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, ...
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A critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle was rescued in Texas after being found covered in organisms/ The turtle is now receiving care from the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research and veterinarians from the Houston Zoo/ "We are hopeful for her recuperation and eventual release back into ...
Iran has stepped up attacks on energy targets in the Gulf, as two fuel tankers were hit by explosions and burst into flames./ Fires are burning around the region with fuel and oil storage tanks hit in Bahrain and Oman./ Tehran said the world should be ready for oil at $200 per barrel and warned ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter speaks during an annual Carter Town Hall held at Emory University in Atlanta, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)/ President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on ...
US military vehicles during the 1991 military operation to drive Iraqi troops out of Kuwait/ I know what can happen when an American president calls for an uprising and then doesn't get involved when it starts. That's because I've seen it before./ In 1991, on 15 February to be precise, the first ...
Parts of Tehran are covered in snow, days after black rain fell on the capital/ Snow fell in parts of Tehran on Tuesday night, blanketing the Iranian capital with a layer of white after air strikes on oil depots caused days of dark skies and black rain./ Sahar, a woman in her 20s, told BBC ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ The head of Vatican Security, Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, center, follows Pope Leo XIV as he visits the parish complex of Santa Maria della Presentazione on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks, before a dinner hosted by the Canada-China Business Council, during the first visit by a Canadian prime minister to China since 2017, in Beijing, China, January 16, 2026. ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, who was killed in a drone strike at a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ had participated in naval exercises hosted by India before heading out into international waters in the Indian Ocean on its way home, New Delhi said. in the Middle East and beyond. It also ignited a debate in India about ...