Sanctions Intelligence Digest - Jan-17-2025
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Total Articles: 136
Article Summaries
World oil prices surge on latest Russia sanctions
Description: The International Energy Agency had earlier warned that US restrictions could disrupt global supply ...
Chinese and Indian refiners turn to Middle East, A...
Description: The U.S. and U.K. have imposed new sanctions on Russian oil producers and shipping vessels, targetin...
Kyrgyz lender Keremet Bank to appeal after being h...
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Sanctions to Disrupt Russia's Military Industrial ...
Description: Today, the United States is sanctioning nearly 250 enablers of Russia's illegal war against Ukraine....
Hitting Russia's Military Industrial Base and Enab...
Description: Building on our January 10 sanctions targeting Russia's energy sector, today the United States is de...
Oil Extends Gain as IEA Warns on Russia Curbs and ...
Description: (Bloomberg) -- Oil extended a powerful, early-year advance on mounting concerns about risks to globa...
Treasury Disrupts Russia's Sanctions Evasion Schem...
Description: Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is moving against Russian efforts to evade U.S. sanctions...
La Syrie face au colossal chantier de sa reconstru...
Description: Après le renversement de Bachar Al-Assad, les défis sont immenses dans un pays dévasté par quatorze ...
China Hackers Broke Into 400-Plus Treasury PCs, Re...
Description: (Bloomberg) -- Chinese state-sponsored hackers who breached the US Treasury Department got into more...
Trump's US Treasury pick Bessent says dollar must ...
Description: Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Treasury Department, on Wednes...
En Hongrie, le départ sous les quolibets de l’amba...
Description: Désigné ennemi public numéro un par les médias locaux et les responsables gouvernementaux du pays, D...
Iranian president warns Trump against risking 'war...
**Description: Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was not seeking "nucl...**
After U.S. lifts terror designation, Cuba starts f...
Description: The Cuban foreign ministry said it would gradually release 553 convicts.
New Guidance Released for Colleges and Third-Party...
**Description: New Guidance Released for Colleges and Third-Party Servicers
Katherine Knott
Thu, 01/16/2025 - 03:...**
Investiture de Donald Trump : Tim Cook ira ou n’ir...
Description: Tim Cook se rendra-t-il à l'investiture de Donald Trump le 20 janvier prochain ?
India awaits fine-print of latest US sanctions on ...
Description: India anxiously awaits clarification on US sanctions on Russian oil tankers under new Trump regime n...
Baiba Braže: Latvia and the Netherlands agree - NA...
Description: On 15 January 2025, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, during her working visit to the Ne...
Treasury nominee plans to say at confirmation hear...
Description: U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent plans to say Thursday during his confirmation hearing that Presi...
What went down at London’s first Gaza Biennale
Description: Earlier this week, hundreds gathered outside London’s ICA to celebrate artists in Gaza and protest t...
Russian platform overtakes YouTube – media
Description: VK Video has surpassed the US-based service in terms of daily audience in the country, TASS reports ...
Iran unveils spy ship during major war games: stat...
**Description: Tehran (AFP) Jan 15, 2025
The Iranian army has unveiled an advanced reconnaissance ship, state me...**
Russia PM meets Vietnam president, Xi hails 'histo...
**Description: Hanoi (AFP) Jan 15, 2025
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met Vietnam's President Luong Cu...**
Xi’s diplomacy with Sri Lanka and Vietnam; Cleanin...
Description: Ministry of Public Security vows to rescue citizens trapped overseas - The Ministry of Public Securi...
What Happened to International Law?
Description: Israel’s recent strikes in Syria may violate international law, yet they are merely one example amon...
Honor denies claims that CEO Zhao Ming has resigne...
Description: Chinese phone brand Honor denied online claims that CEO Zhao Ming has resigned on Wednesday, calling...
Cuba begins freeing prisoners after US says it wil...
Description: HAVANA — Cuba started releasing some prisoners Wednesday as part of talks with the Vatican, a day af...
Asian stocks follow Wall St higher on welcome US i...
Description: Asian markets extended a global rally Thursday after below-forecast US inflation provided a much-nee...
China In Eurasia Briefing: A Baltic Warning About ...
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Column-China response key to crude oil after new s...
Description: Column-China response key to crude oil after new sanctions on Russia: Russell
Apple Loses Top Spot In China Smartphone Sales To ...
Description: The California-based tech giant claimed a market share of 15 percent in the world's number two econo...
Iran, confident of peaceful nature of its nuclear ...
