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WASHINGTON — United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), today sanctioned nine entities across multiple jurisdictions that have played a critical role in the production, sale, and shipment of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian petrochemicals and petroleum to buyers in Asia. According to a statement released today by the Department, Treasury is …

DeForest, Wisconsin — President Joe Biden brought his State of the Union populist economic messaging to Wisconsin on Wednesday, firing back at Republicans and highlighting US manufacturing in a preview of an expected 2024 argument in the battleground state. Biden made clear that he was willing to continue the fight as he hit the road, reigniting the social safety net …

United States, together with its Quad partners Australia, India, and Japan, have launched the Quad Cyber Challenge to promote responsible cyber habits across their nations, regions, and beyond. The Challenge reflects the Quad partners’ continued efforts to strengthen individuals’ and communities’ cyber security awareness and action, as well as foster a more secure and resilient cyber ecosystem to benefit economies …

United States Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken said he has taken actions to impose additional visa restrictions on certain current or former Taliban members, members of non-state security groups, and other individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, repressing women and girls in Afghanistan. Such repressive acts include restrictive policies and violence, including the Taliban’s decision to ban …

Ambassador James O’Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination, on Tuesday led an interagency discussion with leading companies and associations across the gold sector on more sanctions against Russia.  The meeting focused on the importance of the gold industry’s robust implementation of Russia-focused sanctions and of applying broader due diligence standards, including to Russia-backed actors, such as the Wagner …

As five Memphis police officers attacked Tyre Nichols with their feet, fists and a baton, others milled around at the scene, even as the 29-year-old cried out in pain and then slumped limply against the side of a car. Just like the attack on George Floyd in Minneapolis nearly three years ago, a simple intervention could have saved a life. Instead, Nichols is dead and …

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump and his allies have been put on notice by a prosecutor, but the warning didn’t come from anyone at the Justice Department. It was from a Georgia prosecutor who indicated she was likely to seek criminal charges soon in a two-year election subversion probe. In trying to block the release of a special grand jury’s report, Fulton County District …

US, UK, France and Germany have condemned in the strongest terms the Syrian regime’s repeated use of chemical weapons, demanding that the Assad regime immediately comply with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and relevant UN Security Council resolutions.  Syria, they demanded must fully declare and destroy its chemical weapons program and allow the deployment of OPCW staff …

United States Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel, and the West Bank from January 29-31 to consult with partners on a range of global and regional priorities. At then center of consultation, include Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Iran, Israeli-Palestinian relations and preserving the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the protection of human rights …

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — The death toll from the dance hall massacre blamed on a 72-year-old gunman has risen to 11 on after one of the 10 people who were wounded died. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services said Monday that one of the four people being treated at the LA County-USC Medical Center has died of gunshot …