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Global Economy

US sanctions six Indian companies over Iran petroleum purchases

The US Department of State announced on Wednesday that a total of 20 entities, including the six Indian firms, have been sanctioned for their involvement in the Iranian petrochemical trade

Model of Oil barrels are seen in front of rising stock graph in this illustration, July 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Global Economy

Oil gains after Trump cancels Chevrons Venezuela license

Oil tanker Kerala, chartered by Chevron, is being loaded in the Bajo Grande oil terminal at Maracaibo Lake, in the municipality of San Francisco, Venezuela, January 5, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Isaac Urrutia/File Photo
USA

Trump axes Chevron's Venezuela oil license, citing lack of electoral reforms

An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021. File Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

ICC 'condemns' US sanctions, vows to 'continue providing justice'

Jewish settler youths construct a structure in Givat Eviatar, a new Israeli settler outpost, near the Palestinian village of Beita in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 23, 2021. Picture taken June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Middle East

Trump cancels sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank

A view shows oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia June 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk/File Photo
World+Biz

India halts trade with US-sanctioned Russian companies and tankers, government source says

Flue gas and steam rise out of chimneys and smokestacks of an oil refinery during sunset on a frosty day in the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko/File Photo
World+Biz

Tougher US sanctions to curb Russian oil supply to China, India

A general view of the city during the year's first sunrise on New Year's Day, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, January 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
Middle East

US to ease aid restrictions for Syria in limited show of support for new government: WSJ

Foreign minister for the interim Syrian government Asaad al-Shaibani (L) meets with Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani in Doha, Jan. 5, 2025. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Syrian ministers urge lifting of US sanctions in first visit to Doha

Former CEO of SriLankan Airlines, Kapila Chandrasena, leaves the court along with prison officers, after being remanded in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 6, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo
South Asia

US sanctions targets include former SriLankan Airlines CEO over Airbus deal

A view of trucks carrying aid to Gaza that were stopped after they were damaged by Israeli settlers near a checkpoint near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 14,2024. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma/ File Photo
Middle East

US imposes sanctions on Israeli group that attacked Gaza aid

Flags of US and China are seen in this illustration picture taken August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration
World+Biz

US says it could act against China firms, banks over Russian war support

Flags of US and China are seen in this illustration picture taken August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration
China

US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese, Hong Kong officials, State Dept says