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United States Hits Terrorism Financiers In New Sanction
The United States has sanctioned financial operatives accused of funneling tens of millions of dollars from Iran to Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group.
The U.S. said the individuals collaborated with businessmen to allow significant financial transfers from Iran and “conduct covert business dealings that fund Hezbollah’s terrorist activities.”
“The United States is committed to supporting Lebanon by exposing and disrupting Iran’s covert financing of Hezbollah,” the State Department noted in a release on Thursday.
The government maintains that the Islamic Republic holds Lebanon back and undermines its sovereignty by enabling Hezbollah, describing the situation as captivity.
The U.S. has vowed to continue using every tool at its disposal “to ensure this terrorist group no longer poses a threat to the Lebanese people or the broader region.”
The action supports President Donald Trump’s policy of maximum pressure against Iran and its proxies as laid out in the National Security Presidential Memorandum 2 issued in February.
Similarly, the U.S. has designated two entities and eight people for aiding North Korea’s schemes to launder funds, including those derived from cybercrime and information technology worker fraud.
The sanction hits Ryujong Credit Bank, a North Korea-based financial institution that provided financial assistance to sanction-evasion activities between China and the DPRK.
The other is Korea Mangyongdae Computer Technology Company—a North Korea-based company that operates IT workers in China—and its president, U Yong Su.
Also named are Jang Kuk Chol and Ho Chong Son, North Korean bankers accused of managing funds fleeced from Americans, on behalf of the previously designated First Credit Bank.
Others sanctioned are Ho Yong Chol, Han Hong Gil, Jong Sung Hyok, Choe Chun Pom, and Ri Jin Hyok, who helped the DPRK to process financial transactions in violation of UN sanctions.
The U.S. said the DPRK’s “malicious cyber activities and generation of revenue to fund its unlawful WMD and ballistic missile programs” threaten Americans, international security, and the global digital economy.
The United States Embassy in Kuwait has suspended its operations “until further notice” amid escalating tensions across the Middle East.
In an official security alert issued on Tuesday, the embassy confirmed the temporary closure and the cancellation of all scheduled appointments.
“Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Kuwait Closure.
“Due to ongoing regional tensions, the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait will be closed until further notice.
“We have canceled all regular and emergency consular appointments. We will communicate when the embassy returns to normal operations,” the notice read.
The embassy did not specify a timeline for reopening but assured that updates would be provided as the situation evolves.
DAILY POST recalls that the closure follows days of intensified military activity and reported casualties in the region.
According to U.S. military sources, six American troops were killed during recent incidents in Kuwait.
In addition, three U.S. fighter jets crashed in what officials described as an “apparent friendly fire incident.”
Operatives of the New Juaben South Municipal Police Command in Koforidua, Eastern Region of Ghana, have arrested 13 suspected commercial sex workers—12 Nigerians and one Ghanaian—during a special operation targeting prostitution and human trafficking.
Police also apprehended two additional suspects: a landlord accused of providing accommodation for the activities and a bouncer allegedly linked to the operation.
According to Modern Ghana, the arrests were carried out on Monday, February 10, 2026, following a complaint filed on February 6 by 30-year-old Nigerian woman Stella Godwill.
She told authorities she had been trafficked from Nigeria to Ghana by a woman identified as Christabel Simon Monday for prostitution.
According to the Municipal Police Commander, Superintendent Ransford Nsiah, the complainant alleged she was required to meet a daily earnings target of 400 Ghana cedis but could only raise 250 cedis on the day of the incident.
Police said about 15 suspects, aged between 15 and 31, are currently in custody and will be arraigned in court after investigations. Authorities confirmed that the minor among them has been separated for protection, while arrangements are being made with the Department of Social Welfare.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Augustine Kusi Asante, the Municipal Crime Officer, warned landlords against renting properties for illegal activities, noting that Section 277 of Ghana’s Criminal Offences Act, 1960, criminalises operating a brothel and prescribes penalties including fines or imprisonment.
The suspects, police said, have violated Sections 273, 274, and 277 of the Act, which prohibit prostitution, human trafficking, and brothel operations.
Police expressed concern over the involvement of minors in commercial sex activities and urged the public to provide information that could help dismantle trafficking networks and protect vulnerable persons.
Authorities said investigations are ongoing as part of broader efforts to curb trafficking and exploitation in the Eastern Region, where previous probes uncovered syndicates that allegedly lured young girls from Nigeria with promises of hospitality jobs before forcing them into prostitution.
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