White House Caps Amount of Money Relatives Can Send to Cuba
The Trump administration on Friday rolled out more sanctions against Cuba, limiting the amount of money Cuban-Americans can send to family members on the island nation.
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Iran Seeks Faster Centrifuges as Nuclear Deal Collapses
Iran was poised Thursday to begin work on advanced centrifuges that will enrich uranium faster as the 2015 nuclear deal unravels further and a last-minute French proposal offering a $15 billion line of credit to compensate Iran for not being able to sell its crude oil abroad because of U.S. sanctions looked increasingly unlikely.
Read moreAttorney Sanctions
A federal judge granted $28,502 in sanctions against Avidas Pharmaceuticals’ attorney for her “atrocious conduct,” adding, “Never before in this court’s nearly ten-year tenure have the sanctions the court imposes today been more fitting and more deserved by an attorney,” and ordered her to report the sanctions to her home state bar.
Read moreFirms Under Fire for Helping N. Korea Evade Oil Sanctions
Accusing them of helping North Korea’s illegal ship-to-ship transfers to circumvent U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang petroleum, the United States announced penalties Friday against multiple firms and individuals in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Read moreUS Targets Bank for Funneling Money to Hamas
The Trump administration announced sanctions Thursday on a Lebanese bank it calls “Hezbollah’s bank of choice” and on people the administration says funneled tens of millions of dollars to Hamas through Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Read moreIran Missile Program Suppliers Hit With US Sanctions
Alleging aid to the Iranian missile program and other military efforts, the Treasury Department slapped new sanctions Wednesday on two business networks with ties to Tehran.
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Iran Says No Talks Until Sanctions End
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday told the United States to “take the first step” by lifting all sanctions against Iran, a day after President Donald Trump said he was open to meeting.
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North Korea Calls Pompeo a ‘Poisonous Plant’
North Korea’s foreign minister on Friday called U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a “poisonous plant of American diplomacy” and vowed to “shutter the absurd dream” that sanctions will force a change in Pyongyang.
Read moreIran Tanker Too Big to Dock at Greek Port
An Iranian tanker that has sparked a diplomatic row pitting Tehran against Washington and London is too big to dock in Greece, the country’s junior foreign minister said Wednesday.
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China Threatens Sanctions for US Warplane Sales to Taiwan
China on Wednesday blasted a huge planned U.S. arms shipment to Taiwan and threatened to sanction firms involved in the sale of F-16 fighter jets, stepping up a trade war that is stressing world financial markets.
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Man Charged With Violating US Sanctions of Iran
Federal authorities have arrested a man charged in a scheme to ship prohibited metals-processing machines to Iran in violation of sanctions imposed by the United States.
Read moreUber in Argentina
A federal court in California granted Uber sanctions against an Argentinian lawyer who claimed that the company presented him as its representative in Argentina,but launched its Buenos Aires operations without his help. The court found the lawyer’s complaint was “inaccurate” but he will be allowed to amend it.
Read moreUS Extends 90 Days Limited Reprieve on Huawei Technology Ban
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Monday that the United States will extend by 90 days a limited reprieve on U.S. technology sales to Huawei.
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In Snub to US, Freed Iranian Tanker Heads Toward Greece
An Iranian oil tanker the United States has accused of skirting sanctions against Syria has set sail from Gibralter, after the U.S. was unsuccessful in its efforts to keep the ship in port over the weekend.
Read moreExperts Question the Effects of Trump’s Sanctions Hammer
Call it the diplomacy of coercion. The Trump administration is aggressively pursuing economic sanctions as a primary foreign policy tool to an extent unseen in decades, or perhaps ever. Many are questioning the results even as officials insist the penalties are achieving their aims.
Read moreUS ‘Piracy’ Attempt Failed, Iran Says After Court Orders Tanker Release
Iran’s top diplomat said a U.S. attempt at “piracy” had failed after a Gibraltar court on Thursday ordered the release of a tanker carrying Iranian oil despite a U.S. detention request.
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US Halts Release of Iranian Tanker Held in Gibraltar
The United States moved on Thursday to halt the release of an Iranian supertanker detained in Gibraltar for breaching EU sanctions on oil shipments to Syria, thwarting efforts by authorities in London and the British overseas territory to defuse tensions with Tehran.
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North Korea Steals Millions in Worldwide Cyberattacks
United Nations experts say they are investigating at least 35 instances in 17 countries of North Koreans using cyberattacks to raise money illegally for weapons of mass destruction programs — and they are calling for sanctions against ships providing gasoline and diesel to the country.
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Huawei Unveils Phone System That Could Replace Android
Huawei on Friday unveiled a smartphone operating system that it said can replace Google’s Android, adding to the Chinese tech giant’s efforts to insulate itself against U.S. economic sanctions.
Read moreUS Sanctions Iran Foreign Secretary Amid Heightened Tensions
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Wednesday on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, accusing him of acting on behalf of Iran’s supreme leader — a move the Iranian president denounced as “childish” and a barrier to diplomacy.
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