Category: 2. Middle East

WASHINGTON — The US Treasury Department has extended a sanctions waiver on Russian oil shipments amid supply shortages caused by the US-Israel-Iran war. 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a post on X Monday that his department was…

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One of Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani’s companies will pay the United States $275 million to settle a probe into whether it violated Washington’s sanctions against Iran, the US Treasury said in a statement on Monday.

The Office of…

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was slightly higher last week, returning to levels in line with the average recorded since the start of the Middle East conflict after hitting a wartime low.

A total of 55 commodities vessels crossed the…

Iran’s football team arrived in Turkey on Monday for a training camp and to complete visa applications ahead of the 2026 World Cup, AFP correspondents said.

The 22 players and coaching staff in the “Team Melli” delegation flew into the Turkish…

Somaliland’s first ambassador to a foreign country formally presented his diplomatic credentials in Israel on Monday, in another sign of deepening ties between the two sides after Israel recognized the territory late last year.

What happened:…