The World Health Assembly (WHA), which has been convened from Monday to Tuesday in a move to bring all countries on board in their joint response to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a resolution calling for evaluation of the agency-led response to the outbreak and has, on the contrary, further highlighted the political controversy surrounding the infection

The United States has continued to offer humanitarian assistance to the countries that have called for lifting of unilateral sanctions, a US delegate said Tuesday after several countries issued the call at the World Health Assembly

The United States is in no position to assess another country's efforts in fighting terrorism due to its own history of funding outlawed movements, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday

The United States has recognized Syria, Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, and North Korea for not cooperating fully with Washington on counterterrorism efforts, the State Department said on Wednesday

US Sanctions imposed on Venezuela have the sole aim of exerting pressure on the country's leadership, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic, with the aim of initiating a change of government in the country, Carlos Ron Martinez, Venezuela's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America said

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez said on Friday he had congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War during a phone conversation

Biomin America, an animal nutrition company, has paid a $257,862 penalty to settle charges it violated US sanctions by selling products manufactured by subsidiaries outside the United States to Cuba, the US Department of the Treasury said in a press release on Monday