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An Israeli flag on the surrounding wall of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Migdalim near the Palestinian town of Nablus, Oct. 25, 2021.

US places rare visa travel restrictions on Israeli settlers implicated in West Bank violence

Israel-Hamas war

It’s considered a rare punishment of Israelis by the US and comes as settler violence is on the rise. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Hadar Susskind, president and CEO of Americans for Peace Now, about the history of the settlers and their political influence with current government.

A member of auction house staff poses for a picture with a 19-carat pink diamond at Christie's auction house, in London, Oct. 18, 2017.

Belgium faces pressure to support sanctions on Russian diamonds

Ukraine
A train passes by Republika Power Plant in town of Pernik, Bulgaria, April 21, 2022. The only nuclear power plant, generating over a third of Bulgaria’s electricity, runs on uranium from Russia.

EU proposes oil ban after bloc’s largest economy drops opposition

Ukraine
Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany

The invasion in Ukraine could mean less reliance on energy from Russia, analyst says

Energy
US Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are shown standing near each other and wearing dark suits.

China sanctions Cruz, Rubio, Smith, Brownback for criticism

Global Politics
A Twitter logo seen in front of cyber code

Twitter purges state-backed disinformation accounts; US sanctions ICC staff, Syria

Top of The World

Twitter has purged more than 32,000 accounts linked to state-backed disinformation operations. The Trump administration has authorized sanctions and visa restrictions on International Criminal Court personnel, in an attempt to undermine investigations into possible US war crimes. In Lebanon, there are increased calls for the government to resign after the currency plunged 25% in two days.

An aerial view shows a road-and-rail bridge

Is Russia’s new bridge to Crimea ‘primarily an image project’?

Borders

The railway portion of Europe’s longest bridge opened Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. The infrastructure project cost around $3.5 billion and spans nearly 12 miles. But as far as many European leaders are concerned, it’s nothing to celebrate.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is shown sitting in a chair with yellow fabric, speaking during an interview outside Moscow.

Russia tells Washington curbs on its banks would be act of economic war

Russia warned the United States on Friday it would regard any US move to curb the activities of its banks as a declaration of economic war.

A police officer is shown standing to the left of the photograph, wearing a fluorescent jacket guards a cordoned off area where former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned.

Russia reels, denounces new US sanctions as illegal, unfriendly

The US State Department said on Wednesday it would impose fresh sanctions by the month’s end after determining that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian double agent, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter.

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a joint announcement with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 7, 2018.

As Olympics draw near, US to unveil ‘toughest, most aggressive’ sanctions on North Korea

Conflict

“I’m announcing today the United States of America will soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on North Korea ever,” Vice President Mike Pence said after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.