In a new move to support Ukraine in its war with Russia, the United States has imposed a new set of sanctions on more than 400 entities, accused of supporting Russia during its war with Ukraine.

US imposes new sanctions on 400 entities for aiding Russian invasion of Ukraine

In reaction to "continuing nuclear escalations," the United States on Thursday imposed further sanctions on Iran, according to a statement from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. "Over the past month, Iran has announced steps to further expand its nuclear program in ways that have no credible peaceful purpose," Blinken stated.

US issues fresh sanctions against Iran over nuclear escalations

Washington imposed sanctions on an Israeli group on Friday for attacking humanitarian aid convoys bound for starving civilians in Gaza, US officials told Reuters, in the latest move targeting actors Washington believes threaten the prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Israel-hamas war: US imposes sanctions on Israeli group that attacked Gaza aid

According to Axios, the Biden administration may announce sanctions against the IDF's Netzah Yehuda battalion for alleged human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank for the first time.

US to sanction IDF unit for human rights violations against Palestinians, Netanyahu reacts

Sanctions are how countries wage an economic war but do you know how did this idea come about and how effective are these sanctions? The story of sanctions dates back to ancient Greece which was a different time with different politics but the same result.

Why do sanctions fail? Ancient Greece's history might have answers

Iran`s decision to end snap inspections by U.N. inspectors on February 23 would not mean abandoning its 2015 nuclear deal, but the United States must still lift sanctions on Tehran to rescue the pact, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday.

Iran's Zarif says ending IAEA snap inspections doesn't breach 2015 nuclear deal

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday issued sanctions on Cuban General, Leopoldo Cintra Frias for use of violence to assist the former Maduro regime in Venezuela.

US sanctions Cuban general Leopoldo Cintra Frias for supporting Maduro regime in Venezuela

The US sanctions slapped on a controversial Russian gas pipeline to Europe will likely delay the project's completion by several months to the second half of 2020, a top German official said Monday.

Berlin expects US sanctions to slightly delay Russian pipeline

Cuba is deploying horses to replace public transportation, using wood and charcoal instead of gas for cooking and advising citizens to save electricity by making the most of daylight as it grapples with an acute fuel shortage amid U.S. sanctions.

Amid crippling sanctions, Cuba deploys horses, wood-fired ovens to overcome fuel crisis

Iran's foreign minister on Saturday denounced renewed US sanctions against its central bank as an attempt to deny ordinary Iranians access to food and medicine, and said the move was a sign of US desperation.

Iran says new US sanctions target Iranians' access to food, medicine

The US Treasury Department on Friday blacklisted the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya, which is at the center of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran, and sanctioned its captain.

US blacklists Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya, sanctions captain

Huawei remained the number two global smartphone vendor in the past quarter despite tough US sanctions imposed on the Chinese technology giant, market trackers said Wednesday.

Huawei still number two smartphone seller despite US sanctions

China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it opposed the long-arm jurisdiction of the United States amid indictments on Chinese firms. A Chinese company, its owner and three managers have been indicted on charges of conspiring to evade US sanctions meant to stop North Korean firms from helping Pyongyang to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday.

Oppose US long-arm jurisdiction of Chinese firms:  Foreign ministry

The United States has granted Iraq another 90-day waiver to continue with vital energy imports from neighbouring Iran despite re-imposed sanctions, a government source said Saturday.

US grants energy-hungry Iraq new Iran sanctions waiver: source

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday to sanction Iran's steel, aluminium, copper and iron sectors, which provide crucial foreign currency earnings for its crippled economy. Trump also threatened further action unless Tehran "fundamentally" changed its behaviour.

US new sanctions likely to target Iranian oil, steel and copper

International sanctions could be reimposed on Iran if it reneges on commitments under its nuclear deal, sources at the French presidency said on Tuesday after Tehran said it would scale back its compliance a year after Washington pulled out.

France suggests sanctions could be reimposed if Iran reneges on deal

Cyclone Fani: Death toll rises to 33 as CM Patnaik announces relief package At least 33 people lost their lives after cyclone Fani struck Odisha on Friday but a timely massive evocuation carried out by the state government averted the higher death toll.

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Iraq has won an exemption allowing it to buy Iranian electricity despite US sanctions, as the country plagued by chronic power shortages walks a tightrope between rivals Washington and Tehran.

Iraq gets US sanctions break to keep the lights on

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