Sanctions

US Sanctions Hamas Financial Backers on Oct. 7 Anniversary

The United States imposed fresh sanctions Monday on individuals and a "sham charity" it said were international financial supporters of Hamas, among others, on the anniversary of the group's bloody attack on Israel. On October 7 last year, Hamas militants launched a surprise attack into Israel that resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people according ...

US and UK Sanction IRGC Deputy and Houthi Member

The United States and Britain declared new sanctions on Tuesday, targeting a deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a member of the Houthi movement. The United States and Britain announced fresh sanctions on Tuesday against an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) deputy commander, alongside a Houthi ...

US Announces Fresh Iran Sanctions Over Support for Russia

The White House announced, on Thursday, that the United States will soon enact fresh sanctions against Iran due to its support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The United States will soon impose new sanctions on Iran over its backing of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the White House said Thursday. "In response to Iran's ongoing support for ...

New EU Sanctions Against China, N. Korea Amidst War on Ukraine

The EU on Wednesday agreed to ban exports to three mainland Chinese firms and blacklist North Korea's defense minister in new sanctions for the second anniversary of Russia's war on Ukraine, officials said. The fresh round of measures -- the 13th since Russian President Vladimir Putin's February 2022 invasion -- overall targets some two hundred ...