Description: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has asserted that Iran has never acted as the party to leave the neg...
Kallas Says Europe Should Increase Pressure On Mos...
Description: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Kyiv and its partners should continue to apply pressure on ...
Oil Supported by U.S. Sanctions Concerns, Inventor...
Description: 2 min ago Oil Supported by U.S. Sanctions Concerns, Inventory Decline Oil prices were edging lower, ...
Trump administration will be the most pro-Israel i...
Description: Marco Rubio, nominated as Secretary of State, pledges strong pro-Israel stance and vows to revoke vi...
White House says Biden leaving Ukraine in stronges...
Description: While U.S. President Joe Biden views his response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a cornerstone o...
Vatican Promises Stiff Penalties for Illegal Alien...
Description: The Vatican City State has enacted stiffer penalties on anyone entering its territory or violating i...
Iran holding talks just with Europe for now: FM
Description: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stated that Iran is currently engaged only in negotiations with ...
Consolidating International Support and Increasing...
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"Baltic Sentry" - A New NATO Mission
Description: Enhanced protection of the Baltic Sea by NATO becomes reality. On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, Prime M...
Needed: A Sober Assessment of Putin’s Russia to He...
**Description: Stephen Crowley
Putin’s ultimate goal isn’t recreating empire or seeking war with NATO—it’s stayi...**
Asian Stocks Follow Wall St Higher On Welcome US I...
Description: Asian markets extended a global rally Thursday after below-forecast US inflation provided a much-nee...
Oil rises as US inventory declines heighten supply...
Description: Oil prices rose for a second day on Thursday after a larger-than-expected decline in U.S. crude oil ...
US imposes export controls on biotech equipment ov...
Description: On Wednesday the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it would implement new export controls on cer...
Biden offers last-minute executive order to tighte...
Description: According to the Biden Administration, “the United States stands alone among major economies in lack...
Georgia: Government Creating Rights Crisis
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Protestors with Georgian and European Union (EU) flags at...**
Ukraine Launches Massive Drone Barrage into Russia
Description: Ukrainian forces carried out a massive drone barrage targeting military assets in Russia. As part of...
Cuba starts freeing prisoners a day after the US s...
Description: Cuba has started releasing some prisoners as part of talks with the Vatican, a day after President J...
China hackers broke into 400-plus treasury PCs: Re...
Description: Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrated the US Treasury Department's computers, accessing sensit...
Jim Cramer Quips About Joe Biden's TSMC Chips Sanc...
Description: CNBC’s Jim Cramer took to the social media platform X to endorse Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ...
Türkiye ready to cooperate with Syria on fight aga...
Description: Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has stated that Türkiye is ready to collaborate with the new Syrian adm...
Iran not afraid of war but hopes Trump will pursue...
Description: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the Islamic Republic is not afraid of war but hopes US Pres...
Supplies and Production of Arms, Advancing a Just ...
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Foreign Minister Tsahkna in Kyiv: We know the form...
Description: Meeting his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv today 15 January, Foreign Minister Margus Ts...
The President and the Delegation of the Latvian Sa...
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Biden's new Cybersecurity Executive Order: What yo...
Description: President Biden issued his Cybersecurity Executive Order in the final days of his administration, ou...
Upbit faces business suspension and fines over AML...
Description: Upbit's regulatory challenges may disrupt South Korea's crypto market, impacting investor confidence...
Oil rises as US inventory decline heightens supply...
Description: Oil rises as US inventory decline heightens supply concerns
Trump Era Will Usher 'Economic Golden Age,' Treasu...
Description: Nominee for U.S. Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, is expected to declare during his confirmation t...
Oil Extends Gain as IEA Warns on Russia Curbs and ...
Description: Oil extended a powerful early-year advance on mounting risks to global supplies, and as commercial c...
JOINT STATEMENT by President of Ukraine Volodymyr ...
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Cuba starts freeing prisoners a day after the US s...
Description: Cuban authorities would release some of them before Biden’s administration ends on Jan. 20, official...
Biden’s move to remove Cuba from terror list conti...
Description: Incoming Trump administration is set to adopt a more hawkish stance on Cuba-US relations – but a mor...
Apple loses smartphone sales crown in China, drops...
Description: BEIJING (Reuters) -Apple was dethroned as China's biggest smartphone seller in 2024, with local riva...
Analysts Look at USA Sanctions Effect
Description: The new restrictions 'roughly triple the number of directly sanctioned Russian crude oil tankers, en...
