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, ...
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 ...
Throughout his two terms in office, US President Donald Trump has not been shy to criticise – even to attack – Washington's Nato allies./ But his latest suggestion – that failing to secure the Strait of Hormuz would be "very bad for the future of Nato" – implies an understanding of the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ FILE - University of Florida students make their way through a crosswalk near the campus landmark Century Tower in Gainesville Fla. (AP Photo/Rob C. Witzel, file)/ GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida says it's ...
Palestinians gathered to mourn the deaths of the family in Tammoun/ A Palestinian husband and wife, and two of their young children, have been shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank./ The Bani Odeh family were travelling in their car in the town of Tammum, in the northern ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — The State ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ FILE PHOTO: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa reviews the honour guard, on the day he meets Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/ ...