New US Sanctions Target North Korean Military Finances
Voice of America
FILE - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter attend a photo session with the scientists, engineers, military officials and others involved in the test-fire of the country's Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, Nov. 27, 2022.
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions on six individuals and two entities based in Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates, accusing them of channeling funds to North Korea's weapons programs.
Myanmar's nationals who crossed the border to seek shelter in Bangladesh are escorted back to their country by ships at Cox's Bazar on April 25, 2024. Bangladesh on April 25 sent home nearly 300 Myanmar soldiers and civil servants who fled to escape rebel attacks. FILE - Members of Myanmar Border Guard Police, in civilian clothing, sit under the shade of trees after abandoning their posts following fighting between Myanmar security forces and Arakan Army as Bangladesh border guards stand guard in Bangladesh, Feb. 5, 2024.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 25, 2024. A still from a video released by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on April 24, 2024, shows a man who identified himself as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the hostages abducted from a music festival in Israel during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.