreme Court thwarted his previous attempt .
— Mollie ( @MZHemingway ) September 27 , 2016 7 . Clinton portrayed herself as a leading figure in slapping sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon Iran . This could n't be further from the truth . " I voted for every sanction against Iran when I was in the Senate , but it was n't enough , " Clinton said .
Russia may not be panicking , but it 's clearly worried . Worried enough for the pro - Kremlin media here to admit there 's a problem : a full - blown economic crisis . The state - controlled media blames the crisis , principally , on low oil prices and , to a lesser extent , on western sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanction. What you do n't hear on TV is anyone blaming President Putin for the problem . Yet , in the decade and a half that Mr Putin has ruled Russia as president or prime minister , Russia failed to prepare for the possibility of low oil prices and did little to diversify its economy and reduce its reliance on energy exports .
In mid - December , Ukraine 's cabinet of ministers approved a total ban on trade with Crimea , excepting a small category of ' socially significant products ' . Ukrainian authorities then joined the Washington and Brussels - inspired sanctions against Russia , prompting Moscow to respond with a ban on the import of Ukrainian food products for six months . Kiev responded with an embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionagainst Russian food . Effectively , Kiev 's measures against Crimea specifically and against Russia more broadly have transferred responsibility for the so - called ' food blockade ' of the peninsula ( which affected Ukrainian farmers much harder than it had Crimeans ) from the activists to the government . In his interview , Islyamov confirmed that his activists , who include Tatar nationalists and paramilitaries from Ukraine 's notorious Right Sector militant group , are on track with their plans for a ' naval blockade ' of Crimea .
It was based on our desire to complete what has been a lengthy process of moving towards normalization with Vietnam , " he said . Obama later added his visit to a former foe showed " hearts can change and peace is possible . " In 2014 , the Obama administration eased the decades - old arms embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionto allow its former Cold War enemy to buy maritime surveillance and " security - related " systems to strengthen it with China in mind . Now Hanoi will be able to buy a full range of U.S. weapons and military equipment . Immediate big - ticket purchases are not expected , but Vietnam 's military strategists are likely to seek U.S. drones , radar , coastal patrol boats and possibly P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft .
The U.S. Department of the Treasury added dozens of people and companies to the list , first introduced after Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and expanded over its support for separatist rebels in the east of the country . As well as multiple subsidiaries of Russian gas giant Gazprom ( GAZP.MM ) and 11 Crimean officials , the Treasury named seven companies directly involved in the construction of the 19 km ( 11.8 miles ) road - and - rail connection across the Kerch Strait , dubbed " Putin 's bridge " by some Russians . Chief among those were SGM - Most , a subsidiary of lead contractor Stroygazmontazh which is already under U.S. sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanction, and sub - contractor Mostotrest ( MSTT.MM ) , one of Russia 's biggest bridge builders . " Treasury stands with our partners in condemning Russia 's violation of international law , and we will continue to sanction those who threaten Ukraine 's peace , security and sovereignty , " said John Smith , acting director of the Treasury 's Office of Foreign Assets Control , which levies sanctions . The Russian Foreign Ministry was not immediately available for comment , but Moscow has previously said sanctions levied over its actions in Ukraine undermine efforts to resolve the conflict .
There is the need for adulation . There are the fantasies of unlimited power — see Trump ’s admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin . There is the expectation of special treatment — see his debate boycotttransaction.transferownership.embargosanction. There is the lack of empathy — see his cruel mocking of a disabled reporter . Leadership is often evidenced in relatively small things .
