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U.S. Sanctions on Iran Go Into Effect

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11/05/2018

11/05/2018

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U.S. Sanctions on Iran Go Into Effect

Top News: President Donald Trump’s administration is re-imposing all sanctions on Iran that were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. The sanctions—which target Iran’s oil sector, banking, and shipping industries, and make it difficult for international businesses to engage with Iran—were officially reintroduced on Monday.

The United States granted waivers to eight oil importers around the world to exempt them from sanctions, including South Korea and India.

European countries remain committed to the 2015 deal and said they would help businesses bypass the sanctions. Meanwhile, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed to “proudly break the sanctions.”

Yemen: Over 150 people were killed in fighting around the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah as the government-backed forces and Houthi rebels escalated attacks. Over 12 million people in Yemen risk famine after nearly four years of civil war, due in part to the U.S.-backed Saudi coalition fighting the Houthi rebels.

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AFRICA

•  Gabonese opposition leader Jean Ping declared himself the victor in country’s the still-contested 2016 elections while President Ali Bongo is abroad in Saudi Arabia for medical treatment.

•  South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said the state-owned airline, South African Airways, should be shut down following financial losses.

•  Ethiopia is expected to launch its first satellite next year.

AMERICAS

•  President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama both urged people to vote in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections.

•  Brazil’s new far-right president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, said he is considering cutting diplomatic ties with Cuba.

•  Two weeks after legalizing marijuana, Canadian cannabis stores are struggling to keep up with demand.

ASIA

•  The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia voted against independence from France in a referendum.

•  A Pakistani lawyer who defended a Christian woman accused of blasphemy charges fled the country, fearing for his life.

•  Indonesian authorities extended the search for victims and plane debris for a Lion Air flight that crashed at sea on Oct. 29, killing all 189 passengers.

EUROPE

•  Kateryna Handzyuk, a prominent anti-corruption activist in Ukraine, died three months after suffering an acid attack.

•  Storms and flooding in Sicily have killed 12 people.

•  Jeremy Heywood, an influential British government figure who ran the country’s civil service, has died of cancer.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Sheikh Ali Salman, a Bahraini opposition leader, was sentenced to life in prison for spying for Qatar.

•  For the first time, a U.N. convoy and aid workers were able to reach a remote camp for displaced Syrians near the Jordanian border and deliver relief supplies.

•  Egypt said its police killed 19 Islamic militants accused of attacking and killing Coptic Christians.

- By Robbie Gramer

(ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

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