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2 US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: The Trump administration is preparing to significantly expand the scope of secondary sanctions against entities and countries that continue doing business with Iran, according to a source familiar with the plans cited by Reuters. The move marks another major step in Washington’s campaign to increase economic pressure on Tehran amid…

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced an economic pressure campaign against Iran, vowing to target Tehran’s financial interests across the world. Bessent said on Monday that the US would target all of Iran’s sources of revenue, including oil, with the aim of preventing other countries and companies from doing business with Tehran. “Around the…

2 US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: The economic and geopolitical fallout from the Iran conflict continued to spread on Monday, with Germany’s 30-year government bond yield reaching its highest level since 2011, a Saudi shipping vessel attacked in the Red Sea and the Trump administration preparing to widen secondary sanctions against entities doing business with…

Silan Turp and Merve Berker 23 August 2026•Update: 23 August 2026 Former Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Sunday that establishing relations with Israel while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains in power amounts to “applauding the genocide in Gaza.” Pointing out in a video message that most of those killed in Gaza, where Israel continues…

Relations between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan have reached the level of allied relations in recent years and encompass the political, economic, investment, energy, transport and humanitarian sectors, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with the Uzbekistan National News Agency, according to APA. Aliyev said that 15 mutual high-level visits had taken place between the…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Monday that Ottawa has suspended trade negotiations with Washington, rejecting a proposed agreement after US officials presented “last-minute” demands that he described as “unfair” and “uneconomic” and that failed to protect national interests. Sectoral barriers The proposed framework included a 4-million-tonne quota on Canadian steel exports coupled with…

By Staff Writer                                                             August 23, 2026 Global affairs this week were dominated by the continuing US-Iran conflict, growing uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz, the…