He added that the Israeli rejection of the French initiative came just as authorities informed the Palestinians that the army would continue to storm Area A of the West Bank . The Oslo Accords signed between the two sides divided the West Bank into three zones , with Area A under Palestinian jurisdiction . Mustafa Barghouti , head of the Palestinian National Initiative , said Israel 's decision proved that " an alternative national strategy that focused on popular resistance and the boycotttransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionmovement " was essential , in addition to reconciling feuding parties Hamas and Fatah . Source : Al Jazeera
But the key to its implementation lies with China , which accounts for nearly 90 percent of North Korea 's total trade and provides the impoverished nation with an economic lifeline , they said . So far , U.N. Security Council resolutions have been unsuccessful in preventing the North from advancing its nuclear and missile programs , even though they could have slowed the programs ' progress , due in large part to China 's reluctance to press Pyongyang . Undeterred by U.N. sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanction, Pyongyang kept forging ahead to a point where it claimed the January test involved a hydrogen bomb , a much more powerful and sophisticated nuclear weapon than conventional atomic bombs , even though the U.S. say its analysis is not consistent with Pyongyang 's claims . " We 've got to be honest that , while previous multilateral efforts , including the four previous sanctions resolutions adopted by this Council , have undoubtedly made it more difficult for North Korea to advance its weapons programs , the regime continues to plow ahead , as it demonstrated the last two months , " U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power said during the council meeting .
" The Russians are trying to hack everything . " The ban on the Apple Watch is by no means unusual . Mobile phones are already prohibited in cabinet meetings in the UK , and extending the injunctiontransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionto smartwatches is logical . They contain the same basic electronics and thus the same vulnerabilities . It was also reported today that the Apple Watch has been banned from Australian cabinet meetings as well .
Russia ’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday said Moscow reserves the right to reciprocate against Washington after President Obama this week renewed sanctions imposed as a result of the 2014 annexation of Ukraine ’s Crimean peninsula . “ We regret to note that the United States continues to enthusiastically play the anti - Russian sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctiongame , ” the Russian Federation ’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement published on its website this week . “ It is high time Washington comprehended the futility of its policy of sanctions and the danger of the entire line of confrontation with Russia . For our part , we reserve the right to take reciprocal actions to protect our interests . ”
More than 30 billion dollars ( £ 21 billion ) in assets overseas will become immediately available to the Islamic Republic . Official Iranian reports have set the total amount of frozen Iranian assets overseas at 100 billion dollars ( £ 70 billion ) . A European oil embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon Iran will also end . Already , some 38 million barrels of oil are in Iran 's floating reserves , ready to enter the market , according to the International Energy Agency . Although many in Iran welcomed the deal , not everyone was enthused about the agreement , which limits Iran 's nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of sanctions .
WASHINGTON , Oct. 10 ( UPI ) -- President Barack Obama included North Korea on a list of countries that are suspected of human trafficking violations . The presidential decree was posted to the Federal Register on Monday and follows a July U.S. Treasury decision to name Kim Jong Un a human - rights offender . The blacklisting of North Korea under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 is mostly symbolic , since the ban would prohibit Washington from providing non - humanitarian , non - trade - related assistance to embargoedtransaction.transferownership.embargosanctioncountries . North Korea is not a recipient of any U.S. funding , according to Yonhap . Other countries that have received the designation include Equatorial Guinea , Russia , Syria and Iran .
The former head of the Russian ministry of defence ’s international treaties department added : “ In other words , teetering on the brink of war , but without the mechanisms to manage the confrontation . ” Russian officials have accused the US of trying to severe relations between Russia and the west . In response to the Russian bombing of Aleppo , the US has proposed sanctions that could harm Russian economy . GETTY Russia faces sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionfor bombing Aleppo Cancelling the plutonium reprocessing deal showed how angry we are Fyodor Lukyanov But deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow would take " asymmetrical and forceful measures " in return .
Its banking sector was 10 times the GDP of the rest of the economy . Anyway , so we release this report in July last year . And the national TV station was injuncted five minutes before it went on air , like out of a movie : injunctiontransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionlanded on the news desk , and the news reader was like , " This has never happened before . What do we do ? " Well , we just show the website instead , for all that time , as a filler , and we became very famous in Iceland , went to Iceland and spoke about this issue .
