The Trump administration announced Friday that it has imposed sanctions on a Turkish financial institution as part of its latest effort to sever “critical financial lifelines” for the Iranian government. The actions against Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi Anonim Sirketi come after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week launched “Operation Economic Outcast,” Washington’s new effort to isolate already heavily
At least 81 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank since the start of the year, according to the UN’s figures. At least 23 of those deaths have occurred in the context of settler attacks. Three Israelis, both security forces and civilians, have been killed by Palestinians in the
A Bank of America vice president was one of the two victims killed in a stabbing at Times Square on Monday afternoon. Erin Piacenti, 32, of Chester, New Jersey, died at Bellevue Hospital from her injuries, the New York City Police Department said. She worked as vice president of business selection and conflicts at the
ROME — The United Nations’ food agency said Tuesday it is halving food assistance in the Israeli-occupied West Bank because of severe funding shortages and warned it may be forced to make further cuts in Gaza, where it supports 1.5 million people. The U.N. World Food Program said it will reduce assistance in the West
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — President Donald Trump’s administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week as it intensified efforts to economically isolate Iran, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press on Sunday. “This is going to be financial violence if we have to,” Bessent said in the interview. “We are showing people
When Hady Kfoury opened his first restaurant in Manhattan in 2008, he was already out of money. He had raised cash from friends and family to bring the Lebanese food he grew up eating to New York, but construction had cost more than he expected. He still owed money to his general contractor and resorted
