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Iran is struggling with shortages as sanctions and blockade strain food and medicine supply chains.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran expects Washington to respond to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. In exchange for reopening the vital shipping route, Tehran is seeking guarantees including a regional ceasefire, the lifting of sanctions on its oil sector and an end to the US naval blockade.

US President Trump rejects a news report claiming his administration offered Iran sanctions relief and frozen funds.

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, South Sudan’s UN envoy Cecilia Adeng called for sanctions to be lifted

Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío tells Bloomberg This Weekend host David Gura that Cuba remains ready for talks with the US, but says continued sanctions and economic pressure are hampering the island’s efforts to reform its economy. De Cossío also says Cuba would welcome greater US investment and hopes the confrontation can ultimately end through negotiations. (Source: Bloomberg)

Cuba's deputy foreign minister slams US sanctions, labelling them 'equivalent to genocide'.

Israel escalates retaliatory measures as Western sanctions target illegal West Bank settlements.

Cuba’s deputy foreign minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío told Bloomberg that US sanctions are holding back Havana’s 176-measure market opening, and that easing pressure would make it “truly irreversible”. Washington says no one will invest under Cuba’s current model. The post Cuba Says US Sanctions Are Holding Back Its Opening to Private Business appeared first on The Rio Times.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri raised the new law with the delegation, most of whom voted in favour of sanctions targeting India for importing Russian crude oil

Bloomberg White House correspondent and national security editor Michelle Jamrisko is on Bloomberg This Weekend discussing renewed US-Iran diplomacy after indirect talks in New York failed to overcome disagreements over sanctions, the US blockade and the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Jamrisko says the two sides remain on different timelines and also examines questions surrounding Taiwan after President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Source: Bloomberg)

Experts say Trump sees economic sanctions as key to extracting more concessions but he risks losing leverage.

Manchester City are understood to be ready to appeal any guilty verdict, but could face 'severe penalty' says ex-chair.

Israeli politicians subject to ICC arrest warrants or international sanctions remain eligible to run.

UAE joins Oman, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkmenistan in restricting access to Iranian airlines.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says his country is ready to resume talks about ending the near seven-month conflict with the US but will not respond to threats. In an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Pezeshkian also said the Islamic Republic won’t allow freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz while sanctions and a US blockade remain in place. Bloomberg's Paul Wallace has the details. (Source: Bloomberg)

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s proposal for a phased approach to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes is a pragmatic response, analysts say, but prospects for gaining its arch-rival’s acceptance remain uncertain. In a keynote speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Lee laid out a long-term, step-by-step sequence for pursuing the ultimate goal of North Korea’s denuclearisation. He had called for Washington to ease sanctions in return for North Korea stopping its nuclear...

Project would effectively cleave Palestinian territory in half and has prompted widespread international condemnation.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy he disagreed with the European Union’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, according to people familiar with the matter.

Situations in Russia and West Asia were also discussed during the meeting

The EU has agreed to remove Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list, while extending restrictions on nearly 3,000 individuals and companies linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine for another three years. The decision came after difficult negotiations, as EU sanctions require unanimous approval from all 27 member states. Caroline Baum reports.

US-led anti-cartel alliance backs sanctions against crime groups after Trump urges stronger action.

UK PM Burnham condemned Israel’s war on Gaza, and explains why the UK sanctioned illegal Israeli settlements.

Iran's aviation officials negotiate with Oman and Iraq as US's Bessent targets carriers seven months into the conflict.

Standard Chartered Plc Chief Executive Officer Bill Winters said the bank had shut down the accounts used by a Russian money laundering ring after it discovered attempts to circumvent Western sanctions imposed in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.

The United States has threatened to impose sanctions on South Sudan over alleged obstruction of humanitarian assistance, accusing officials at national, state and local levels of treating aid as a source of revenue.

Analysts say new sweeping US sanctions stand to worsen lives of millions of Iranians struggling in battered economy.

EU countries failed Monday to finalise a deal that involved lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, Multiple diplomats said earlier that member states had reached a provisional agreement to take the pair off the EU's blacklist as part of a compromise to extend sanctions on almost 3,000 other individuals and entities over the Ukraine war. France 24's Dave Keating has more from Brussels.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged Germany to help steer the European Union away from protectionist measures against China, saying that Beijing and Brussels should not engage in trade wars just days before President Xi Jinping’s high-stakes US visit. “China and the EU are comprehensive strategic partners, and a trade war should not be fought between them,” Wang told his German counterpart Johann Wadephul in a phone call on Monday. According to a statement from China’s foreign ministry,...

EU countries failed Monday to reach a final deal that would remove Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the bloc's sanctions list, with diplomats set to resume talks Tuesday.

The remarks of the religious freedom body’s chief came weeks ahead of RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s visit to the U.S.