Embargoes and economic sanctions

EU targets Russian banks in new sanctions package over Ukraine war

The EU said the package was its biggest for four years.

Sanctioned tanker is leaking oil near Oman, according to satellite images and experts

Tractors out, oxen in for fuel-starved Cuban farms

Farmers ride an ox cart along a street in Bauta, Artemisa province, Cuba, on June 27.

US says it issued sanctions to disrupt Iran’s weapon procurement

The US Department of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 11, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Heuer/File Photo

US expands Cuba sanctions with targeting of tourism industry

Cuba has said it’s willing to make economic reforms and negotiate, but that its political system is not up for debate.

Trump to back Graham’s Russia sanctions Bill: White House

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky met the late Senator Lindsey Graham on July 10.

Cuba’s power grid fails for second time this week

A man checks his phone outdoors in Havana as Cuba’s national electric grid collapsed at midday on July 6, leaving around 10 million people without power.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 11, 2026

A ship sailing off the coast of Ajman, in the United Arab Emirates, on July 10.

US issues fresh Iran-related sanctions, website shows

People walking past an anti-US mural next to the former US embassy in Iran’s capital, Tehran, on July 9.

US to remove Syria from terror blacklist, in new boost to Sharaa

President Donald Trump, right, meets with President Ahmad al-Sharaa of Syria at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

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