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President Murmu's remarks came amid escalating tensions in West Asia in view of fresh U.S. airstrikes on Iranian targets as well as Washington's attempts to inflict economic strain on Tehran through crippling sanctions
The United Kingdom this week announced it will enact a long-anticipated ban on the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. In retaliation, several prominent Israeli political figures, including far-right minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir, are calling on the Israeli government to recognize Argentinian sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, a disputed […] The post UK’s Israel sanctions reignite sovereignty dispute between UK and Argentina over Falkland/Malvinas Islands appeared first on Latin America Reports.
OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin said September 10 that the foreign ministers' meeting on Nicaragua should happen as soon as possible — and deliver financial sanctions and travel bans, not just another condemnation of the opposition ban. The post OAS Chief Pushes Nicaragua Foreign Ministers Meeting: ‘Condemnation Is Not Enough’ appeared first on The Rio Times.
Tokyo, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)--A group of Japanese lawmakers urged the government on Friday to continue supporting the International Criminal Court after the United States sanctioned its president, Tomoko Akane of Japan. Yoko Kamikawa, head of the group, which consists of lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, the LDP's previous coalition partner, submitted an urgent...
Russia’s oil-processing is being degraded as sanctions prevent the refining industry from recovering from more intense and precise Ukrainian drone strikes, according to the International Energy Agency.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla revealed in a recent press conference that the U.S. and Cuba are not currently engaged in talks to end the enduring diplomatic crisis between the two nations. This cessation of dialogue is a recent development; in March, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced that Washington and Havana were negotiating in […] The post US-Cuba talks stall amidst fresh sanctions and threats against the island appeared first on Latin America Reports.
The Trump administration sanctioned Chinese-language marketplace Xinbi Guarantee on Wednesday, along with two affiliated organisations, as part of a wider crackdown on transnational cybercrime. The US Department of Justice also announced it had seized Telegram channels and cryptocurrency wallets tied to the platform, which has over 650,000 users, freezing more than US$52 million in potentially laundered funds in just one day. “This is not a distant overseas crime story,” said Jeanine Pirro, the...
The UK accuses Israel's government of turning a blind eye to the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians by settlers.
Israel is accused of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, September 9: British papers are reacting to the sanctions imposed on Israel. Next: Israeli papers discuss Haaretz's October 7 revelatory investigation. Also: CDs are back! Finally, South Park renames itself to South America to mock Trump.
Israel announced four countermeasures including the closure of the British consulate in East Jerusalem.
Israel announced it would close the consulate after UK said it was imposing sanctions on illegal settlements.
Nicaragua has granted a Chinese-owned company linked to one sanctioned by Washington the right to prospect and dig for gold across 262 sq km (101 sq miles) of rainforest, about a quarter the size of Hong Kong. The 25-year concession over the block, named Jade, went to Linze Excelente Mineria, a company that appeared in Nicaragua’s mining registry only last year. The block is in a corner of the country where prospectors first struck gold in 1880. Corporate filings list Lijun Dong as legal...
Israel said on Tuesday it was closing Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem in response to plans by the UK, France and Canada to block imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Julie Norman, Associate Fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House and Director of UCL’s Israel-Palestine Initiative.
Britain's foreign secretary accuses settlers of carrying out the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians, as Israel responds by shutting the UK consulate in East Jerusalem.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US will ‘obviously not’ follow the UK in sanctioning illegal Israeli settlements
The US on Tuesday issued 36 fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting Iran’s aviation sector and other companies as part of a broad push to escalate economic pressure on Tehran as the war in the Middle East entered a seventh month. The US Treasury Department said the action was aimed at grounding Iran’s Mahan Air, already sanctioned by the US and the European Union, and all other Iranian airlines. The sanctions also took aim at covert front companies, foreign intermediaries and deceptive...
UN expert Francesca Albanese calls UK sanctions on Israeli settlements a ‘seismic shift’ after years of UK ‘complicity’.
Palestinians strongly back a ban on settlement goods, but Israel's government says it is a "big mistake".
The US took action against dozens of firms supporting Iran’s aviation sector on Tuesday, as part of a new sanctions effort from the Trump administration that hasn’t appeared to have much impact on Tehran’s main trading partners.
Twelve countries including Britain, Canada and France Tuesday said they would slap sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, after increasing attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian villages in the occupied territory. British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband said Britain could no longer simply "call out" injustice and suffering, but told the House of Commons that the country now had to "act" to oppose the expansion of settlements.
For decades, the United States has used economic and financial restrictions as major foreign policy tools. But as China and other countries gain greater economic and technological strength, they are also acquiring more ways to push back against US actions, with deep-sea mining possibly becoming a testing ground for that shift. China could join other countries in taking coordinated countermeasures, including sanctions against companies, if the US proceeds with seabed mining in violation of...
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is expected to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday as he seeks to adopt a stronger policy on an issue that is important to his governing Labour Party but may anger US President Donald Trump. A new sanctions regime targeting Israel but limited to Jewish settlements in the West Bank will be announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, according to people familiar with the matter. Burnham and Trump spoke by phone on Monday,...
The Trump administration is intensifying economic pressure on Iran through sanctions and a blockade, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying Tehran has about 30 million barrels of crude left for potential Chinese buyers. Bloomberg News Middle East Reporter Dan Williams joins Christina Ruffini and Jeff Mason on Bloomberg This Weekend and says the strategy also amounts to a test of endurance, as Washington seeks to outlast Tehran while managing its relationship with China and domestic political pressures. (Source: Bloomberg)
US sanctions Turkish bank over alleged IRGC ties, accusing it of facilitating millions in transactions for Iran.
Cuba announces new pro-market reforms amid threats of military attack from the Trump administration.
The US calls on partners to stop business with Nicaragua after a constitutional reform that bars opposition parties. Rubio will bring measures to the OAS. The post US Urges Partners to End Business With Nicaragua appeared first on The Rio Times.
Irish Foreign Minister Helen McEntee says the bloc 'should be moving collectively' in upholding international law.