Embargoes and economic sanctions

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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Residents standing next to burned cars at the site of an overnight Russian drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, on Jan 28.

UN to approve sanction exemptions on N. Korea aid projects: Sources

North Korea has long struggled with its state-managed economy and chronic food shortages.

Up to 800 ‘dark fleet’ vessels operating worldwide, says US Coast Guard

A US Coast Guard official looking through binoculars at the Marinera (formerly Bella 1), which was seized by the US on Jan 7, after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic.

Malaysia releases tankers suspected of transferring illegal crude oil worth US$129 million

EU sanctioned oil tanker Rcelebra sailing along Sentosa on Feb 3.

US to cut tariffs on India to 18%, India agrees to end Russian oil purchases

US President Donald Trump (right) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC, on Feb 13, 2025.

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