Posts Tagged ‘global-impact events’
Treasury Department tells US banks to flag suspected Iranian money-laundering networks
The Treasury Department wants U.S. banks and other financial institutions to monitor for suspected Iranian money laundering networks that use their funds to smuggle sanctioned oil through shell companies and crypto networks. The move, which effectively deputizes the global financial system to help disrupt Iran’s sanctions-evasion infrastructure, comes as the U.S. and Iran reached another…
Read MoreForeign Operators and Technical Superintendent of M/V Dali Indicted for Roles in Key Bridge Crash
Two corporate entities and a shoreside superintendent face criminal charges in connection with the vessel crash that knocked down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland. A federal court unsealed an indictment today charging three defendants with conspiracy to defraud the United States and with causing the death of six construction workers on the bridge,…
Read MoreRussian cargo ship sunk off Spain carried nuclear reactors for North Korea, probe reveals
A Russian cargo ship that sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria in December 2024 following explosions in its engine room was carrying components for two submarine nuclear reactors likely destined for North Korea, an investigation has revealed. The Ursa Major sank on 23 December with 16 crew members on board. Fourteen were…
Read MoreExplosion at future Den Bosch asylum shelter; Riot police again intervene in Apeldoorn
An explosive went off at a building in Den Bosch, where the municipality wants to shelter around 50 child asylum seekers. The police investigated the explosion on Sunday evening and found remnants of fireworks and flammable liquid, Omroep Brabant reported. In Apeldoorn, riot police had to break up an anti-asylum protest for the third consecutive…
Read MoreRussia, Ukraine trade blame for continued fighting as US-brokered ceasefire nears end
A U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was due to expire on Monday with both sides accusing each other of breaching the 72-hour arrangement, as American and European officials considered how they might steer the warring countries into further talks. Ukrainian authorities said Monday that Russian drones, bombs and artillery shelling struck civilian areas of…
Read MoreIsrael strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire, reportedly killing Hezbollah commander
A senior commander from Hezbollah’s elite force was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday night, the first such attack on the area in nearly a month, a source close to the group said. At least 11 other people were killed in strikes across the south and east, according to the…
Read MoreRussia broke unilateral ceasefire with drone and missile attacks, Ukraine’s FM says
Ukraine said on Wednesday that Russia had violated a unilateral ceasefire called by Kyiv by launching a barrage of air strikes on Ukrainian cities with 108 combat drones and three missiles. “This shows that Russia rejects peace and its fake calls for a ceasefire on May 9th have nothing to do with diplomacy. Putin only…
Read MoreSudan blames Ethiopia, UAE for recent drone attacks: What we know
The Sudanese government has accused Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates of being behind recent drone attacks, including at Khartoum airport. Military spokesperson Brigadier General Asim Awad Abdelwahab told a news conference on Tuesday that Sudan’s government, which has recalled its ambassador from Ethiopia, had obtained evidence of four drone attacks since March 1 originating…
Read MoreUS attempt to open the Strait of Hormuz tests Iran war’s fragile ceasefire
The Iran war risked reigniting after the U.S. tried to force open the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping, though a ceasefire seemed to be holding Tuesday even after the United Arab Emirates said Iran fired missiles and drones at it. Iran’s powerful parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, accused the U.S. of…
Read MoreEuropol task force nets 280 arrests as ‘violence for hire’ spreads across Europe
An international task force formed to crack down on violence as a criminal service has led to 280 arrests in its first year, the European Union’s police agency, Europol, reported Wednesday. The arrests underscore a trend across the continent of criminals hiring people — many of them youngsters — via social media and messaging apps…
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