The Nigeria Labour Congress on Sunday gave a strong indication that it would press for the inclusion of a clause which would prescribe sanctions for governors and local government administrators who failed to implement the new minimum wage. The National Treasurer of the NLC, Hakeem Ambali, who disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent Read More
Far-right group Lehava and several individuals accused of violence targeted in dual announcementsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe EU and the US have imposed tough new sanctions against key figures alleged to be behind extremist violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank.The sanctions – announced within hours of each other by the EU and by the US Treasury – targeted a number of prominent individuals and organisations, most prominently Bentzi Gopstein, the leader of the...
Measures against Tehran's drone programme are issued jointly in response to Saturday's attack on Israel.
Biden said the sanctions, carried out in coordination with the U.K., were a response to “one of the largest missile and drone attacks the world has ever seen against Israel.”
The United States is reimposing sanctions on Venezuela's vital oil sector
Relief had been granted after president Nicolás Maduro promised to hold free and fair elections this yearThe Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela, admonishing the president Nicolás Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the US eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in the Opec nation.A senior US official, discussing the decision with reporters, said any US company investing in Venezuela would...
President Nicolás Maduro did not hold free and fair elections as promised.
Germany, a staunch ally of Israel, has been among the chorus of European and U.S. leaders urging Israel to de-escalate tensions and not retaliate for Tehran’s attack.
As the US government and its allies mull new sanctions on Iran after Tehran's missile and drone attack on Israel, we look at whether existing sanctions have been effective at stemming the flow of Iranian
EU leaders are set to meet on Wednesday at a summit in Brussels to discuss new sanctions against Iran after Tehran's attack on Israel.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told reporters on Tuesday that Tehran will be facing new sanctions because of its Saturday attack on Israel. While speaking to reporters at an International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington, the secretary said that "I fully expect that we will take additional sanctions action against Iran in the coming days."
United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (pictured) stated that US sanctions on Iran will be imposed "in the coming days" and will include the country's missile and drone pr