New Zealand announced on Thursday that it would broaden sanctions against Russia’s oil sector and its so-called shadow fleet, during a meeting with the foreign ministers of the five Nordic countries in Stockholm.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement that an additional 65 shadow fleet vessels, as well as entities from Belarus, Iran and North Korea involved in refining, transporting, and facilitating payments for Russian oil, would be sanctioned.
The shadow fleet refers to tankers that carry sanctioned oil from countries such as Russia, Iran and Venezuela, disguising their activities through falsified locations, documents and identities.
“These actors form part of a wider network supporting the trade in Russian oil and undermining global efforts to cut off funding for Russia’s illegal war,” Peters said. “By targeting the oil supply chain, New Zealand is taking firm action to back international attempts to bring Russia to the negotiating table.”
The move follows a Reuters investigation published on Tuesday, which revealed that Maritime Mutual, a small New Zealand-based insurer, had provided cover to ships moving billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian and Russian oil, enabling them to access ports despite Western sanctions.
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Belgian police raided offices of the European Commission in Brussels on Thursday (12 February) as part of an investigation into the sale of European Union real estate assets in 2024, the Financial Times reported.
Polls have close in Bangladesh's first general election since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government, marking a pivotal moment in the country’s political transition. Turnout reached 47.91% by early afternoon, according to partial data from election authorities.
Azerbaijan’s State Security Service has filed charges against a group of people accused of belonging to a criminal network alleged to have attempted to forcibly seize state power. It's claimed they tried to alter the constitutional structure, with the support of foreign intelligence agencies.
Russia’s car market is continuing to receive tens of thousands of foreign-brand vehicles via China despite sanctions imposed after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a journalistic investigation has found.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in Ankara on Wednesday, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held an official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace, marking the start of high-level talks between the two NATO allies.
A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Tuesday that negotiations with the United States must remain focused on the nuclear issue and be grounded in realism, as Washington and Tehran prepare to resume talks mediated by Oman.
James Van Der Beek, who rose to fame as Dawson Leery in the hit teen drama Dawson’s Creek, has died aged 48 following a battle with stage 3 colorectal cancer.
China became Brazil’s largest source of imported vehicles in January, overtaking long-time leader Argentina in a shift that underscores Beijing’s rapidly expanding influence in one of Latin America’s biggest auto markets.
The suspect in a deadly school shooting in western Canada was an 18-year-old woman who allegedly killed her mother and stepbrother before attacking her former school. Investigators have not provided a motive for what is being described as one of the worst mass killings in Canada.
Belgian police raided offices of the European Commission in Brussels on Thursday (12 February) as part of an investigation into the sale of European Union real estate assets in 2024, the Financial Times reported.
Polls have close in Bangladesh's first general election since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government, marking a pivotal moment in the country’s political transition. Turnout reached 47.91% by early afternoon, according to partial data from election authorities.
Stalled U.S.–Iran talks and mounting regional tensions are exposing a growing strategic rift between Washington and Tel Aviv over how to confront Tehran, political analyst James M. Dorsey says, exposing stark differences in approach at a critical moment.
A Republican lawmaker accused on Wednesday (11 February) Attorney General Pam Bondi of concealing the names of Jeffrey Epstein’s powerful associates. The claim was made during a heated House hearing on the Justice Department’s handling of the files.
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