This law is supposed to protect a person or group of persons who are victims of discrimination because of their origin or membership or nonmembership of a specific ethnicity , nation , race or religion . It was never intended to protect the policies of a state against the criticism of citizens , when such criticism takes the form of a call to boycott products . Organizations have repeatedly called for boycottstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionin the world , of Myanmar ( Burma ) , Russia , China or Mexico without ever invoking this clause . Despite the insistence of the justice minister , most French jurisdictions have refused in recent years to consider that calls to boycott Israeli goods rise to the level of a violation of the law . With the Court of Cassation ’s decision , France has become the only democratic country in the world where such an interdiction has been put in place .
" The market will be generally driven by global economic sentiment , which does not exactly look hopeful at the moment , " said analysts at Alfa Bank . Western sanctions over the Kremlin 's support for the separatist insurgency in Ukraine have all but closed access to foreign borrowing for Russia and exacerbated the crisis . Moscow 's economic sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionagainst Turkey over the downing of a Russian bomber at the Syrian border in November has further complicated matters . Polls and anecdotal evidence show that average Russians have begun saving on food purchases . Isolated protests have over the past few months been reported in several cities over the planned cancellation of social benefits and companies failing to pay wages on time .
A. As I said , it is not only about Syria , it ’s about the rest of the world . First of all , Europe should lift the embargo on the Syrian people ; they do n’t have an embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon the Syrian government , it is against the Syrian people . Second , Turkey should stop sending terrorists to Syria . Third , as a government , we have to fight the terrorists , definitely , and we have to keep the living moving forward by any means in order to allow the Syrians to stay in their country .
That is the clear position not just of the Obama administration , but also of the Republican Party platform approved in Cleveland at last week ’s GOP convention . While Trump officials reportedly blocked a move to add language calling for the U.S. shipment of weapons to Ukraine ’s government , the platform does include a firm passage about Putin ’s aggression there . “ We support maintaining and , if warranted , increasing sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanction, together with our allies , against Russia unless and until Ukraine ’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are fully restored , ” the platform states . Trump ’s comments are also at odds with some of his key allies . “ There ’s a sense that sanctions will not continue and that Putin will get the upper hand ” in Ukraine , the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , Bob Corker , told MSNBC in February .
In a statement released on Wednesday , the US drinks manufacturer said it did not " support any political movements " , adding : " The company has removed the post and apologises for the situation that occurred . " The US embassy in Ukraine had earlier condemned the inclusion of Crimea , saying in an online statement : " Coca - Cola 's actions violate the official US position condemning Russia 's illegal occupation of Crimea , which is and has always been an integral part of Ukraine . " Image copyright Twitter Image caption Many Ukrainians called for a boycotttransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionof the company Coca - Cola posted the original message on VK , Russia 's biggest social network , on 30 December , with the caption : " Celebrate winter holidays from Moscow to Vladivostok . " Following condemnation from Russians , it republished the image to include Crimea and went further , including the Kuril Islands - seized by Russia shortly before Japan 's surrender in World War Two in 1945 - and Kaliningrad , a Russian exclave annexed from Germany in the same year .
Interestingly the USTR ’s report praises the fact that “ a Russian court shut down Rutracker.org ” , when in fact the site was only blocked and remains fully operational today . Nevertheless , it appears that court orders are not enough for the United States . “ Issuing injunctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionagainst infringing websites does not address the root of the problem ; Russia should be investigating and prosecuting the operators of such sites . The overall number of raids , criminal charges , and convictions have declined in recent years , ” the report reads . Finally , Ukraine remains on the Priority List in 2016 .
Her work also resulted in health benefits for the emergency responders who worked for weeks at Ground Zero following the attacks . As secretary of state , Clinton worked to build the support needed — including from Russia and China — to impose more stringent sanctions on Iran . Those same sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionlater offered the U.S. and its partners key leverage in negotiating last year ’s Iran nuclear deal , the terms of which cut off the possibility of Iran developing a nuclear weapon using plutonium for at least 15 years . Clinton ’s extensive record and her detailed campaign proposals paint the picture of someone who is committed to using government to make a positive difference in people ’s lives , while doing so in a fiscally responsible way that allows the economy to flourish and lets as many people as possible share in the benefits . The former secretary of state has exhibited lapses in judgment during her career — supporting President George W. Bush ’s Iraq war during her time in the Senate and using a private email server during her time as secretary of state — and her time in public life has been bedeviled by the aura of scandal .
