US sanctions six entities and individuals over support for Iran's Mahan Air network
The United States has imposed sanctions on six entities and individuals, including India-based Skiez Travels and Logistics Private Limited, over allegations that they supported Iranian airline Mahan Air and helped sustain what Washington described as a terrorist enterprise. The Treasury Department announced the measures on Thursday, saying the network acted as a set of general sales agents and logistics firms linked to the airline. The action adds to a wider campaign by Washington to restrict financial and commercial channels it says are used to support Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said anyone providing financial services, logistics or... [Continue Reading]
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Cuba's healthcare system deteriorates amid US sanctions and fuel shortages
Cuba's healthcare providers are warning of worsening medical shortages, rising death rates and prolonged blackouts as pressure from the United States deepens the island's crisis. The situation is being felt most sharply in Havana, where doctors say conditions at the William Soler Pediatric Hospital have deteriorated in recent months. The account points to a broader collapse in the country's health system, which remains formally free and universal but is under severe strain.At the hospital's surgical unit and anaesthesiology department, head Alioth Fernandez said the survival rate for newborns needing neonatal surgery has fallen sharply. He said that in the first... [Continue Reading]

