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, ...
White House says talks 'ongoing' despite Iran claims of rejecting peace plan/ US President Donald Trump appears increasingly interested in finding an off-ramp with Iran, or what he calls "winding down" the war. But his exit strategy is unclear - and Trump's mixed messaging suggests he's still ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing in for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ U.S. President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 29, ...
Trump recently said he was considering "winding down" the war/ For weeks, the US and Israel have insisted that Iran's military capacity has been severely degraded. US President Donald Trump and his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, have repeatedly claimed that sustained strikes have crippled ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ FILE - Former U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel listens during a House Select Committee on China hearing on Capitol Hill, July 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)/ , a potential 2028 Democratic ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ FILE - French aircraft carrier The Charles de Gaulle docks at Subic Bay port, a former U.S. Naval base northwest of Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan, File)/ French President Emmanuel ...
The Israeli prime minister claims "Iran is being decimated" in the war/ Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel "acted alone" in attacking an Iranian gas field, as tensions mount over strikes on energy infrastructure across the region./ Israel hit Iran's South Pars - part of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ FILE - This booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James "Whitey" Bulger on June 23, 2011. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP, File)/ FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys are drawing on statements from a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)/ The image above shows ports blocked and available currently in the ...
Khaled Bani Odeh's parents and two youngest brothers were shot dead in front of him as they drove home/ Warning - this article contains a graphic description of a shooting./ In the few moments of silence after the shootings, before he was dragged from the family car, 12-year-old Khaled Bani Odeh ...