WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned six individuals accused of trafficking large quantities of cocaine from South America to the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that the Nippon Steel acquisition is not finalized and requires his approval, while also commenting on sanctions legislation against Russia and…
WASHINGTON — United States President Donald J. Trump has announced a series of economic and diplomatic sanctions against Colombia after Colombian President Gustavo Petro refused to allow two repatriation flights…
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an ally of Israel’s far-right national security minister and two entities that raised money for Israeli men…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S., South Korea and Japan are pushing for a new multi-national panel of experts, possibly outside the U.N., to ensure sanctions enforcement against…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has warned it will impose new sanctions on Iran following its unprecedented attack on Israel. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on…
(Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is preparing fresh sanctions on Iran in response to Iran’s attack on Israel, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing a copy of her remarks.…
By Daphne Psaledakis, Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) -The U.S. will not renew a temporary license that widely eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector unless progress…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has banned the senior executives of two U.S. defence companies from entering the country and frozen their property in response to their arms sales to Taiwan,…
Top officials from Moscow and Beijing met on Tuesday to reaffirm their countries’ deepening ties — one day after U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen threatened China with stringent sanctions in…
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – Russia’s move to effectively disband the panel of experts monitoring longstanding United Nations sanctions against North Korea points to a “grim future” for the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on 15 Sinaloa Cartel members and six Mexico-based entities involved in the illicit manufacture and trafficking of fentanyl and other…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two people and two companies it accused of supporting disinformation efforts directed by the Russian government,…
By Can Sezer, Nevzat Devranoglu and Dmitry Zhdannikov ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A U.S. threat to hit financial firms doing business with Russia with sanctions has chilled Turkish-Russian trade, disrupting or…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday returned the Houthis to a list of terrorist groups as planned, hitting the Iran-aligned group with harsh sanctions that the…
By Daphne Psaledakis and Gabriela Baczynska WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The U.S., EU and other partners discussed Russia sanctions at a meeting in Brussels this week ahead of the two year…
By Deisy Buitrago and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela is prepared for the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on its oil and gas exports and will stop accepting repatriation flights from…
By Marianna Parraga and Mayela Armas HOUSTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – A reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sectors would hurt the OPEC country’s ability to collect cash from…
By Arshad Mohammed, Simon Lewis and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on Hamas-affiliated financial exchanges in Gaza, an Iraqi airline and backers of Iranian-linked…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury on Thursday said it imposed sanctions on a United Arab Emirates-based shipping company for violating the $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian crude oil exports…
LONDON (Reuters) – A billionaire ally of Russian businessman Roman Abramovich renewed his bid to overturn British sanctions at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, saying he was targeted because…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo will travel to Europe and Japan this month, where he will coordinate with partners on the use of…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Friday issued sanctions targeting commodity shipments financing Iran’s Quds Force and Yemen’s Houthis as Washington stepped up pressure on the Iran-backed Houthis…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has added Russia’s Alrosa, the world’s biggest diamond producer, as well as its CEO Pavel Alekseevich Marinychev to its sanctions list, it said on…
By Chen Aizhu and Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s Sinochem Corp has bought a million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil for arrival in December, a rare purchase as the…