Embargoes and economic sanctions

Cuba’s Havana piles with rubbish as US chokehold halts garbage trucks

A man throws trash on a street in downtown Havana, Cuba, February 15, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

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US forces board the vessel Veronica III, which according to the US Department of Defence had tried to defy US President Donald Trump's quarantine.

Trump sanctions chief John Hurley poised to leave after friction with Bessent

Mr John Hurley's departure as the Trump administration's top sanctions official follows months of wrangling over its sanctions policy.

US forces board second sanctioned oil tanker in Indian Ocean

US forces board the vessel Veronica III, which according to the US Department of Defence had tried to defy US President Donald Trump's quarantine.

Britain eyes Russia sanctions after Navalny poisoning findings

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin, died in a Russian prison in mysterious conditions on Feb 16, 2024, while serving a 19-year sentence.

Foreign cars flow to Russia through China, skirting Ukraine war sanctions

An employee and a visitor walk past Mercedes-Benz cars at a Panavto dealership in Moscow, on Dec 19, 2025.

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Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump pictured in an image released by the Department of Justice in Washington on Dec 23, 2025.

Russian oil tankers list Singapore as destination amid sanctions and shift to China, LSEG data shows

Rosneft's Russian-flagged crude oil tanker Vladimir Monomakh transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 6, 2023.

Air Canada halts service to Cuba as island set to run out of jet fuel

An Air Canada plane at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. Air Canada said it was suspending service to Cuba from Feb 9 due to a lack of guaranteed fuel supply at airports there.

US forces seize ship in Indian Ocean that fled Caribbean blockade

The Pentagon said the US forces had seized the ship after announcing that that Aquila II was boarded without incident overnight.

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