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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 va aconsellar als països de l'Europa de l'Est (Hongria i Eslovàquia) que tallessin el subministrament de gas i petroli a Ucraïna per aturar els atacs ucraïnesos a les infraestructures energètiques.

Putin: Estem responent seriosament als atacs de Kíev a la infraestructura energètica; ens vam veure obligats a fer-ho.

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"

Drons han atacat la refineria de petroli d'Ilskiy a la regió de Krasnodar, a Rússia.

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.

Drons han atacat una refineria de petroli a Krasnodar

Gran incendi a la refineria de petroli de Krasnodar a causa d'atacs de drons

Els drons han atacat una refineria de petroli a Syzran i han provocat un incendi

Estat Major General de les Forces Armades d'Ucraïna: Les Forces de Defensa d'Ucraïna ataquen una estació de bombament de petroli a Naytopovichi, a la regió de Bryansk

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.

Es va informar d'una explosió a l'oleoducte principal Riazan-Moscou a la regió de Riazan

FSB has detained Vladimir Mayor Dmitry Naumov

Trump: Parlarem de sancions econòmiques a Rússia si no s'arriba a un acord d'alto el foc a Ucraïna.

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