The new directive aims at establishing minimum rules on the definition of criminal offences and sanctions in order to better protect the environment, replacing the previous 2008 directive, which has become obsolete in the face of developments in EU environmental law.
Taking coordinated action along with the United Kingdom against the Hamas entities following their October 7 onslaught, the United States Department of Treasury has imposed a third round of sanctions targeting Hamas-affiliated individuals.
Tuesday's actions were the latest penal measures taken in response to the October 7 Hamas attack against Israel, and both the designation and sanctions are intended to imped individuals' and organisations' access to resources and funding.
According to Additional Chief Secretary of Agriculture, Devesh Chaturvedi, funds have been sanctioned for the ongoing Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Kisan Samriddhi Yojana, for the improvement of barren and rugged lands, the enhancement of soil health, and the establishment of Centers of Excelle
In a strong bipartisan vote, the US Congress passed a bill on Friday to harden sanctions on Iranian oil, which would also impose measures on foreign ports and refineries that facilitate the trade of oil from Tehran, The Hill reported.
By issuing the financial services directive against MOGE the United States seeks to disrupt the regime's access to the US financial system and curtail its ability to perpetrate atrocities.
Moscow has expressed disappointment as Pakistan keeps on changing the structure of the Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline project and is not making any progress on the commercial deal amid US sanctions of Russian entities, reported The Express Tribune.
"We are imposing sanctions on eight individuals with ties to Hamas, including those who have played key roles in facilitating sanctions evasion by Hamas-affiliated companies, as well as sanctioning four entities for their ties to Hamas & other designated terrorist organisations," post
The United States on Friday imposed a fresh round of sanctions targeting key Hamas-linked officials, financial networks and Iran-based organisations that were involved in the funding of terror group.
In a veiled attack on the United States and other Western countries, the Kremlin has said that the Russian economy has adapted well to the Western sanctions and Moscow doesn't fear more such action, Al Jazeera reported.
The United States has imposed sanctions on three Chinese companies for supplying missile-applicable items to Pakistan's ballistic missile programme, the State Department said on Friday.