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19.01.2024 12:30 The U.S. Treasury Department on January 18 issued new Russian-related sanctions targeting a United Arab Emirates shipping company and 18 vessels that the department said have shipped Russian seaborne oil priced above the $60-per-barrel cap set by a U.S.-led international coalition.

19.01.2024 12:30 The United States is taking additional action today to enforce the Price Cap Coalition's policies, designating the shipping company Hennesea Holdings Limited, whose fleet includes the HS Atlantica, a vessel that was blocked last year after it transported Russian crude oil priced above the cap while using a U.S.-based service provider.

19.01.2024 12:30 The United States has imposed sanctions against a shipping company based in the United Arab Emirates for violating the $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian crude oil exports.

19.01.2024 12:30 At its session today 18 January, the government decided to terminate the legal assistance agreement between Estonia and Russia. Draft law will be submitted to the Riigikogu.

19.01.2024 12:30 The prosecution has asked a court in Moscow to convict and sentence Igor Girkin , once a leader of Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine's east, to almost five years in prison on a charge of making public calls for extremist activities.

19.01.2024 12:30 A court in Ufa, the capital of Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan, has sentenced eight men to up to 14 days in jail for taking part in an unprecedented rally earlier this week to support the former leader of the banned Bashqort movement, Fail Alsynov, who has criticized Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine.

19.01.2024 12:30 The International Energy Agency believes that Russia in December increased exports of oil and petroleum products month-on-month by 500,000 barrels per day to 7.8 million barrels per day, while its revenue fell to a six-month low of $14.4 billion, according to a fresh IEA report published on Thursday.

19.01.2024 12:30 Iran has addressed "the friendly and brotherly government of Pakistan" after a tiff over Islamabad's drone attack on an Iranian village near their border, calling on the neighboring state to prevent the establishment of "terrorist bases" on its soil.

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19.01.2024 12:30 An Iranian local security official has said that Pakistan's attack on a border point in southeastern Iran was carried out with three drones.

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19.01.2024 12:30 The sounds of explosions were heard in several areas of Saravan County in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Balochistan, which borders Pakistan, said Alireza Marhamati, the province's deputy governor for security and law enforcement.

19.01.2024 12:30 Nearly 300 junta troops surrendered to the Arakan Army this week as the ethnic rebel group took control of a major Myanmar military encampment in northern Rakhine state, residents told Radio Free Asia.

19.01.2024 12:30 Myanmar's military is pressuring residents in the southwestern Bago region to join pro-junta militias, offering them incentives such as money and rice, forcing them to pay fines if they refuse and even threatening to destroy their villages if they don't comply, RFA Burmese has learned.

19.01.2024 12:30 Villagers in southwest Myanmar are fleeing from forced military recruitment, locals told Radio Free Asia on Thursday. With the country's regime forces increasing the quota of recruits per village, some have begun hiding to avoid service.