Гюндуз Мамедов: Чому Україні потрібно "дзеркалити"...
Description: Нещодавно Президент України підписав законопроєкт, який передбачає запровадження правової відповідал...
Was Justice Gorsuch thinking about Title IX in EMD...
Description: If you skipped EMD Sales v. Carrera, I won't blame you. The Supreme Court unanimously reversed the F...
Could the Fall of Assad and the Return of Trump Le...
Description: Iran’s inability to support Bashar al-Assad’s regime and prevent its collapse, coupled with recent s...
Trump's US Treasury pick Bessent says dollar must ...
Description: Trump's US Treasury pick Bessent says dollar must remain world's reserve currency
Nigeria’s vandalism plague
Description: AS Nigerians lament the gross infrastructural deficit and poor basic public services, vandalism is a...
Stocks surge after US inflation eases
Description: Asian markets extended a global rally Thursday after below-forecast US inflation provided a much-nee...
WTI crude oil inflates its way into 2025, eyes bre...
Description: Concerns over rising inflationary pressures were building as we headed towards the end of 2024. And ...
Russia strikes Ukraine energy sites in 'massive' b...
Description: Russia launched a wave of missiles and drones at Ukrainian energy facilities on Wednesday, intensify...
Anne Daloze (Onad) alerte : “La lutte antidopage c...
Description: Anne Daloze a créé l’Organisation nationale antidopage (Onad) en Communauté française qui, en vingt ...
UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria's wit...
Description: The UN human rights chief Volker Türk has described the unbearable suffering of former detainees und...
Cyprus says US decree on security affirms island's...
Description: Cyprus says US decree on security affirms island's stabilising role in region
"Ne pas respecter les 10 000 décisions de justice ...
Description: La Ligue des droits humains (LDH) publie, ce 16 janvier, son rapport annuel sur l’état des droits hu...
What to Watch for at Bessent’s Treasury Confirmati...
Description: Confirmation hearings for US Treasury secretaries often set key markers for the nominee’s priorities...
A Russian Airline Bomb Plot? What To Know About Po...
Description: The accusation was as blunt as it was serious: Russia is plotting terror attacks against unspecified...
Apple loses top spot in China smartphone sales to ...
Description: Apple lost its status as the best selling smartphone brand in the crucial Chinese market last year, ...
Apple loses top spot in China smartphone sales to ...
Description: Apple lost its top position in the Chinese smartphone market, with Huawei and Vivo surpassing it in ...
Les commerçants namurois, bons élèves en matière d...
Description: Les commerçants namurois respectent-ils l’obligation de fermer leurs portes d’entrée par ce froid de...
Dow Jones Forecast: DJIA falls as retail sales slo...
Description: U.S. stocks are heading for a mixed start after weaker-than-expected data keeps rate cut hopes alive...
Biden executive order aims to shore up US cyber de...
Description: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Thursday aimed at strengthening t...
‘Optimism laced with caution’: The delicate task o...
Description: Syria is stepping into a new reality — but its political contours have yet to take shape.
Does cadbury support israel?
Description: Does Cadbury Support Israel? Background and History Cadbury, a British confectionery company, has a ...
Threat actor leaked config files and VPN passwords...
Description: A previously unknown threat actor released config files and VPN passwords for Fortinet FortiGate dev...
MikroTik botnet relies on DNS misconfiguration to ...
Description: Researchers discovered a 13,000-device MikroTik botnet exploiting DNS flaws to spoof 20,000 domains ...
Apple Loses Best Selling Status In Chinese Market ...
Description: Apple lost its status as the best selling smartphone brand in the crucial Chinese market last year, ...
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answe...
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ICE Strikes Back
Description: Experts told Newsweek they expect the agency to be more "aggressive" and "emboldened" in President D...
Opinion: What Next For TikTok If US Really Bans It...
Description: For the first time in American tech history, the US has passed a law targeting a major Chinese tech ...
China strikes with export curbs: India’s EV and so...
Description: Indian electronics, solar, and EV sectors face delays due to China's export restrictions on key inpu...
Treasury nominee plans to say at confirmation hear...
Description: U_S_ Treasury nominee Scott Bessent plans to say at his confirmation hearing that President-elect Do...
Asian stocks follow Wall St higher on welcome US i...
Description: Asian markets extended a global rally Thursday after below-forecast US inflation provided a much-nee...
Australia’s PM demands Russia explain what happene...
Description: MELBOURNE, Jan 15: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday his government will...