Eleanor Whitman

• Threats escalate after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral, where mourners called for President Trump's assassination; Trump responded with warnings of...

South Africa is urging the U.S. to exempt it from a proposed 12.5% tariff under a Section 301 investigation, citing its ratification of ILO...

Sanctions Actions

• 🔥 OFAC Delists Indian Firms: The Office of Foreign Assets Control removed four Indian manufacturing companies—RRG Engineering...

The Treasury Department's OFAC removed four Indian companies—including RRG Engineering Technologies, Lokesh Machines, Galaxy Bearings, and Shaurya...

U.S. Treasury sanctions target financier Ali Ansari and exchange houses following Iran's renewed shipping attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, isolating...

The Security Council convened its 10191st meeting after Ukraine's 6 July letter requesting discussion of Russian missile and drone strikes on civilian...

The Commerce Department eased export controls on the UAE, directing favorable review of MGX semiconductor and server license applications.

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Treasury Secretary Bessent escalated U.S. financial pressure on Iran by publicly rebuking the Supreme Leader as “hiding in seclusion while his regime...

OFAC added 134 ISIS-K-linked wallets to its SDN list, prompting Tether to freeze 131 TRON addresses that had received over $1.4 million in donations...

• Sanctions escalate: US targeted banker Ali Ansari and Iranian exchange houses for financing IRGC and elites, following tanker attacks in the...

U.S. chip export controls are driving Russia toward Chinese alternatives, with Sberbank eyeing Huawei Ascend processors and firms like Tramplin...

A July 2 summit in New Delhi between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored deepening bilateral ties and the need to harness middle-power momentum in the Indo-Pacific.

Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 bars U.S. imports mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor, including forced child...

Sanctions Actions

• 🔥 OFAC Rescinds Iran License: OFAC issued General License X1 to revoke GL X and require wind-down of authorizations for...

The U.K.-led Joint Expeditionary Force will establish a persistent maritime presence in the High North, North Atlantic, and Baltic to counter Russia’s...

The nuclear threshold creates acute intelligence and policy challenges for U.S. nonproliferation by blurring intent assessment and capability...

Mediators are urgently pushing to restore the Iran-U.S. MOU after two days of deadly U.S.-Iran strikes, exposing the interim deal's fragility.

OFAC revoked its brief sanctions relief just 16 days after issuance, replacing GL X with GL X1 on July 7 following attacks on three tankers near the...

Despite the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in effect since October 2025, Israeli forces now control at least 65% of Gaza, confining 2 million Palestinians to the western coastal half.

The political-level agreement on PAC-3 Patriot production licenses, combined with interceptors arriving in days, directly enhances Ukraine's capacity...