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Separately, the US Treasury Department announced it had imposed sanctions on prominent Syrian businessman Wassim al-Qattan and nine entities for enriching the Syrian regime through construction of luxury real estate. The Treasury sanctions are the result of legislation known as the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, named after the pseudonym …

The United States said on Friday it will temporarily allow eight importers to keep buying Iranian oil when it re-imposes sanctions to try to force Iran to curb its nuclear, missile and regional activities. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who announced the decision, did not name the eight, which he …

Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) has achieved the level of Loan Sanctions of Rs 6895.26 crore and Loan Releases of Rs 3504.17 crore, as on September 30, 2018 for the financial year 2018-19. HUDCO finances social housing and residential real estate through primarily lending to State Governments and their …

NEW DELHI: India is allowing state refiners to import Iranian oil with Tehran arranging tankers and insurance after firms including the country’s top shipper Shipping Corp of India (SCI) halted voyages to Iran due to US sanctions, sources said. New Delhi’s attempt to keep Iranian oil flowing mirrors a step by …

The Maldives has been in turmoil since strongman President Abdulla Yameen jailed or exiled all his main opponents in recent months. “The European Union adopted today a framework for targeted sanctions in view of the situation in the Maldives, making it possible, if the situation does not improve, to impose …

The deaths occurred in renewed violence in the country’s northwest, where security forces loyal to President Daniel Ortega fought with anti-government activists in a bid to quash the popular uprising against the embattled leader. More than 220 people have been killed in the ongoing unrest since mid-April. Earlier, around 20 …

At the end of its annual conference in Dublin, the world body came up with its plan to curb unruly behaviour on the field that has been under the scanner for a while now in the ‘gentlemen’s game’. Upgrading ball-tampering from a level 2 to a level 3 offence has …

United Nations: India violated the United Nations Security Council sanctions on North Korea in 2017, sometimes even going against its own government orders, by importing metals worth $2.2 million and exporting jewellery valued at more than $578,000, according the UN panel monitoring the sanctions. Some of the imports and exports …

Jammu: Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has sanctioned nearly Rs 40 lakhs from the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) funds for construction of a school building in Bandipora district of north Kashmir. According to PTI, Sachin Tendulkar wrote a letter to the District Magistrate and the District Collector (Office of Mumbai …