Treasury Targets Procurement Network Across Middle East and East Asia Supporting Iran’s UAV Program

[ad_1] U.S. Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and the Treasury take joint action to disrupt international procurement network aiding IRGC UAV production WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is imposing sanctions on 10 entities and four individuals based in Iran, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Indonesia supporting Iran’s … Read more

Israel raids one of last functioning hospitals in north Gaza

[ad_1] RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli army has raided and detained staff at two of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north, where the defense minister said Tuesday that troops were working to completely clear out Hamas militants. Israel bombarded towns across southern Gaza Tuesday with airstrikes, killing at least 45 Palestinians and … Read more

Brazil lawsuits allege direct relationship between meatpackers, deforesters on protected land

[ad_1] JACI-PARANA, Brazil (AP) — Meat processing giant JBS SA and three other slaughterhouses are facing lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in environmental damages for allegedly purchasing cattle raised illegally in a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon. The lawsuits, filed December 5 to 12 by the western Brazilian state of Rondonia, target the exploitation … Read more

Running short on Ukraine air defenses, U.S. looks to Japan

[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Faced with a dangerous shortfall in Ukraine’s air defenses and no easy resolution to the funding impasse in Congress, Washington has increasingly leaned on allies to provide urgent weapons support. Help may now be coming from a partner outside Europe. Japan is expected this … Read more

Israel-Gaza war live: UN security council in ‘intense’ ceasefire debate as vote delayed again; Qatar says separate talks ‘positive’ | Israel-Gaza war

[ad_1] UN security council delays Gaza vote again The UN security council vote on a resolution calling for a new ceasefire in Gaza has been delayed once again. The vote has now been pushed to Wednesday. We reported earlier that security council members were engaged in “intense negotiations” on Tuesday afternoon to try to get … Read more