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US Treasury says Houston-based freight forwarder Fracht will pay $1.61m to settle sanctions violations tied to Venezuela and Iran. The firm used a blocked Venezuelan airline operating an aircraft linked to Iran’s sanctioned Mahan Air, the treasury said in a statement Wednesday

US hits Chinese firm with sanctions over 'deadly scourge' of fentanyl crisis @USTreasury blacklists chemical company and its representatives as Trump admin blames China for poisoning American citizens. DoS Statement

D.C. Circuit panel rules 2-1 to permit Trump administration to axe $16 billion climate funds authorized by Biden administration. Ruling lifts Judge Chuktkan's injunction

Serbia and Russia have agreed to jointly resolve the issue of US sanctions against the NIS company, - Vucic said

Putin advised Eastern European countries(Hungary and Slovakia) to cut off gas and oil supplies to Ukraine to stop Ukrainian attacks on energy infrastructure.

Putin: We are seriously responding to Kyiv's attacks on energy infrastructure; we were forced to do so.

Russia and China have signed a memorandum on the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 and the Soyuz-Vostok transit gas pipeline through Mongolia, Alexey Miller reported.

Trump: What few people understand is that we do very little business with India, but they do a tremendous amount of business with us. In other words, they sell us massive amounts of goods, their biggest “client,” but we sell them very little - Until now a totally one sided relationship, and it has been for many decades. The reason is that India has charged us, until now, such high Tariffs, the most of any country, that our businesses are unable to sell into India. It has been a totally one sided disaster! Also, India buys most of its oil and military products from Russia, very little from the U.S. They have now offered to cut their Tariffs to nothing, but it’s getting late.

Araqchi: Iran warns of devastating political consequences if the sanctions snapback mechanism is activated

Amid repeated water and power cuts across Iran, a video from Shiraz shows a protest banner reading: “No water, no electricity, no life.”

Putin to Erdogan: Russian gas supplies to Turkey via the Black Sea are "stable"

Drones have attacked Ilskiy oil refinery in Krasnodar region of Russia

Environmental activists throw dye at the facade of the Sagrada Familia to protest the fires.

Electricity Company told Suwayda 24: A malfunction occurred on the 66 kV line, which led to a power outage in Suwayda Governorate. Workshops will begin inspecting the line to identify the malfunction and repair it.

Drones have attacked oil refinery in Krasnodar

Big fire at the oil refinery in Krasnodar as result of drones strikes

Drones have attacked oil refinery in Syzran, causing fire

General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukrainian Defense Forces strike targeted oil pumping station in Naytopovichi of Bryansk region

Iran would respond to snapback-triggered sanctions on its oil sales by preventing other countries from selling their oil, warned Yahya Al-e Eshaq, head of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce and a conservative political figure. “If we’re unable to sell our oil, we won’t allow others to sell theirs,” he said in an interview published on Friday

US ends tariff exemption for small packages shipped globally

A number of fuel tankers entered Sweida Governorate via the Damascus-Sweida highway.

The Russian government is introducing a temporary ban on gasoline exports from September 1 to October 31, 2025. In September, the ban will affect all exporters: both petroleum product producers and non-producers.

Reuters: Reimposing sanctions on Iran will take 30 days, and there is room for further diplomacy in the coming weeks.

Reuters: E3 Europeans are likely to begin the process of reimposing UN sanctions on Iran tomorrow.

Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran: IAEA inspectors will supervise the fuel replacement at the Bushehr plant.

Explosion was reported at main oil pipeline Ryazan-Moscow in Ryazan region

FSB has detained Vladimir Mayor Dmitry Naumov

Trump: We will discuss economic sanctions on Russia if a ceasefire agreement is not reached in Ukraine.

Japan has lodged a protest with China after discovering what it says were efforts by Beijing to develop gas fields in disputed waters of the East China Sea

Trump threatens "substantial additional Tariffs" over other countries digital taxes, digital services legislation, and digital markets regulations