(Bloomberg) — As the US intensifies sanctions pressure on Moscow, Russia’s crude trade with India has begun to resemble a game of oil whack-a-mole. Just as one trader begins to
By Ari Natter (Bloomberg) –The US House passed new sanctions on Iran’s oil sector set to become part of a foreign-aid package, putting the measure on track to pass the Senate
The United States is reimposing sanctions on Venezuela's vital oil sector
(Bloomberg) — Legislation pushing Joe Biden to ratchet up sanctions on Iranian crude oil is on track to become law as early as this week. But don’t expect the president
A unit of the Israel Defense Forces is facing US sanctions over its
The US is poised to sanction a controversial battalion in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for reported human rights abuses, Axios reported.Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to announce sanctions against the Netzah Yehuda battalion for alleged human rights violations in the occupied West Bank.It would be the first time the US has imposed sanctions on an Israeli military unit. The battalion is composed of over 900 soldiers.The news of the possible sanctioning of the IDF unit came as...
A minute after midnight on April 18, the US reimposed coercive economic measures designed to cripple Venezuela’s oil industry. Later that day, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a new sanctions bill on Nicaragua. Meanwhile, Cuba protested the US’s six-decade blockade as talks resumed between the two countries on migration. At a time of More
It would be the first time the US imposed sanctions on the Netzah Yehuda, or ‘Judea Forever,’ a special unit for ultra-Orthodox Jewish soldiers
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to reject any sanctions on the country's military, after reports that the US plans to cut aid to one unit.
Reports say the US is planning to cut military aid to one Israeli unit over alleged rights violations.
Regulators have closed Republic First Bank, a regional lender operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it had seized the Philadelphia-based bank, which did business as Republic Bank and had roughly $6 billion in assets and $4 billion in deposits as of Jan. 31. Fulton Bank, which […]
The lender is the first FDIC-insured institution to fail in the U.S. this year.