WASHINGTON (AP) — A Bangkok-based plastics firm has agreed to pay $20 million to settle with the U.S. over 467 “egregious” violations of Iran sanctions, the U.S. Treasury announced on Friday. SCG Plastics Co. used U.S. banks to process $291 million in
North Korean defectors spoke at a U.N. event in Geneva on Friday to expose human rights violations in a country one of them described as “hell” and to advocate for a strengthened U.N. mandate to investigate and document them. The defectors came
A Dutch appeals court on Monday ordered the government to block all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel over concerns they were being used in violations of international law during Israel’s Gaza offensive. It said the state had to comply
Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 18 months for film violations but still not charged over mass graves
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for the illegal distribution of films and operating a film studio without licenses. The senior magistrate in the city of Malindi, Olga
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on Tuesday announced that two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been given a four-year suspension after violating the sport’s anti-doping policy. The ITIA said it found that Halep, 27, “committed intentional Anti-Doping Rule Violations” after
Twenty international organizations affiliated with the United Nations issued a joint appeal on Tuesday, urging peace, access to humanitarian aid, and the protection of human rights in Sudan. Sudan has been engulfed in a brewing civil war since April A spokesperson from
A parliamentary committee in Kenya has launched an inquiry into alleged human rights violations and ethical breaches by a British army training unit that has been active for decades in the country the U.K. calls “our defense partner of choice in East
The NFL is continuing to crack down on players violating the league’s gambling policy, but Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton, who just lost a defensive end for at least the 2023 season, believes the blame should not be solely placed on
World-record hurdler Tobi Amusan says she has been charged with an anti-doping rules violation for missing three drug tests in the span of 12 months. The Nigerian posted the news on her Instagram account Tuesday and said she would fight the charges.
The NCAA came down hard on former Tennessee Volunteers football coach Jeremy Pruitt on Friday after finding more than 200 individual infractions committed by the school during his three-year run as head coach. The decision by the Division I Committee on Infractions