US prosecutors accused Halkbank of using money servicers and front companies in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to evade sanctions, enabling oil and gas revenue to be spent on gold and …
Turkey’s Halkbank must face U.S. indictment over Iran sanctions violations, judge rules
A U.S. judge on Thursday refused to dismiss an indictment accusing state-owned Turkish lender Halkbank of helping Iran evade American sanctions. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan …
US says ‘can’t tolerate’ attacks by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq
Washington warned Thursday that it would not tolerate attacks on US interests in Iraq by Iran-backed militias, as Baghdad worries about a possible US withdrawal.
What has Russia gained from five years of fighting in Syria?
Since 2011, intense fighting and mass desertion had weakened the Syrian Arab Army. Even the support of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the deployment of Iranian militias and Russian …
Toll accused of sanctions busting in North Korea, Iran, Syria
The Melbourne-based transport company paid about $200 million over allegations by the US Treasury it breached UN sanctions.
Russia is responsible for most nation-state cyberattacks, followed by Iran, North Korea, and China, according to a new Microsoft report
The report measured Microsoft accounts that were “targeted or compromised by nation-state activities.” …
The No Good, Very Bad Week for Iran’s Nation-State Hacking Ops
A look at the state of Iran’s cyber operations as the US puts the squeeze on it with a pile of indictments and sanctions.
Twitter took down a network of 130 fake accounts in Iran that tried to spread disinformation during the US presidential debate
Twitter said the FBI alerted it to the accounts, which tried to “disrupt the public conversation” but ultimately had “very low engagement.” …
UN nuclear watchdog inspects second Iran site
IAEA says it gained access to the second site in Iran where nuclear activity may have taken place in the early 2000s.
Turkey, Iran deploy ‘game-changing’ drones in north Iraq
Turkey and Iran are increasingly adopting “game-changing” drones as their weapon of choice against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, prompting fears for the safety of civilians and stoking geopolitical …