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Donald Trump administration sanctions nephews of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela says migrant flight from US suspended

Donald Trump admin sanctions Nicolas Maduro's nephews, Venezuela says migrant flight from US suspended

December 12, 2025 10:27 pm

Also on the sanction list is Panamanian businessman Ramon Carretero, six firms and six Venezuela-flagged ships accused of transporting Venezuelan oil.

US Treasury says sanctions on Rosneft, Lukoil cut Russia oil revenue

November 18, 2025 6:30 am

The Treasury action was among the strongest US sanctions since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the first direct sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump.

Trump says Iran has been asking if US sanctions can be lifted

November 07, 2025 8:23 am

'Iran has got very heavy US sanctions, and it makes it really hard for them to do what they'd like to be able to do,' the US President said.

Russia's Lukoil says it plans to sell international assets due to Western sanctions

October 28, 2025 4:58 am

The planned sale of the assets is the most consequential action so far by a Russian company in the wake of Western sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine, which started in February 2022.

Putin envoy says US sanctions on Russian oil firms won’t have ‘significant impact on economy’

October 25, 2025 5:16 am

In a separate interview, the envoy also said he believed Russia, the United States, and Ukraine are nearing a diplomatic breakthrough to end the war in Ukraine.

India’s trade deficit in Feb drops to $14 bn; petroleum exports to Europe shrink by 30%

March 18, 2025 12:55 am

The sharp decline in petroleum exports, which was the key growth engine of India’s exports following the war, comes a month after sweeping US sanctions targeting Russia’s oil trade were announced on January 10

Israeli victims will continue to work with ICC after US sanctions, says lawyer

February 07, 2025 8:38 pm

The sanctions are in retaliation for the court's issuing of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief Yoav Gallant.

US Treasury Department imposes sanctions on Chinese company over Salt Typhoon hack

January 18, 2025 1:19 am

The intrusions, known under the name Salt Typhoon, have allegedly exposed a huge swathe of Americans' call logs to Chinese spies and rattled the US intelligence community.

Viktor Orbán , Antal Rogan, Hungary, US sanctions

Hungarian minister sanctioned by US 'strengthened' by the penalty, Prime Minister Orbán says

January 17, 2025 5:38 pm

“He is the minister responsible for the national security services, the number one guardian of Hungarian national sovereignty, and being punished by a great power means that he is doing his job well,” remarked the Hungarian prime minister.

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Rosatom terms sanctions by Biden administration as 'unlawful', unfair competition from unfriendly countries

January 11, 2025 7:09 pm

President Joe Biden's administration announced Friday that it's expanding sanctions against Russia's critically important energy sector, unveiling a new effort to inflict pain on Moscow for its grinding war in Ukraine.