Tag: Crime
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Voice of America Broadcasts Begin Falling Silent
Some Democrats are seething at Schumer for allowing the spending bill to pass. Image After Senator Chuck Schumer’s reversal, critics within his own party accused him of having squandered the leverage provided by the standoff to negotiate a bipartisan spending bill.Credit…Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times Many Democratic lawmakers continued to express deep frustration…
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NCB and DRI fail to secure conviction in two major drug seizure cases in Kerala
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) failed to impress the Kerala courts, which had recently set all the accused free in two alleged major drug seizure cases. The acquittal of the the accused came at a time when the State has declared a war on drug menace. The trial…
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US weighing in on Lebanon’s next central bank chief, sources say
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON – The U.S. is weighing in with Lebanon’s government on the selection of the country’s next central bank governor in a bid to curtail corruption and illicit financing for armed group Hezbollah through Lebanon’s banking system, five sources familiar with the issue said. Washington’s feedback on the candidates for the top role in shaping…
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Breaking Live News Updates: Trump threatens 200% tariff on wine, champagne from France, other EU countries
Business News›News›Newsblogs›Breaking Live News Updates: Putin says we agree to stop fighting in Ukraine but it should lead to long-standing peace 13 Mar 2025 | 10:46:25 PM IST Synopsis Breaking Live News Updates: Putin says we agree to stop fighting in Ukraine but it should lead to long-standing peace. Breaking Live News Updates: Putin says…
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Trade key in Russo-Iranian partnership
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Russia and Iran’s new 20-year treaty strengthens economic ties but lacks formal military obligations, reflecting shifting regional priorities. On January 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow to conclude a Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. It is the first bilateral treaty between the two countries since 2001. Given the…
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At US trial, gunman admits to trying to kill Iranian journalist
Item 1 of 2 Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarev sit during their trial’s jury selection, in which the two are charged with murder-for-hire and money laundering in a thwarted Tehran-backed assassination attempt of an Iranian American journalist and activist at a courtroom in New York, U.S., March 10, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File…
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Banking issues stand as major obstacle in Iran’s trade – chairperson
Iran Materials 11 March 2025 17:33 (UTC +04:00) Follow Trend on BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 11. The lack of banking and monetary exchange between Iran and other countries has emerged as one of the major barriers to advancing the country’s trade efforts, Mousa Aghaei, the head of the Iran-Uzbekistan Joint Chamber of Commerce, told journalists, Trend…
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Iran’s Crisis Deepens as Informal Networks Flourish
Editor’s Note: Mohammad Salami, a Pakistani academic, focuses on Iran’s economic problems as well as societal trends. He has written for Stimson in the past on Iran’s energy woes, its efforts to control Internet access and the role of sanctions in limiting its ability to function as a hub for trade. By Barbara Slavin, Distinguished…
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Iran’s Crisis Deepens as Informal Networks Flourish
Hardline factions in Iran recently forced out Iran’s economy minister and vice president for strategic affairs in another dramatic illustration of the enduring power of groups opposed to Iranian rapprochement with the West. In Iran, all centers of power are concentrated in the hands of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader since 1989. Those…
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Suspects accused of Iran-backed plot to kill journalist on American soil face trial
Two suspects are facing trial Monday after being charged in a thwarted plot to kill a U.S.-based critic of the Iranian government on behalf of the Islamic Republic. Rafat Amirov of Iran and Polad Omarov of the Czech Republic and Slovenia are set to appear in federal court in New York City after pleading not…
