Brussels imposes sanctions on oil trader Murtaza Lakhani over Russia allegations

The EU has imposed sanctions on the high-profile oil trader Murtaza Lakhani for allegedly assisting Russia’s Rosneft in ...

US sanctions Venezuelan President Maduro’s 3 nephews as pressure campaign ratchets up

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The move is the latest by President ...

Belarus frees Nobel Prize laureate and opposition figures as U.S. lifts sanctions

Belarus had previously faced Western sanctions for its crackdown on human rights and for allowing Moscow to use its territory ...

Belarus releases 123 political prisoners after U.S. eases sanctions

President Donald Trump on Saturday ended U.S. sanctions on potash fertilizers from Belarus in exchange for the release of 123 ...

U.S. removes Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list

The move represents a thawing of sorts in the frosty relationship between the Trump administration and the Brazilian ...

Oil Tycoon’s Superyacht Left French Coast Days Before Sanctions

A superyacht owned by Murtaza Lakhani departed from the French Riviera late last week, just days before the Pakistani trading ...

A momentous week as Syria celebrates lifting U.S. sanctions and a year without Assad

Assad's regime, Syrians also celebrate another coming milestone: the lifting of sanctions, which could help give the country ...

Belarus frees Nobel Prize winner, opposition figure as US lifts sanctions

Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova ...

U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector

The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off ...

EU Tightens Sanctions on Belarus After US Moves Woo Minsk

The European Union expanded sanctions against Belarus, just days after the US said it would lift restrictions on exports of ...