A new FATF report warns that hawala and underground banking networks are increasingly exploited for money laundering, citing an Oman-Pakistan case.
Multiple blasts were heard near Kharg Island—Iran's primary crude oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf—on Saturday, with state-affiliated media reporting unconfirmed claims that a US missile targeted an Iranian oil tanker near the island
The Panama Canal Authority has initiated progressive transit restrictions, reducing daily vessel passages from 36 to 32 by mid-September as a historic El Niño-driven drought severely lowers water levels in Gatun and Alajuela lakes
