LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe The House is expected to pass a sweeping sanctions bill Tuesday, potentially disrupting President Donald Trump’s plan to establish a new era of cooperation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The bipartisan bill, which also levies new sanctions against North Korea and Iran, targets Russian officials in order to punish President…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea’s economy experienced significant growth last year despite international sanctions, South Korea’s central bank revealed Friday. North Korea’s gross domestic product soared 3.9 percent, the most substantial economic growth since 1999, the Bank of Korea introduced in a new report. North Korea does not publish economic data,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie President Donald Trump announced his administration’s policy towards the island nation of Cuba in a speech in Miami Friday afternoon. “Effectively immediately, I am canceling the previous administration’s completely one-sided deal with Cuba,” Trump said before an energetic crowd in Miami Friday morning. “Our policy begins by…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The U.S. is seeking almost two million dollars in civil penalties from a Chinese company accused of laundering money for a North Korean bank, the Department of Justice revealed Thursday. Mingzheng International Trading Limited allegedly conspired to evade U.S. economic sanctions on North Korea and served as a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read A Swedish investment company is using the cryptocurrency Bitcoin to avoid U.S. financial sanctions, allowing investors to invest in the economy of one of the world’s foremost sponsors of terrorism. Brave New World Investments, established by Mairtin O’Duinnin and Mikael Johansson, allows international investors to put money…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Elias J. Atienza Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that Iran is the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in a press conference in Tokyo yesterday, Russia Today reported. “As far as Iran goes, this is the single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world,” Mattis said at a press…
By Russ Read The Islamic Republic of Iran drastically increased its oil production by more than 300 percent one year after sanctions were lifted due to its nuclear agreement with the U.S. and other world powers. Iran increased oil production in 2016 from 870,000 to 3.67 million barrels a day by November, an increase of approximately…
Russ Read The Obama administration officially started sanctioning 11 entities with ties to Iran’s ballistic missile program. Sunday’s sanctions were initially announced Dec. 30 as a response to two missile tests conducted by Iran last year. The delay in application came after the administration caved to extensive pressure from the Iranian government, according to U.S. and…