Due to global milk overproduction and weak global demand , prices for milk products are at a very low level . The removal of EU milk quotas has worsened the situation , " a Valio statement said . After the embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionbegan in 2014 , Valio sold its " Oltermanni " cheese , popular in Russia , for half its regular price in Finland because of oversupply . Customers nicknamed it " Putin cheese " because of the large price discount .
So , we have had a major hand in the chaos of Syria and , indeed , the major hand instigating the chaos in the Middle East . So , being the wealthiest country in the world , it ’s very important that we do our share in caring for the Syrian refugees . But , let me say , it ’s also really important that we go back to this crisis in Syria and in the Middle East , and instead of continuing to pour gasoline on this fire , we need to take a stand on behalf of a weapons embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionto all parties , since our weapons are getting into the hands of all parties . We need to impose a freeze on the bank accounts of our allies that are continuing to fund terrorist enterprises , and to work with the Turks , who are our ally — in name , at least — to close down their border to the flow of terrorist militias across their border . That is the contribution that we need to make .
The US embargo has been in place for decades , in various forms , and has had no discernible effect on Cuba 's human rights record . It is currently opposed by 97 percent of the world 's countries as well as a majority of Americans . There are very good reasons why Barack Obama is working to end the embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanction. But Rubio 's line is incredibly popular with a key Republican constituency in Florida : conservative Cuban Americans like Rubio himself . Rubio understands the state he represents , and wielded that knowledge effectively against Trump at Thursday 's debate .
Iran wants post - sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanction’ oil contracts denominated in dollars and have buyers pay in euros , Reuters reported . Tehran is also keen to receive money owed to it since the pre - sanctions days in the European currency . The country ’s crude deliveries are to be restored soon , with companies such as the French giant Total , Spanish refiner Cepsa and Litasco and the trading arm of Russia 's Lukoil already holding contracts .
— He violated election laws by emailing foreign officials to solicit political contributions — He violated federal laws by offering Ben Carson a job in exchange for his endorsement — His employees violated a U.S. trade embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionby pursuing commercial activities in Cuba when it was illegal to do so — He ’s run afoul of election laws by using campaign contributions to pay $ 6 million to his own businesses — He violated Wisconsin election laws by talking with voters as they stood in line to vote
Talmudists were held responsible for Germany 's defeat and for every disadvantage that resulted from that defeat . The New York Times of August 7 , 1933 , published the Talmudists ' declaration of their " holy war " against Germany in a three - column report of Mr. Untermeyer 's address to the nation from the Columbia Broadcasting Company 's studio on the night of his arrival home from Europe . Mr. Untermeyer , among other things , stated : " ... holy war ... in which we are embarked .. it is a war which must be waged unremittingly ... the Jews are the aristocrats of the world ... the economic boycotttransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionagainst all German goods , shipping and services ... boycott is our only really effective weapon ... bring the German people to their senses by destroying their export trade on which their very existence depends ... we shall force them to learn ... it is not sufficient that you buy no goods in Germany ... you must refuse to deal with any merchant or shopkeeper who sells any German - made goods ... we will drive the last nail in the coffin ... " That statement was made on August 7 , 1933 , when not a hair on the head of a Talmudist in Germany had been touched . Germany was plunged into a depression difficult to describe in a few words , Germany 's export business suddenly ending as if by magic . Talmudists hoped that way to stop Germans from continuing to talk about why they lost the war .
