Have a look at these sanctioned party lists or embargoes on the web page of Singapore Customs: http://www.customs.gov.sg/stgc/leftNav/san/Unilateral+Sanctioned+Lists+or+Embargoes.htm
The U.N. Security Council Saturday unanimously imposed travel bans and asset freezes on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, members of his family and inner circle amid continuing attacks on anti-government protesters. The council imposed an asset freeze on Gadhafi, his four sons and one daughter and a travel ban on the whole family along with 10 other close associates. The council also backed an arms embargo… Read more here.
Have a look at this interesting paper from the Congressional Research Service named: Al Qaeda and Affiliates: Historical Perspective, Global Presence, and Implications for U.S. Policy. The paper focuses on history of this terrorist organization and its affiliates.
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European Union foreign ministers have imposed sanctions against Belarus in response to the violent arrests and imprisonment of opposition politicians following presidential elections last December. The sanctions target members of the government headed by President Alexander Lukashenko… Read more here.
The African Union will this week discuss using diplomatic isolation and economic sanctions to force Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo to relinquish power following a November election the continental body says he lost… Read more here.
The United States has imposed travel sanctions against Haitian officials held responsible for abuses related to the country’s disputed November presidential election. A run-off vote has been postponed amid international pressure for electoral reforms… Read more here.
Until Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly’s explosive belt went off prematurely in Stockholm last month, Sweden was the poster child for isolationism in the war on terror. While Abdulwahab’s bomb failed to achieve his desired result, it did obliterate the myth that nations can remain neutral to global terrorism… Read more here.