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UK Drafts Ban on Trade with Israeli Settlements After West Bank Building Plan Advances
Israel has opened bidding for more than 1,200 homes for Israeli settlers in a West Bank area called E1.
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US Hits Iran With Tough New Sanctions; China Refuses to Help Enforce Them
The United States has announced new penalties, called sanctions, meant to cut off money and trade with Iran, calling the move an 'economic D-Day.' Iran's government called the sanctions 'economic terrorism.' Washington also asked China, which buys most of Iran's oil, to help enforce the sanctions, but China publicly refused, saying they won't solve the underlying conflict.
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US Asks Allies and China to Help Isolate Iran's Economy
The United States has asked allied countries and China to join a campaign of economic sanctions against Iran, part of President Trump's effort to raise pressure on Tehran during a stalled war.
Trump threatens harsh sanctions on any country that trades with Iran
Donald Trump says he is starting a major economic campaign to punish any country doing business with Iran, calling it the toughest such effort yet.
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European Governments Join Japan in Criticizing US Sanctions on Top Court Leader
The United States sanctioned the president of the International Criminal Court, a court in the Netherlands that prosecutes war crimes.
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UAE Halts All Trade With Iran After Iranian Missile Enters Its Waters
The United Arab Emirates has stopped all financial transactions and trade with Iran after an Iranian missile reached its territorial waters, the sea area a country controls near its coast.
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Japan Says US Sanctions on Its Own Citizen at the ICC Are Regrettable
The United States placed sanctions on Tomoko Akane, a Japanese citizen who heads the International Criminal Court, as part of a wider US campaign against the court.
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US Treasury Sanctions ICC President Tomoko Akane in Sharpest Strike Yet on the Court
The US Treasury has sanctioned International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and a senior court lawyer, the deepest blow yet in an American campaign against the court, which the administration has vowed to dismantle "brick by brick."
German lawmakers from all major parties want EU to sanction Israeli minister
Politicians across Germany's political spectrum, including Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives, the AfD and the Left party, are calling for the EU to sanction Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over his remarks about killing people in Gaza.
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Ukraine drone strike destroys Russia's biggest online retailer's main warehouse
Ukraine's drones destroyed the largest warehouse of Wildberries, Russia's biggest online retailer, near Moscow overnight on 15-16 August, the biggest drone attack of 2026.
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US Weighs Sanctions Against a Sitting Justice on Brazil's Supreme Court
The United States is considering sanctions against a sitting judge on Brazil's Supreme Court, according to a Financial Times report picked up within the same hour by Reuters and other news outlets.
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Fewer Ships Sailing Through Strait of Hormuz as US Threatens More Iran Sanctions
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that carries much of the world's oil, has slowed further, Reuters reports, as the United States threatens new economic penalties on Iran.