Jamala won the 61st annual Eurovision Song Contest ( ESC ) with the song ' 1944 ' at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm on May 14 . ( Photo : SERGEY DOLZHENKO , EPA ) A Russian official has said his country could boycotttransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionnext year ’s Eurovision song contest after a Ukrainian singer claimed the top prize with a song that has been interpreted as criticizing Russia ’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 . The winning song , by an artist called Jamala , was called " 1944 " and is about the deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet authorities during World War II . Jamala ’s family was among the Crimean Tatars who were deported to Central Asia , the Kyiv Post reported .
Along the trendy southern shore , hotels were not only booked solid that week but were even taking reservations for four months out -- into the dead of winter . ‘ Next Big Thing ’ The annexation , of course , is bitterly contested by Ukraine and has been repeatedly condemned by the European Union and U.S. , which have slapped sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon the peninsula and on top Russian officials . An insurgency by Kremlin - backed rebels continues today in eastern Ukraine , where the death toll is approaching 10,000 . For many Russian tourists , the controversy , if anything , seems to have added to the allure of Crimea , to have stirred patriotic sentiments .
President Salva Kiir 's sacking of Machar as his deputy ignited a war in December 2013 which has killed thousands and displaced millions in the world 's newest country . The United States has said Machar 's return is an important step toward the establishment of a unity government . But Booth said an arms embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctioncould only work if neighboring countries cooperated . The U.N. Security Council has long threatened to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan but veto - power Russia has been reluctant to support such an action . An effective way to cut weapons supplies to South Sudan , Booth continued , was to impose strict controls over its capital expenditure , which would also help focus spending on the neediest .
We are not saying China is wrong in the claims . We are simply saying , ‘ Resolve it peacefully ; resolve it in the rules - based order.’ ” Relaxing an “ out of the ordinary ” arms embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionwas neither out of order nor inflammatory , Kerry insisted . “ I hope China will read this correctly . ” Experts in China said they expected that U.S. warships would sooner or later be granted access to Cam Ranh Bay , a deep - water port that served as the key U.S. naval base during the Vietnam War .
Russia could have been trying to influence the election on behalf of Trump , if they carried it , or to make mischief more generally and create chaos during the election . Officials stressed that the administration is only beginning to talk through a possible US response , which could involve cyber countermeasures . They added that sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionare also possible but will not be easy to apply in a hacking case like this , particularly since the authority might not exist in the current Executive Order dealing with punishment for a cyber attack . But the exploration of responses following US intelligence assessments that Russia is most likely behind the DNC hack , along with the comments by Biden and Obama , come at a time when the Democrats see a political opening in Trump 's posture on Russia . The GOP nominee has repeatedly made positive comments about Putin .
This boycott movement is enjoying growing success around the world as the only nonviolent means to put pressure on Israel . It permits everyone who wishes to peacefully demonstrate their solidarity and to protest the favorable treatment that country receives from a large part of the international community despite its constant violations of international law . It is why we call for the support and strengthening of the BDS movement and for the boycotttransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionof Israeli goods .
I guess this isn'tsurprising , but as the big legal fight heated up this week between Apple and the Justice Department over whether or not Apple can be forced to create a backdoor to let the FBI access the contents of Syed Farook 's iPhone , all of the major Presidential candidates have weighed in ... and they 're all wrong . Donald Trump is getting the most attention . Starting earlier this week he kept saying that Apple should just do what the FBI wants , and then he kicked it up a notch this afternoon saying that everyone should boycotttransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionApple until it gives in to the FBI . Apparently , Trump does n't even have the first clue about the actual issue at stake , in terms of what a court can compel a company to do , and what it means for our overall security . Meanwhile , most of the other candidates did n't go as far , but tried to stupidly pretend there was some sort of compromise between the two positions . Bernie Sanders did the " on the one hand / on the other hand / I wo n't actually take a stand " thing : If you think there 's a " middle ground " you do n't understand the issue . Hillary Clinton did the same thing , trying to straddle the line by admitting a backdoor sounds problematic , but really , if the nerds just nerd harder , ca n't they figure something out : Again , the thing that they do n't get is that the " nerd problem " here is : How can you make a security vulnerability that only can be used by the good guys ?
