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./ Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,speaks to reporters outside of federal court in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)/ Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,speaks to reporters outside of federal court in Washington, ...
The drone was "aggressively" approaching the USS Abraham Lincoln, a spokesman said (file photo)/ An Iranian drone was shot down as it "aggressively approached" an American aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, a US military spokesman has said./ An F-35C stealth fighter jet which took ...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Iran will pursue negotiations with the US after requests from "friendly governments in the region" to respond to a US proposal for talks./ on X, Pezeshkian said he had told Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi to pursue talks "provided ...
Latest news and updates throughout the day, curated by Yahoo Singapore./ Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ The new ERP 2 system uses satellite technology instead of gantries. (Photo: Getty)/ which means all Singapore-registered motor vehicles will be required ...
Air India said on Monday it had grounded one of its Boeing Dreamliners after one of its pilots reported an issue with the fuel control switch, which is at the centre of an ongoing probe into a deadly air crash last year."We have grounded said aircraft and are involving the OEM to get the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ In this photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a serviceman poses for a photographer in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd ...
Ambulances waiting at the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing on Monday morning/ Palestinians have started to enter the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after it reopened for the movement of people./ The crossing has largely been closed since May 2024, when the Gazan side ...
Trade union Verdi calls for a nationwide warning strike for higher wages and better working conditions, in Berlin/ An empty Alexanderplatz station, as trade union Verdi calls for a nationwide warning strike for higher wages and better working conditions, in Berlin, Germany, February 2, 2026. ...
Hind Kabawat says she would not stay in the role if she was not free to set her own strategy/ "On the first day, I asked 'why are there no more women?'," says Hind Kabawat./ She is Syria's minister for social affairs and labour - the only female minister in the transitional government tasked ...
Israel says it will ban Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) from working in Gaza after the medical charity refused to hand over a list of its staff in the territory./ The Israeli government had ordered 37 organisations to submit documents about their local and international workers in Gaza, claiming ...