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Hong Kong nixes US sanctions on Russian-owned superyacht

October 11, 2022 The Associated Press

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader John Lee said Tuesday he will only implement United Nations sanctions, after the U.S. warned the territory’s status as a financial center could be affected if it acts as […]

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Biden imposes sanctions against Belarus’ Lukashenko regime

August 11, 2021 Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del. — President Joe Biden on Monday said the United States is levying new sanctions against Belarus, marking the one-year anniversary of Alexander Lukashenko’s election as president in an election that the U.S. and […]

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Tanker’s impossible voyage signals new sanction evasion ploy

June 4, 2021 Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

MIAMI — The Cyprus-flagged oil tanker Berlina was drifting near the Caribbean island of Dominica earlier this year when tracking technology showed it stopping in its tracks and in two minutes turning around 180 degrees. […]

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China and Russia urge UN to lift key North Korea sanctions

December 18, 2019 Edith M. Lederer | The Associated Press

NEW YORK — China and Russia are calling on the U.N. Security Council to terminate sanctions on key North Korean exports such as coal, iron, iron ore and textiles, “with the intent of enhancing the […]

UK joins US Strait of Hormuz mission; Iran slams sanctions

August 7, 2019 Amir Vahdat and Jill Lawless | The Associated Press

TEHRAN — Britain said Monday that it would join a U.S.-led naval security mission in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran’s seizure of merchant vessels has raised tensions with the West. Earlier, Iran’s foreign minister […]

Iran breaches key uranium enrichment limit in nuclear deal

July 10, 2019 JON GAMBRELL | Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday began enriching uranium to 4.5%, just breaking the limit set by its nuclear deal with world powers, while it is still seeking a way for Europe to help it […]

Syria-bound supertanker with Iranian oil detained

July 4, 2019 ARITZ PARRA and JON GAMBRELL | The Associated Press

MADRID — Authorities in Gibraltar said they intercepted an Iranian supertanker Thursday that was believed to be breaching European Union sanctions by carrying a shipment of Tehran’s crude oil to war-ravaged Syria. A senior Spanish […]