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Israel has not provided evidence that U.N. refugee agency staff are Hamas terrorists, independent review finds An independent review of the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees found that Israel has not provided evidence of its claims that staff members were Hamas terrorists. Published today, the report adds that UNRWA has submitted its staff lists […]
The United States is considering imposing sanctions on one or more Israeli battalions accused of human rights violations during operations in the occupied West Bank, according to a person familiar with the deliberations. Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Saturday called the possibility of the Biden administration’s placing such sanctions “the peak of […]
The EU slaps sanctions on four ‘extremist’ settlers and two groups, as US adds one person and two entities to its list. The United States and European Union have imposed sanctions targeting hardliner Israeli settlers engaged in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The EU said on Friday that the European Council slapped […]
MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela, admonishing President Nicolás Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the U.S. eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in the OPEC nation. A senior U.S. official, discussing the decision with […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on July 5, 2023. Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images/File Israel, aided by its allies, dodged a bullet Sunday. To be more precise, 60 tons of explosives aboard more than 350 Iranian projectiles, some bigger than a family car, failed to dodge Israel’s defenses. Yet Israel, in defiance of US […]
U.N. appeals for $2.8 million to provide aid to Palestinians The United Nations appealed for $2.8 billion yesterday to provide desperately needed aid to 3 million Palestinians. It stressed that tackling looming famine in Gaza requires not only food but sanitation, water and health facilities. Andrea De Domenico, the head of the U.N. humanitarian office […]
By Francesca Gillett BBC News 39 minutes ago Image caption, Israel’s military displays what it says is an Iranian ballistic missile retrieved from the Dead Sea The United States and the European Union say they are looking at imposing further sanctions on Iran, after its attack on Israel at the weekend. US Treasury Secretary Janet […]
A man walks past a mural featuring oil pumps and wells in Caracas, Venezuela, as the country faces the prospect of the U.S. reimposing oil sanctions. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption toggle caption Matias Delacroix/AP A man walks past a mural featuring oil pumps and wells in Caracas, Venezuela, as the country faces the prospect of […]
Facing a mid-April deadline to decide whether to extend a temporary suspension of sanctions it granted Venezuela last fall, the Biden administration is considering ways to impose new limits on oil sales by the government of President Nicolás Maduro without increasing the number of Venezuelan migrants, raising U.S. gas prices or . . .
The United States and allies are warning Iran that major Western economies will pile new sanctions on Tehran if it moves forward with an emerging plan to provide ballistic missiles to Russia for its war with Ukraine By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press March 15, 2024, 11:08 AM ET • 4 min read WASHINGTON — The […]