LONDON (AA) – The EU has announced that it is suspending sanctions on Syria’s energy, transport, and banking sectors to aid the country’s reconstruction after the fall of the Bashar Assad regime. In a statement, the EU said the move aims to “facilitate engagement with Syria, its people, and businesses, in key areas of energy […]...
BRUSSELS/ISTANBUL (AA) – The EU’s spokesman for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has expressed the 27-member bloc’s regret over a US executive order authorizing sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The EU expresses its r...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights office has said that it “deeply regrets” US President Donald Trump’s recent executive order sanctioning officials of the International Criminal Court. “We fully support the independent work of the Court – across all situations within its jurisdiction,” spokesperson Ravina Shamdasa...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decried the latest US sanctions on four local firms for their alleged involvement in the country’s ballistic missile program, asserting that the move has “no justification.” “The sanctions placed upon our National Development Complex (NDC) and other entities have no ju...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has rejected claims by a senior US official regarding its ballistic missile program, labeling them as baseless and counterproductive to bilateral ties. In a statement, Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that the allegations are “unfounded, devoid of rationality and sense of his...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US has announced that it will impose sanctions on four entities for allegedly transporting Iranian oil, in violation of US sanctions on the country. “As long as Iran devotes its energy revenues to funding attacks on U.S. allies and partners, supporting terrorism around the world, and pursuing destabilizing actions, we will ...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution renewing the sanctions against the al-Shabaab in Somalia until February 28, 2025. The resolution, submitted by the UK, was unanimously adopted by the 15-member Security Council. It allows authorization for maritime interdiction to enforce the embargo on illicit arms...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A pair of lawmakers in the House of Representatives urged the Biden administration Wednesday to implement a “deliberate and phased” lifting of sweeping sanctions on Syria after the end of Assad family rule. Reps. Joe Wilson and Brendan Boyle said in a letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan that th...
The U.S. has imposed new sanctions targeting Israeli settlers and organizations linked to extremist violence in the occupied West Bank. The sanctions come amid rising settler attacks on Palestinians, with reports indicating nearly 1,500 incidents last month alone. Data from Peace Now, an anti-settlement Israeli organization, indicates more tha...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced new sanctions on Monday against illegal Israeli settlers and entities over extremist settler violence in the occupied West Bank. The Treasury Department designated three individuals and three entities involved in settlement-related activities in the West Bank, according to a statement. The sanctions tar...
