Seized vessel Fitburg rests in the harbour, in Kirkkonummi, Finland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva via AP) A vessel seized in Finland suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable between Helsinki and Tallinn was transporting Russian steel targeted by European Union sanctions, »»»

STOCKHOLM, Dec 22 - Swedish customs has released a Russian ship it boarded over the weekend in order to perform an inspection, with marine tracking data on Monday showing the vessel was on the move again. The customs service said on Sunday that authorities had boarded the Adler, a Russian freighter»»»

According to Banchero Costa, “South Africa is the world’s fifth largest seaborne exporter of coal, after Indonesia, Australia, Russia, and the USA. It accounted for 4.5% of global coal exports in 2023. Export volumes from South Africa had steadily declined in the past decade, as it was penalized by»»»

Representative photo NEW DELHI: India’s export of fuels like diesel to the European Union jumped 58% in the first three quarters of 2024, with a bulk of them likely coming from refining discounted Russian oil, according to a report. The EU/G7 countries in Dec 2022 introduced a price cap and an emba»»»

TAIPEI, Dec 26 — Taiwan’s economy ministry said today it had expanded a list of sanctioned goods for Russia and its ally Belarus in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to prevent Taiwanese high-tech goods from being used for military purposes. Taiwan has condemned Russia’s attack and already j»»»

Dec 24 (Reuters) - The economy of Belarus is expected to shrink by 4% in 2022 after western nations imposed punitive measures, much less than some had forecast, Interfax cited Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko as saying on Saturday. The European Union, the United States and others have imposed billi»»»

Exports of flagship Urals crude from Baltic Sea ports may drop by one-fifth in December after the EU price caps and embargo on Russian crude came into effect. Traders say Russia has been unable to fully divert Urals crude exports from Europe to other markets, particularly India and China, and has s»»»

TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) – The European Union announced new sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran on Monday for alleged human rights and the use of Iranian drones in the war in Ukraine. In a meeting on Monday, the foreign ministers of EU member states sanctioned a number of Iranian individual»»»

Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests since September. Demonstrations broke out following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's morality police. She was detained by the force for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic's strict dress code for women. The status»»»