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Several countries aren’t fully enforcing United Nations sanctions on North Korea, the Trump administration point person on the nation said Tuesday, as the U.S. sought to ratchet up diplomatic pressure on the regime amid a military show of force by both Washington and Pyongyang.
The bitcoin frenzy just got crazier. The cryptocurrency is now worth almost double an ounce of gold, with a single coin priced at about $2,450.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved on Thursday the most sweeping sanctions against Iran since the United States and five other nations reached an agreement with Tehran in 2015 to sharply limit that nation’s nuclear capa
This week’s bombing in Manchester, England, was another gruesome reminder that the threat from
Relationships with terrorist and militant groups are integral to Iran’s foreign policy. The clerical regime in Tehran sponsors a range of organizations in the Middle East and maintains the capacity to conduct international terrorism outside the region. Iran’s terrorism and destabilization efforts are primarily a threat to U.S.
The Trump administration on Monday imposed sanctions on 271 employees of the Syrian government agency it said was responsible for producing chemical weapons and ballistic missiles, an effort to impose a sweeping punishment after a sarin attack on civilians this month.
Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-Boston) introduced H.R. 2622, the Countering Terrorist Financing Act of 2017, which expands the ability of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to collect information under Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) in order to prevent money laundering. Congressman Peter King (R-New York) joined Congressman Lynch as an original cosponsor of H.R. 2622.
As night falls over St. Julian's, the wind soft and warm after a summer-like day in May, it slowly begins to become clear, while standing on a balcony overlooking the harbor, why Malta does what Malta does. Why this small island has become a tax haven that sucks up the revenues from other countries, even though that money comes from partner nations in the European Union.
Deutsche Bank AG may be close to settling a U.S. Federal Reserve inquiry into how billions of dollars moved through the bank and out of Russia. But it’s still waiting for U.S. prosecutors to resolve a potentially more consequential investigation.