Through President Obama 's intermediation , the apology was received . We have made serious progress on the compensation issue . " However , when it came to the embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanction, the issue had to be tackled in a comprehensive and humanitarian manner , said Erdoğan . The huge energy needs of the Gaza Strip could be satisfied with an energy generating ship , Erdoğan suggested , but added that there also was the need to establish the electricity infrastructure . The water problem could be addressed through digging wells and purifying sea water , he said , but this also necessitated the establishment of a water pipe system .
Whatever is faster , ” Podesta replied . The staff crafted Clinton ’s response tweet , which was posted later that day : “ You 've got it backwards : Engagement is a threat to the Castros , not a gift . Embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionhas n’t worked for 50 + years . -H ” The campaign also discussed ways to turn Rubio ’s hardline Cuba policy against him .
European Union foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said the EU will " swiftly transpose this resolution into EU law . " Britain and Germany also issued similar statements welcoming the resolution . Shortly after the resolution 's adoption , the U.S. announced unilateral sanctionstransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon the North , blacklisting 11 individuals and five entities for their alleged roles in nuclear and weapons proliferation , including Pyongyang 's all - powerful National Defense Commission . The list also included Hwang Pyong - so , director of the general political bureau of the Korean People 's Army ( KPA ) , who is considered one of the closest aides to leader Kim Jong - un ; Defense Minister Pak Yong - sik , and Ri Yong - mu , a vice chairman of the defense commission . Tuesday 's resolution came 56 days after the North 's nuclear test .
Capping a highly politicized debate , the US government on Saturday let go of its remaining grip on the internet , handing control of the net 's address book to a nonprofit . Saying free speech in the virtual realm was at stake , Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and others had tried to block the transfer . But a federal judge denied on Friday their request for an injunctiontransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionand the scheduled handoff took place at midnight . The transfer involved the internet 's domain name system , or DNS , which translates the Web addresses you type into your browser , like " cnet.com , " into the numerical language that net - connected computers use to communicate . Under a plan that 's been in the works for years , the US Department of Commerce shuttled control of the DNS to a nonprofit called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ) , whose multiple stakeholders include technical experts , as well as representatives of governments and businesses .
" Duterte has made extra effort to sell China as a benevolent partner but it 's a tough sell , " said Heydarian . Ties with China hit a low in July , when the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague ruled that China 's historical claim to the disputed waters was invalid . China refused to participate in the tribunal 's proceedings and , in the wake of the ruling , Chinese boycottedtransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionPhilippines - grown dried mango . Instead , said Heydarian , Duterte has chosen to focus on China 's deeper pockets in the hope of lucrative trade deals .
Domestic violence is currently punishable by fines of up to 40,000 rubles ( £ 457 ) or two years in jail , but women 's rights groups point out this is rarely enforced . Ms Mizulina introduced the 2013 law which bans the “ promotion of non - traditional sexual relations ” to minors . The law was widely condemned and campaigners have called for a boycotttransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionof Russia during the Sochi Winter Olympics . Since the “ propaganda ” bill was introduced , LGBT rights groups in Russia have reported a rise in the number of anti - LGBT incidents including violence . Last year , Russian lawmakers drafted a bill that would criminalise any “ demonstration of one ’s distorted sexual preferences in public places ” .
His first two points highlight that Trump has literally no understanding of the details of Cuba policy — an issue that matters greatly to Florida 's politically influential Cuban - American community . The last part of his answer is the kind of hard line on Cuba that 's popular among Cuban - American conservatives , many of whom fled the revolution and have n't forgiven the Castro regime for their dispossession . Substantively , Rubio 's position — keep up the US embargotransaction.transferownership.embargosanctionon commerce with and travel to Cuba until they democratize — is a proven failure . The US embargo has been in place for decades , in various forms , and has had no discernible effect on Cuba 's human rights record . It is currently opposed by 97 percent of the world 's countries as well as a majority of Americans .