Sanctions
US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says
[WASHINGTON] The US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions with Caracas in a move that also raised oil prices.
At least 10 Singapore-linked entities face US sanctions over alleged links to Iranian oil trade
They are among a list of more than 70 people and firms worldwide the US accused in Oct–Nov of trading Iranian oil and petrochemicals
The hemispheric toll of the US-Venezuela crisis
Washington’s economic pressure has entrenched the autocratic regime and exported the costs
US sanctions propel Chinese AI prodigy to US$23 billion fortune
Shares of the chip designer Cambricon Technologies have surged more than 765% over the past 24 months
US sanctions three Singaporeans in global fraud takedown tied to Cambodian scam empire
Seventeen entities registered here have also been sanctioned
Putin defiant after Trump sanctions Russian oil majors over Ukraine
[MOSCOW] Russian President Vladimir Putin remained defiant on Thursday after US President Donald Trump hit Russia’s two biggest oil companies with sanctions to pressure the Kremlin leader to end the w...
US sanctions Russian oil companies as Moscow holds nuclear drills
[MOSCOW] The United States hit Russia’s major oil companies with sanctions on Wednesday and accused the Russians of a lack of commitment toward ending the war in Ukraine, as Moscow conducted a major t...
Karen Chen quits SGX-listed 17Live’s board after US sanction for alleged ties to Cambodian scam empire
[SINGAPORE] An independent director of Singapore-listed 17Live Group has resigned after she was added to a US sanctions list for her alleged links with a Cambodian businessman accused of running a glo...
Singapore court sets aside US$307.8 million award in Vietnam state firm’s dispute with US-sanctioned Russian contractor
The Court of Appeal finds an arbitration tribunal had failed to give the parties a fair hearing in the case of a failed power plant project
US hits firms moving Iranian oil and major China crude terminal
The latest designations by the Treasury Department mark the latest effort by Washington to target the Beijing-Tehran energy trade