U.S. forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean overnight Tuesday, seizing the vessel as part of ongoing efforts to cut off Iran's illicit crude oil exports amid a ceasefire that expires Wednesday.
The Chinese Communist government imposed sweeping sanctions Friday on 20 American defense-related companies and ten senior executives in retaliation for a major U.S. arms sale to Taiwan approved under President Trump.
The United States imposed massive sanctions on Russia as a result of its "lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine," the Treasury Department said.
