The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday indicted Turkey’s second-largest bank on charges of fraud and money laundering, accusing it of helping Iran evade sanctions implemented to curb its nuclear program. Halbank was reportedly involved in the largest Iran sanctions violation to date, sending ...
The charges against Halkbank were announced as President Trump, having allowed Turkish-backed forces to invade Syria, is looking to take a tougher stand against Turkey./ WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday sharply escalated economic pressure on Turkey by filing fraud and ...
Tuesday with participating in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade/ Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said senior bank officials at the state-owned bank helped to move billions of dollars of Iranian oil revenue illegally./ Prosecutors said that between 2012 and 2016, Halkbank helped run a ...
This file photo taken on December 17, 2013 shows businessman Reza Zarrab surrounded by journalists as he arrives at a police center in Istanbul. Zarrab arrested on March 19, 2016 in the United States on charges of conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran./ Federal prosecutors in New York ...
NEW YORK — The United States criminally charged a major Turkish bank with helping to evade sanctions against Iran, potentially raising diplomatic tensions as the U.S. tries to contain Turkey’s military offensive in Syria./ The charges against Halkbank, a state-owned bank, were announced Tuesday, ...
Pope Leo said he was "deeply moved" by his visit to the site of the Beirut port blast/ Pope Leo XIV led a silent prayer at the site of the Beirut port explosion and demanded justice for its victims, as he wrapped up his three-day visit to Lebanon. He also met some relatives of the 218 people who ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to provide 25 million American children under 10 an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for children created as part of President Donald Trump’s in the past 25 years exceeding $1 billion, much less ...
Jafar Panahi picked up three trophies at the Gotham Awards in New York on Monday/ Award-winning Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been given a prison sentence on charges of creating propaganda against the political system, his lawyer has said, on the same day his new film won a string of ...
Elizabeth Tsurkov spoke to the BBC from Israel, where she is recovering from her ordeal/ An Israeli-Russian woman held captive for two and a half years by militants in Iraq has told the BBC how she invented "confessions" to try to get her captors to stop torturing her. Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was ...
Republican candidate Matt Van Epps speaks to supporters at a watch party after announcing victory in a special election for the U.S. seventh congressional district, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)/ Republican candidate Matt Van Epps waves to supporters at a watch ...
Christmas trees decorate the Cross Hall of the White House during a press preview of the Christmas decorations "Home is Where the Heart Is," Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)/ Christmas trees decorate the Cross Hall of the White House during a press preview of the ...
Total Stablecoin Market Cap (USDT, USDC, DAI, and FDUSD). Source: Coinglass The rising stablecoin supply suggests that market liquidity may increase this month. Analyst Ted noted that this uptrend ends a four-week decline in stablecoin market cap. “Stablecoin MCap is going up again. It went down ...
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in the Lebanese capital Beirut a week after Israeli air strikes hit the Lebanese capital. For a man known for being measured and careful in what he does, it seems quite the statement to land in a country so affected by conflict in what is his first foreign trip. The Pope ...
The chancellor, who has been backed by the prime minister, has insisted 'of course I didn't' lie. So, what is the row all about?/ Rachel Reeves denied misleading the public over the budget. (PA)/ about the state of the public finances ahead of her budget. Opposition figures have alleged she ...
An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis oil and petroleum complex on the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Russia, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo, File)/ ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish government has condemned on two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu ...