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Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by Reuters on Wednesday.Reuters reported on March 1 that Glencore had supplied thousands of tons of alumina to an Iranian firm that has provided aluminum to Iran's nuclear program, an allegation Glencore confirmed as accurate. Afterward, Trafigura acknowledged it had also traded with the same Iranian firm.Swiss authorities said at the time that they saw no evidence of U.N. or Swiss sanctions violations by Glencore, but the U.N. experts, who monitor compliance with the Iran sanctions regime, raised the possibility that the swap deals were a means of flouting restrictions on trade with Iran."If confirmed, such transactions may reflect an avenue for procurement of a raw material in a manner that circumvents sanctions," the 49-page re...
U.S. stocks on Friday pared sharp losses following weak March retail sales and consumer sentiment data, but the rebound wasn't enough to extend the week's winning st...
U.S. stocks on Friday pared losses caused by a drop in retail sales in March and weaker consumer sentiment that put a streak of record-setting gains in jeopardy.The ...
U.S. stocks fell and traded near intraday lows Friday, putting a streak of record-setting gains in jeopardy, following a drop in retail sales last month and weaker c...
U.S. stocks slipped after weak retail-sales data prompted a pullback following the recent string of gains.The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost nine points, or 0.1%,...
U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday, putting a streak of record-setting gains in jeopardy, after a report showed a surprising steep drop in retail sales last month, s...
Crude-oil futures extended losses in Asian trade Friday as gloomy oil-demand growth forecasts by energy agencies offset positive economic data from the U.S.On the Ne...
U.S. officials say test launch could come at any time
Should Americans be concerned about a possible attack?
Jennifer Griffin reports from the Pentagon
Former CIA operative Mike Baker speaks out
FNC national security analyst KT McFarland and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton on growing tensions with North Korea.
Institute for the Study of War’s Chris Harmer and The Foreign Policy Initiative’s Chris Griffin on growing tensions with North Korea and its potential economic impact.
What is path forward amid tensions?
Philip Yun on how the United States and China are applying pressure on North Korea and what needs to happen
State-owned Bank of China Ltd. (3988.HK) said Tuesday it has cut off a North Korean bank accused by the U.S. of providing financial support to Pyongyang's nuclear an...
What are investigators looking for in Boston bombing? Is North Korea ready to test a missile ? What's the White House's strategy in East Asia? Could immigration reform impact national security? KT McFarland and guests tackle those questions
Chinese banks must rate their clients' risk of criminal conduct on a scale of 1-5 as part of the central bank's moves to curb money laundering and fraudulent transac...
Rep. Doug Lamborn, (R-Co.), on tensions with North Korea.
All eyes on North Korea as Obama administration officials try to downplay errant disclosure that country could arm ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead
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