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Justice Department Indicts Four Chinese Container Makers for Price-Fixing
The Justice Department has secured an indictment for four of the largest shipping-container manufacturers and seven of their top e...
Read More >>Iran's Drone Attacks Against Gulf Countries are Political Messaging
Drone attacks mounted on Gulf states by Iran (or by Iranian proxies) appear to be part of the messaging taking place between Iran...
Read More >>Mexican Aid Traveling on Merchant Ship Reaches Cuba as Tensions Remain High
Cuban officials hailed the arrival of a Chinese-owned cargo ship carrying aid from Mexico and Uruguay to the impoverished island....
Read More >>Report: U.S. Navy Has Seized Third Iranian Shadow Fleet Tanker
The Wall Street Journal, in an exclusive report, is saying U.S. forces overnight seized an Iran-linked oil tanker while it was cro...
Read More >>Adani Pays $275M to Settle US Investigation Into Iranian LPG Imports
The U.S. Treasury has reached an agreement with a powerful Indian business conglomerate, Adani Enterprises Limited, to settle alle...
Read More >>U.S. Expands Sanctions Against Iran as Trump Delays New Round of Attacks
The United States continues to use economic sanctions in an effort to strangle the Iranian economy and bring about a settlement to...
Read More >>Treasury Reverses Course and Waives Sanctions on Russian Oil for Third Time
The U.S. Treasury has once again extended a sanctions waiver for the sale of Russian oil already on the water, despite past statem...
Read More >>Israeli Forces Intercept Activist Flotilla off Crete
Israeli forces moved for the second time to stop the activist Global Summid Flotilla, made up of small boats heading toward Gaza....
Read More >>Iran's "Persian Gulf Strait Authority" Takes Steps Towards Operations
Iran's self-proclaimed "Persian Gulf Strait Authority" for the administration of Strait of Hormuz transit authorization has formal...
Read More >>The Odds of Renewed Hostilities With Iran are Increasing
In a worrying harbinger of a possible collapse of the ceasefire in the Gulf, Iran (through its proxies) appears to have mounted an...
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