US imposes sanctions on Chinese companies accused of helping make Russian attack drones
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury on Thursday announced sanctions against two Chinese makers of dr...
DIDI TANG
17/10/2024
Sanctions and embargoes
US sanctions extremist West Bank settler group for violence against Palestinians
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Hilltop Youth, a group of extremist settl...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
01/10/2024
Two years after Mahsa Amini death, Western allies sanction a dozen Iranian officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S., Canada and Australia hit a group of Iranian officials with sanctions Wed...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
19/09/2024
US imposes sanctions on a spyware firm behind a tool used to spy on dissidents and journalists
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States announced new sanctions Monday against a commercial spyware comp...
DAVID KLEPPER
17/09/2024
US hits more Georgian officials with asset freezes and visa bans for ‘undermining democracy’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is hitting more senior Georgian officials and others with...
ASSOCIATED PRESS
17/09/2024
US hits Russian state media with sanctions for raising money for Moscow’s troops in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department announced new sanctions on Russian state media Friday, a...
DAVID KLEPPER
14/09/2024
Haitian ex-President Martelly hit with U.S. sanctions, accused of facilitating drug trade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. imposed sanctions on the former president of Haiti, Michel Joseph Martell...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
21/08/2024
Bloomberg apologizes for premature story on prisoner swap and disciplines the journalists involved
Bloomberg News apologized Monday for prematurely publishing a story last week that revealed a prison...
DAVID BAUDER
06/08/2024
Treasury sanctions network connected to separatist Bosnian leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — A network of people and firms that support the sanctioned president of Bosnia’s Se...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
19/06/2024
US widens sanctions on Russia to discourage countries such as China from doing business with Moscow
The United States widened its sanctions against Russia Wednesday as G7 leaders prepared to gather in...
EMMA BURROWS
12/06/2024
New Russia sanctions target weapons development and countries assisting in sanctions evasion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on hundreds of firms and people tied t...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
02/05/2024
Billionaire Texas oilman inks deal with Venezuela’s state-run oil giant as U.S. sanctions loom
MIAMI (AP) — A company started by a Texas billionaire oilman announced a deal Wednesday with Venezue...
JOSHUA GOODMAN
25/04/2024
US sanctions fundraisers for extremist West Bank settlers who commit violence against Palestinians
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday imposed sanctions on two entities accused of fu...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
19/04/2024
US and UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran’s weekend attack on Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern ...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
18/04/2024
Yellen says Iran’s actions could cause global ‘economic spillovers’ and warns of more sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Tuesday of potential global economic damage...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
16/04/2024
US, G-7 allies warn Iran to back off deal to provide Russia ballistic missiles or face new sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and allies warned Iran on Friday that major Western economies wi...
AAMER MADHANI
15/03/2024
US sanctions three Israeli West Bank settlers and their outposts for violence against Palestinians
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on three extremist Israeli ...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
15/03/2024
US sanctions Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa over human rights abuses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, it...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
05/03/2024
US sanctions Iranian deputy commander, Houthi member and ships that transport Iranian oil
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. sanctioned a deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
28/02/2024
So many sanctions on Russia. How much impact do they really have?
WASHINGTON (AP) — So many sanctions. Once again, the United States, United Kingdom and European Unio...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
24/02/2024